unified messaging server (UM server)
The unified messaging server is a server role in Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange
Server 2010 that integrates users' voice mail with Exchange email.
The UM server allows an Exchange organization to store voicemail and faxes along with email,
calendars and contacts in users' mailboxes. A unified messaging server also allows users access to
voice mail features via smart phones, Microsoft Outlook and
Outlook Web App.
Administrators can manage the UM server role via the Exchange
Management Console (EMC) or the Exchange
Management Shell (EMS).
Although the unified messaging server role was officially discontinued in Exchange Server
2013, functionality is still available as it has been split between the mailbox server role and
the client
access server (CAS) role.
Contributor(s): Matt Gervais
This was last updated in February 2013
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