Far be it from me to hate on a FOSS project, but be aware that the Exchange support for Evolution has a reputation for off-and-on compatibility issues. (Microsoft likes to break things. Who knew?)
From what I've heard, it's not always plug-and-play to set up, either. (Calendaring support in particular.)
Did not know this existed, but doesn't help me since I use Windows
Evolution runs on Windows too. SUSE build system builds it almost daily. Just google for evolution win32 Email and you should find it
Yeah, alternatives I've seen in Windows all require Outlook to be installed anyways (what's the point?).