Discontinued and deemphasized features in Exchange Server 2016

Although Exchange Server 2016 includes several new features and functionalities, some features are discontinued or de-emphasized because they are replaced with appropriate new technologies.

The following Exchange Server 2010 features are discontinued:

• ·        The Unified Messaging server role, which is replaced by Unified Messaging services running on the Mailbox server role
• ·        The Hub Transport server role, which is now replaced by transport services
• ·        Exchange Management Console and Exchange Control Panel
• ·        Support for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and RPC over TCP client access
• ·        Outlook Web App no longer offers built-in spell check. Instead, spell check now works in the web browsers.
• ·        Outlook Web App no longer supports custom date on a message flag and customizable filtered views.
• ·        Anti-spam agent management in the Exchange Management Console
• ·        Managed folders, which are replaced with retention policies
• The following Exchange Server 2013 features are discontinued in Exchange Server 2016:
• ·        The Client Access server role, which is now integrated with the Mailbox server role.
• ·        The MAPI over CDO library, which is replaced by Exchange Web Services, Exchange ActiveSync, and representational state transfer (REST) application programming interfaces (APIs).
• The following features are deemphasized, which means that they will not be used in future Exchange Server versions:
• ·        RPC over HTTP, because it is being replaced with MAPI over HTTP
• ·        Database availability group support for failover cluster administrative access points
• ·        ThirdPartyReplication parameter on the Database availability group