Q: What features in OWA Premium are not available with OWA Light?
Answer
- The Tasks module
- Task specific properties: Only the text of the task items can be read through OWA Light.
- Search for mail items: OWA Light users can search only Contacts and Address Book.
- Reminders
- HTML composing of messages: OWA Light users get only plain text textboxes with no editing or formatting options.
- Flags and Categories
- Weekly view in Calendar: OWA Light shows the daily view only.
- Free/Busy grid in Appointment/Meeting Scheduling Assistant: OWA Light users get only "Suggested Times".
- Print
- Spell Check
- Conversation View
- Account Quota information
- Recover Deleted Items
- Calendar month view
- Add/edit distribution lists
- S/MIME features
- Add/edit rules
Note: The full featured (premium) version of OWA is only available when accessed using Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher on a Windows platform. OWA Light offers more limited functionality on other supported web browsers and platforms.
For more information, see: Microsoft's Differences Between OWA Light and Premium
Comments (2)
May 11, 2009
Stephen Turner says:
Another premiumonly feature: viewing the Reading Pane at the same time as the me...Another premium-only feature: viewing the Reading Pane at the same time as the message list.
May 15, 2009
Stephen Turner says:
One more premium automatically updates itself with new messages, whereas with li...One more - premium automatically updates itself with new messages, whereas with light you have to reload the page to see new messages.