Outlook, Outlook for Mac, and Entourage Version and Features Comparison Chart

This Exchange TechNet Wiki page includes a table that compares features between Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2011 for Mac and Entourage 2008 (EWS Edition).

 

Outlook and Outlook for Mac Version and Features Comparison Chat
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008 (EWS)
Email
Conversation view	Yes (improved)	Yes	Yes	Yes (improved)	No
Show messages from other folders (conversation view)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Ignore	Yes	No	No	No	No
Conversation cleanup	Yes	No	No	No	No
Always move	Yes	No	No	No	No
Always categorize	Yes	No	No	No	No
MailTips	Yes	No	No	No	No
Calendar preview	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Search email	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Access to other email accounts (POP3/IMAP4)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Offline access	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cached mode	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple Exchange account access	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Anti-phishing and anti-spam technology	Local &  Server	Local & Server	Local & Server	Local & Server	Local &  Server
Online archive	Yes	Via update	No	No	No
Archive folders (.pst files)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Attachment preview	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Color categories	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (local)
Delay message delivery	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Direct replies to	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (via headers)
Internal/external out of office assistant	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Managed folders	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Retention policies (per folder)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Retention policies (per mail)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Archive policies	Yes	No	No	No	No
Out of office scheduling	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Recover deleted items	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
S/MIME	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Send and receive fax	No	No	Yes	No	No
Set/use multiple signatures	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unified messaging integration (voicemail)	Inline viewer	Inline viewer	Attachment	Attachment	Attachment
Voicemail preview	Inline  viewer	Inline  viewer	Inline  viewer	Attachment with Preview	Attachment
Voicemail "skip to word"	Yes	No	No
Voting buttons	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Have replies sent to	Yes	Yes	Yes
Moderated message approval	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delivery receipt request	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Read receipt request	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Quick steps	Yes	No	No	No	No
Reply with meeting	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Contact photos	Yes	Yes	No	No  (expected in next updates)	No
Delegate access	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inline images when creating an email	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Calendar
Calendar month view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar week view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar work week view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar day view	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Schedule view	Yes	No	No
Calendar printing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar overlay mode	Yes	Yes	No	Merge View	No
Calendar preview months	Yes (6 months)	Yes (3 months)	Yes (3 months)
Calendar publishing (external)	Yes (OWA link)	Yes	No	No	No
Calendar sharing (internal)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Calendar sharing (external)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Shared calendars	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cached shared calendar	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Subscribe to calendar	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Calendar snapshot	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Calendar view has tasks by day	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Display of multiple calendars	Yes	Yes	Yes	Merge View	No
Forward latest meeting	Yes	Yes	No
Free/busy details sharing	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Import/export calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Propose new meeting time	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Scheduling assistant	Yes (improved)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Meeting room finder	Yes	No	No	No	No
Color categories	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Local)
Specify a color for a calendar	Yes	No	No	No	No
Secondary time zone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Adapt to current time zones definition	Yes	No	No
Set calendar visibility options	Yes (F/B, Subject & Loc., or Full)	Yes (F/B, Subject & Loc., or Full)	Yes (F/B or Full)	Yes (F/B, Subject & Loc., or Full)	No
Mark as private	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Team calendars	Yes	No	No	No	No
Free/busy in side-by-side view	Yes	No	No
Expand calendar date picker	Yes	No	No
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Contacts
Contact card	Improved	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contact sharing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Contacts views	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Customized  contact views	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (No business card view)	Yes (No business card view)
Add/edit personal distribution lists	Yes (improved)	Yes	Yes	Yes (Local to the Machine)	Yes (Local to the Machine)
Electronic business cards	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Import/export contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Manage rights on contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark as private	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Color categories	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (local to Machine)
Global Address List (GAL) sync and update	Yes	No	No	No	No
Outlook Social Connector contacts import	Yes	Plug-in	Plug-in	No	No
Offline address book	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Notes
View note	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes  (created locally)
Create note	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Categorize notes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (Local)
Create notes folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Forward note	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move note	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search notes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Tasks
View task	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes  (created locally)
Create task	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search tasks	Indexed	Indexed	Un-indexed	Yes	Yes
Categorize tasks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Filter tasks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark as complete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark as private	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Create folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delete folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Move to folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Task request	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage  2008
Public Folders
Create new item	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Categorize item	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Read folders	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Search folder	Indexed	Indexed	Un-indexed	Yes	Yes
Create folder	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edit calendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create contacts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create journal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Post files/documents	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Read files/documents	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Public folder permission management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Collaboration
Shared workspace integration	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
SharePoint document libraries	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
SharePoint integration	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
SharePoint lists	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Outlook Social Connector	Yes	Plug-in	Plug-in	No	No
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
User Interface & Productivity
RSS integration (reading)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Add new RSS feed	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Update RSS feed	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Add-ins	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Attach item to items	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Auto-account setup	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Certificate management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom dictionary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom forms	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Customize navigation pane	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Customize UI/buttons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delegate control	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Favorite folders	Roaming	Per Outlook	Per Outlook	No	No
Flag mail as task	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Flag on send	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Fluent user interface	Full	In compose	No	Yes (limited)	No
Hierarchical address book	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Import/export feeds	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
InfoPath integration	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Integrated presence indicators	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Journal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Macros/VBA	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (Supports Apple Script)	No (Supports Apple Script)
Outlook plug-ins	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Outlook today page	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Paste objects into messages/appointments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rules wizard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (limited)	Yes (limited)
Send to OneNote	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Shortcuts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zoom slider (email)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Zoom slider (calendar)	Yes	No	No	Yes
Quick Contacts	Yes	No	No	No	No
Word wheel search of GAL	Yes	No	No
Quota thermometer	Yes	No	No	No	No
SMS integration	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
To-do bar	Yes	Yes	No
Granular downloading (low bandwidth sync)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Search
Highlighted search terms	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Right-click related search	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search as you type	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	yes
Search filters	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Search context tab	Yes	No	No
Search folders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
Security
Delivery reports	Yes (OWA)	No	No	No	no
Encrypted connection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add to safe/blocked senders list	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Information Rights Management (IRM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Outlook Protection Rules	No	No	No	No	No
Protected Voicemail	Yes	No	No	No	No
WebReady IRM Protected Document Viewing	No	No	No	No	No
Block external content	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature:	Outlook 2010	Outlook 2007	Outlook 2003	Outlook 2011 for Mac	Entourage 2008
OCS/Lync Integration
Reply with instant messaging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Integrated instant messaging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Integrated presence	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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