How do you want to host Microsoft Exchange Server?

Are Microsoft Exchange Server benefits common to you? you consider this particular robust and also collaboration platform? You need to know the installment options in case you are. They include:
• Shared hosted
• Self hosted
• Privately hosted

A lot of large companies as well as organizations wish to host their very own Microsoft Exchange environments so they made investments in these. What they have observed is that the expenses related to purchasing equipment and licensing, installing the messaging system, and maintaining it over the years can be prohibitively costly. That doesn't imply self-hosting is always an undesirable option: if you have a large, well-trained IT staff and your users tend to be highly centralized, you may find that self-hosting is the best choice for you.

Why is Self-Hosted Exchange so Expensive?

To get the entire system installed you may need over $6000. The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 license is necessary for the three servers that'll be properly configured Microsoft Exchange environment. The servers should be two Active Directory Domain Controllers and at least 1 dedicated Exchange Server. A license for Microsoft Exchange is also needed for your mail server. Users also needs to be certified for Windows Server as well as Exchange Server. Licensing alone costs around $4000 to $5000 if you prefer a 20 user system. Check equipment and implementation before you think about installing since it may be very costly.

The system referred to above is only the basic building blocks of your messaging system. There are several important elements missing from the configuration, which includes:
• Anti-virus/Anti-Spam
• Internet Connectivity
• Data Backup
• Ongoing support and maintenance

Around $10,000 is the total reasonable price for installing this state-of-the-art messaging as well as collaboration system.
So why would any organization install Exchange Server?

Using Exchange Server cost less. Usually, when you have a large business, you may spend around $100 to add a single user and systems with hundreds of email accounts can spread the equipment and certification costs among a large pool of users.

It employees will also be required by these companies so that you can handle the day-to-day sophisticated e-mail system.

What is Shared Hosted Exchange?

A number of companies have sprung up on the web that have created big Microsoft Exchange Server infrastructures competent at supporting a large number of users. They offer a simple answer for single users or small companies to host Exchange e-mail. They generally offer their customers a set fee per user. Their programs include a specific amount of storage space for each user account, plus they charge a nominal price per individual per month.
There are many advantages to a shared hosted Exchange Server environment. The most obvious is cost. A small organization instantly takes advantage of the economies of scale only large enterprises enjoy. And since monthly fees are fixed, there are no surprises. Besides having access to all the features and capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server, most hosting companies offer access to services such as Blackberry Enterprise Server as well as Good Link Server.

Shared Hosted Exchange have their own share of drawbacks. Email accounts for your users are Hosted in huge cumbersome information stores, commingled together with users from all over the world. Often times your users' accounts can be spread among many different servers, leading to long supply delays.
You don't need to install a piece of software that integrates with Exchange Server because it is not possible to allow a protocol or integrate with a great anti-spam solution. Your business will not have any control over how the system works or what we call the one-size-fits-all approach.

Management of one's email system is limited to complicated, web control panels. System administrators choose to have the versatility of using Active Directory Users & Computers, System Manager, and other integrated management tools. Plus there are numerous specialized management utilities intended for Exchange and also Active Directory, all of which are off limits to shared hosted customers.

Another great attribute of Exchange Server is Single Sign-on. This specific feature isn't available to shared hosted clients. In Single Sign-on, we will be giving you a single log in and a Single password which will give you access to all of the programs and information. This is different compared to a normal Exchange server environment. In a traditional Exchange environment users login using their Active Directory user account. The user account is used to access to all of the applications and data. Companies that are public or thinking of going public cannot take advantage of Single Sign-on since this is not possible. If the company is subject to IT audit, you can't use this feature as well since the level of integration is not possible using Shared Hosted Exchange.

Privately Hosted Exchange: Obtain the benefits of Shared & Self Hosted

Privately Hosted Exchange by Infinitely Virtual overcomes all of the shortcomings of both Shared & Self Hosted Exchange environments. Using our state-of-the-art virtual server hosting environment, we create for every PHE client a complete messaging system, which includes two dedicated Active Directory Servers and also a dedicated Exchange server. And we do this for a flat fee every month per user.

We try to meet the needs of your organization. We are able to customize each and every feature of Active Directory and Exchange Server and all third party programs are supported in order to serve you better. Our own management utilities can be easily accessed by customer designated consumers.

Enjoy all of the benefits of a good enterprise AD environment by adding VHE to any PHE plan. With this, we'll include a single sign-on support. Join your servers to your Active Directory in our datacenter. A trust through an existing Active Directory can be made by us. You don't need to design as well as implement an AD environment in order to get the benefits.

Don't worry if you are not really acquainted with any of these. You'll be taken care of by our engineers. We provide totally free user account management, free implementation plans and skilled services in order to integrate your email system with the rest of your respective network.

How we protect your organization as well as your data

We guarantee you that hardware failures will not lead to significant down time. This is because all of our data is saved on our own clustered SAN which is connected to the web. Our servers are also clustered using VMwareHA technology and our VMware Virtual infrastructure environment hosts every virtual server. We are also using hpProliant that has redundant power supplies. The Hp Proliant is connected to our power supply which is supported by uninterruptible power supplies and also generators making our system very reliable. Each day, we also take six snapshots of your respective data.

Find out more about guaranteed reliability for the organization's MS Exchange Server in InfinitelyVirtual.com.