Can System Center 2012 DPM be used to backup an Exchange server 2003 environment?

I believe I have read somewhere that DPM 2010 can backup Exchange 2003 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399140.aspx). However, we are trying to install System Center 2012 on a VMware VM, & use it to backup an Exchange 2003 environment, at least until we move to O 365.

So the 2 questions I have are:

Can System Center 2012 - DPM (running on a VMware/EMC platform) used to backup an Exchange server 2003 environment?

If that is not possible, can DPM 2010 run on a VMware/EMC platform, which can then be used to backup the Exchange server 2003 environment?

Thank in advance for your support.

TD