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Hosted exchange is fast becoming the electronic mail services of choice for many businesses. With cloud computing gathering momentum fast, people are starting to realise the benefits gained from using a hosted solution from both a cost and functionality point of view.
Today we look at a company called our IT Department Hosted and the email services they provide. What is Hosted Exchange?
Email and data is stored on a secure cloud network which provides all the functionality of a traditional Exchange Server. Fast connectivity together with regular backups and redundancy avoid any potential loss of business critical data. You can access your email, calendars and contacts through Microsoft Outlook, OWA, Blackberry, iPhone and windows mobile. What are the benefits of using Our IT Departments Hosted Exchange service? • You can share public folders, contacts and calendars. • Out of office notifications. • 1GB mailbox storage per user with additional storage available on request.. • 24/7 Outlook web access • Automated data backup of all email accounts. • You get Anti-virus and spam filtering as standard. • There are no upfront investment or ongoing maintenance costs involved. Our initial thoughts; We have mainly been using the Hosted exchange service through Microsoft Outlook and the experience so far has been seamless. I can honestly say that so far I cannot tell any difference between this service and using a local exchange server. every function works exactly the same from the calendars to sharing contact lists. There has been no connectivity problems thus far. At the time of writing the service was available from £5.00 per user per month. You need to weigh up the cost per month per user compared to the cost of an exchange server and server software.... Want to learn more about Hosted email services? More information is available via Our IT Department Hosted Exchange website which is packed full of just about everything you would need to know about the service. click on the link above to access their website. |