Language Support Scenarios

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP1

Topic Last Modified: 2009-11-30

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 offers a localized administrative experience in many languages. The Windows Server 2008 operating system language and the Exchange 2010 supported languages interact in several ways. Depending on your operating system's selected language, as well as the Exchange 2010 server language you choose to install, there are several different scenarios. You can also install the Windows Server 2008 Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI), which adds another layer of language abstraction to your server's configuration.

The following table describes several scenarios that represent the majority of cases that you will encounter when planning your Exchange 2010 language settings. Each of the following scenarios explains how a typical Windows Server 2008 and Exchange 2010 language interaction work. The Exchange Management Console (EMC) and the Exchange Management Shell (Shell) are the Exchange management interfaces referred to in the table.

Language support scenarios

Scenarios	Windows Server behavior	Exchange management interfaces behavior	Client language support	Localized experience
Windows Server 2008 English (U.S.) server with Exchange 2010 without language packs	Windows Server 2008 UI in English (U.S.)	EMC and Shell in English (U.S.)	Microsoft Office Outlook Web App and Microsoft Outlook UI elements in English (U.S.)	Fully localized administrative experience in English (U.S.)
Windows Server 2008 French server with Exchange 2010 language pack installed	Windows Server 2008 UI in French	EMC and Shell in French	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 UI in French and Exchange 2010 administrative UI in French
Windows Server 2008 English (U.S.) server with a German MUI installed with Exchange 2010 without language packs	Windows Server 2008 UI in German	EMC and Shell in English	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 UI localized in German with Exchange 2010 administrative UI in English

Note:
To install a localized version of the Unified Messaging (UM) feature, you must download the UM language pack from Unified Messaging Language Packs for Exchange Server 2010.