When looking for Exchange controls to copy messages for regulatory compliance needs, you may have come across both Transport Rules and Journaling and wondered, "Which one best serves the needs of my organization?" Both features have the capability to intercept and copy messages to another mailbox, but they differ in how they intercept messages and in what details are included in the copied message. Transport Rules can be employed to satisfy needs for message review and monitoring, while Journaling can be employed to meet the regulatory compliance needs for message archiving. The purpose of this article is to contrast these features' capabilities of message interception, and to help you identify which will best meet your particular compliance and control requirements. For a broader understanding of these two Exchange features, please reference the links provided below.

Thursday, January 28, 2010, Steve Clagg