Posted: Friday, 17 July 2015 @ 14:44
Earlier this year. IT Services was tasked with assisting a local web development and hosting provider, with the planning and implementation of a hosted Exchange Server.
This would allow the company to offer hosted Exchange services to their existing clients under Microsoft's Service Provider Licensing Agreement along side their current hosting services.
Microsoft Exchange Server is a server based collaborative application product, offered by Microsoft providing hosted mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks to the client. Unlike typical POP3/IMAP 1 server, 1 client connections, dealing only e-mail, clients are able to access a synchronised experience across multiple desktop operating systems, mobile devices and web-based access clients. Enabling them to deal with the same resources wherever they are.
Exchange Server is found typically deployed for businesses on premises in products such as Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, or in larger client bases their own dedicated server appliances.
Typically, this can be an expensive solution to provide, with the upfront cost of hardware, licensing, consultancy. There is also a requirement to maintain the ongoing solution. Many businesses are looking at moving their existing systems to external providers to host these solutions under monthly ongoing fees, offsetting these costs and responsibilites under service level agreements.
IT Services, installed and tested the Microsoft Exchange 2010 based solution within their Lutterworth bases premises until the system was ready to deploy in a secure Telford based datacentre.
For anyone who has never stepped foot in a datacentre of any kind, it is best described simply with the words noise, heat, cold, not the sort of place any human being would want to spend long periods of their time with their senses being played with.
The point of such a centre is to provide a central location with secure 24/7 access with reliable, redundant power and communications.
The solution was installed in late January and has been performing strongly and reliably. Many of our client's, existing clients have now switched from their existing POP3 or inhouse Exchange based e-mail services moving over to the externally provided solution.
IT Services Support is experienced in the planning of long term projects. From deployment of new services, migration of services, moving of site premises for busineses.
If you would like to discuss any such services with IT Services, please do not hesistate to contact us.