Zimbra 7 Is Generally Available

We are excited to announce Zimbra 7 is generally available. A heartfelt thanks goes out to the many contributors, beta testers, supporters and bug filers who provided valuable feedback and guidance throughout the development cycle.

There are over 200 new features; many focused on creating even better enterprise productivity, especially around scheduling and file management, as well as significant work on extending openness and improved manageability.

NE Downloads & Open Source Downloads

Feature Highlights:

  • Briefcase file versioning and check in/out
  • Self-restore previously deleted email / calendar data
  • Scheduling wizard
  • Preview schedules in email meeting invites
  • Reminders server (email, sms)
  • People / GAL search
  • Schedule future email delivery and undo send
  • Add multiple attachments at once in Compose
  • View distribution list members
  • Forward contacts as vCards
  • Copy existing meetings
  • Better performance & scalability with MySQL & Ngnix updates
  • Kerberos SSO support
  • oAuth support
  • BES 5.0 support
  • New operating systems Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, RHEL 6 / Fedora 13 (beta)
  • Outlook 2010 64 bit support

Please note that also Zimbra Desktop 7 is in Beta and the Appliance will be in 7 beta soon, our goal moving forward is to keep these together as single platform releases.

Finally, some may notice we have updated the name to roll off the tongue easier – we are now shipping ZCS officially as VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server (not Suite).

The Zimbra Team