For instance, Outlook for Mac will support Information Rights Management, which controls access to sensitive documents.'Īs a sort of stepping stone towards a full Outlook client for Mac OS X, the Mac BU has released Entourage Web Services Edition. 'Because it's designed for the Mac, it will be different from Outlook for Windows,' Wilfrid said. Written in Cocoa to take advantage of the latest OS X technologies, Outlook for Mac will also have a completely redesigned database that will be compatible with Spotlight and Time Machine. This new application, which Mac BU general manager Eric Wilfrid told us he has been using for nearly a year, is built from the ground up to fully support Exchange's latest protocols. You read the news right: Microsoft is finally making a real, actual, official, true, and correct version of Outlook for Mac OS X. In the meantime, Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has a final version of Entourage Web Services Edition ready for those who need better Exchange support now, and they will be packaging it in a new 'Business Edition' of Office for Mac 2008 starting next month. Microsoft has announced some big news concerning the next major revision of Office for Mac: it is currently on track to ship late next year, and it will replace the much-maligned Entourage with a bona fide version of Outlook for Mac.