Microsoft Exchange Server, the cornerstone of Microsoft's Unified Communications solution, is a flexible and reliable messaging platform that can help you lower your messaging costs by 50-80%, increase productivity with anywhere access to business communications, and safeguard your business with protection and compliance capabilities that help you manage risk.
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- Q. Auto-Responder definition
By assigning an Auto-Responder to a POP3 account, you can establish the automatic sending of response emails to those that e-mail you. i.e. messages like: I am away from the office until... is the most typical usage of an auto-responder.
- Q. Exchange Server definition
Exchange Server is an email-based collaborative communications server for businesses.
- Q. Hosted Exchange definition
With a hosted Exchange service, customers' email, tasks, calendars, contacts and files are centrally stored at the hosting providers' data center and can be accessed using Microsoft Outlook from a users' desktop, Outlook Web Access via a web browser on any internet-enabled computer in any location or on a popular Smartphone like a BlackBerry or iPhone.
- Q. Can I increase my Microsoft Exchange mailbox size beyond my current 1GB limit?
With a dedicated Exchange Mailbox, you are in control of the server and, therefore, have the ability to increase the mailbox size to a limit of your choosing (subject to available space on your server).
With Shared Microsoft Excahange, the current maximum you are able to increase your mailbox size to is 2GB. If you would like to proceed, please telephone and speak to your dedicated account manager.
- Q. Can you provide Microsoft Exchange?
We can provide both dedicated and shared hosted Microsoft Exchange solutions. Dedicated Microsoft Exchange solutions can be configured to exactly meet your requirements and our expert team of support engineers will support you through the configuration of all your mailboxes. On shared hosted Microsoft Exchange, single or multiple mailboxes can be provided with a capacity starting from 1GB.
- Q. Will I have to buy new hardware to run Exchange Server 2007?
If you are running 64-bit hardware in your current messaging environment, you may not have to buy additional hardware.
However, Exchange 2007 does require hardware and an operating system that are 64-bit. 64-bit hardware provides the system architecture that is required to support the increased memory, storage, and enhanced security requirements in a more cost-effective manner. We provide all Exchange 2007 customers with 64Bit Windows.
- Q. Which 64-bit processors are supported by Exchange Server 2007?
Exchange Server 2007 supports servers that have "x64" processors. We provide Intel Core2Duo and Xeon processors which are all 64Bit.
- Q. What's new in Exchange Server 2007?
Exchange 2007 provides built-in protection to keep the e-mail system up and running and protected from outside threats and lets employees work more productively from wherever they are by using a variety of clients. These clients include Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, and mobile devices. Exchange Server 2007 makes it easier for IT departments to deliver these new capabilities to their organisations by making the messaging environment easier to manage and more cost-efficient.
- Q. Microsoft Exchange Server definition
Exchange Server is an email-based collaborative communications server for businesses.
- Q. MX Record (Mail Exchange Record) definition
Maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain.
- Q. What is Exchange Server 2007?
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is the next version of Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft Exchange is the industry's leading email, calendaring, and unified messaging server. The release of Exchange Server 2007 is closely aligned with the 2007 Microsoft Office release. Together, these products deliver a best-in-class enterprise messaging and collaboration solution.
- Q. What are the Exchange Server 2007 licensing options?
Customers can purchase the Exchange Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) or the Exchange Standard CAL. The Exchange Enterprise CAL is sold as an add-on to the Exchange Standard CAL. Two server editions will continue to be offered: Exchange Server Enterprise Edition and Exchange Server Standard Edition. You can run either CAL together with either server edition. For more information about Exchange Server 2007 editions and Client Access Licenses, see Exchange Server 2007 Editions and Client Access Licenses.
- Q. How does Exchange Server 2007 integrate with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007?
Outlook 2007 provides the most complete e-mail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks functionality available in an e-mail client that is compatible with Exchange. When Outlook 2007 is used with Exchange Server 2007, users benefit from the new Scheduling Assistant that automates time-consuming meeting and resource scheduling, the ability to plan and customize out-of-office communications, and managed e-mail folders that facilitate compliance with internal and regulatory policies.
Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 also combine to enhance security by offering features that are easy to use and let users confidently send and receive sensitive business communications through e-mail. By enabling the Autodiscover service, you can reduce the complexity of client configuration and reduce administrative costs that are associated with troubleshooting connectivity issues for users.
