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The main reason for me to upgrade is to start using Mail and iCal and leave the daily torture of using Entourage.

Mail and iCal work great. I had a little tweaking to do to make it check Exchange mail through our external URL (webmail). Just had to use the full UPN (UserPrincipalName) for the username, AD password, and the external URL for both internal and external servers.

The PlugSuit is incompatible (particularly with Quicktime I think). Here is how you disable it (you might have to enable and then disable it for the disabling to take).

When trying to start VPN, I got the horrible CiscoVPN Error 51 I complained and solved here.

But this time, I couldn’t fix it. It seems the CiscoVPN folder I referenced was removed. After some investigation, I found that Apple has included VPN capabilities into the OS. You just go to your System Preferences, Network, and hit the + to add a new network interface, select VPN. Then select whatever VPN parameters you need to – check with your pleasant and always helpful IT Admin for the params.

Cheers,
R