How Do You Want To Host Microsoft Exchange Server?

If you use the benefits of Microsoft Exchange Server, and consider the use of this robust messaging and collaboration platform, please contact your installation options. These include:

- Self-hosted
- Shared hosting
- Private accommodation

Many large companies and organizations to invest in their own hosting environments from Microsoft Exchange Server. They found that the purchase of equipment and licenses, the installation of the messaging system and maintenance over the years is priceless. It does not mean that self-accommodation is always a bad option: If you have a large, well-trained staff and IT users are highly centralized, you can see that self-hosting is the best choice for you.
Why self-hosted Exchange is so expensive?

A well configured Microsoft Exchange environment requires two special controller Active Directory domain and at least one own Exchange Server. The three servers are under license from Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange mail server should be allowed. In addition, you must each user license for Windows Server and Exchange Server. So before you check yourself, and implementation of hardware, a 20-user system costs between $ 4,000 and $ 5,000 in licensing alone. Even if you're the cheapest hardware, decisions that are difficult to understand, you can get the whole system for less than $ 6,000

The system described above is the basic elements of your messaging system. There are several important elements missing in the configuration, including:

Backup *
* Anti-virus / anti-spam
Internet Connectivity *
* Ongoing care and maintenance

A realistic price for the installation of state of advanced messaging and collaboration system is approximately $ 10,000.
So why any organization to Exchange Server?

Large companies enjoy economies of scale. The marginal cost of adding a domain user is about $ 100. This means that the systems of accounts with hundreds of e-mail, equipment and licensing costs can be extended to a wider audience of users. They are also equipped with IT staff managing the daily e-mail to a sophisticated monitoring system.
What is shared Hosted Exchange

A number of companies in the web, the large Microsoft Exchange Server has sprung infrastructure can support thousands of users. They offer a simple solution for individual users or small businesses, Exchange email hosting. They offer their customers usually a fixed amount per user. They also provide a certain amount of storage for each user account, and they have a small fee per user per month.

There are several advantages to a common environment Hosted Exchange Server. The most obvious is cost. A small organization now uses the scale to benefit only large companies. And since the monthly fees are fixed, there are no surprises. With access to all functions and features of Microsoft Exchange Server, most hosting companies provide access to services such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Good Link Server.

Shared Hosted Exchange has its share of disadvantages. , E-mail accounts for users who hosted a large and comprehensive information stores mixed with users worldwide. Several times, user accounts can be distributed across multiple servers, resulting in delivery delays are long.

These systems are a one-size-fits-all approach, which means your body has no control over how the massage system is configured. If you have a great piece of software that integrates with Exchange server, so you can forget to install. If you enable a protocol to take, or a major anti-spam solution, there is no way to do it.

Manage your email system is cumbersome, limited Web Control Panel. System administrators may prefer the flexibility of using Active Directory Users and Computers, System Manager, and other integrated management tools. Plus there are hundreds of specialized tools for managing Exchange and Active Directory, all shared hosting clients out of bounds.

Single Sign-On is a great feature of Exchange Server is not available for shared hosting customers. In a traditional Exchange Server environment, with their Active Directory user ID and the account is also used their access e-mail in the system. This means that a single login, a password can access their applications and data. This level of integration can not be shared with Hosted Exchange. For companies that are public or publicly expected or those who are subjected to checks, this service is not even an option.
Private Hosted Exchange: Get the benefits of shared hosting and self

Hosted Exchange with Virtual Private infinitely surpasses all the weaknesses of the two communes and self-hosted Exchange environments. Our server state of the art virtual hosting environment we create for each customer PHE complete messaging system, including two special server Active Directory and Exchange Server dedicated. And we do this for a monthly flat rate per user.

designated by the Client users access to the management of public services. Each part of Active Directory and Exchange Server can be customized to the needs of your business. All requests by third parties supported.

You can use any plan PHE VPN, and single sign-on assistance. We can set up a trust with an existing Active Directory or you can use your server to your Active Directory link in our data center. Anyway, you can enjoy all the benefits of the AD environment of a company to design and implement without.

When it sounds complicated, you should worry about. Our engineers will manage users without accounts, plans to implement free, and of course we can offer professional services to your e-mail system to integrate with the rest of your network.
How can we protect your organization and your data

Each virtual server is in our company VMware Virtual Infrastructure environment. The servers are equipped with technology that cluster hardware failures VMwareHA not lead to significant downtime. All data are stored on our SAN and cluster connected to the Internet via our redundant switching fabric. We take six photos of your data every day. And each server in our environment is an HP Propellant with redundant power supplies, coupled with our fully redundant power system that provides UPS and generators.