Overview
To stay competitive in today’s business environment, you need
sophisticated messaging tools that provide rich and efficient access to
e-mail, calendars, contacts, and tasks. Now you can enjoy the benefits
of business-class e-mail in a pay-as-you-go model that enables you to
scale up or down as needed, minimizing your financial risk. Exchange
Online can help you free up valuable capital, IT staff, and other
costly resources for more effective, strategic use within your
organization.
The Power of
Choice
Because Exchange Server 2007 is
available as a server product as well as a hosted service, you have the
freedom to choose the right deployment option for your business.
Whether you deploy an Exchange Server on-premises, host your mailboxes
with Exchange Online, or combine these two options in a hybrid
deployment, your employees will have the messaging and collaboration
tools that they need to be productive.
The choice of a deployment option depends of several factors,
such as your level of in-house messaging expertise, the need for
control and customization, and the overall priorities of your IT group.
Because you have the flexibility to deploying Exchange as a server or a
service, you can let business needs, rather than technology
constraints, drive the choice.
For example, policies regarding control of data may require
your IT staff to retain complete control of your e-mail infrastructure
through an on-premises deployment. Or, the economics of hosted e-mail
may permit you to provide hosted mailboxes to employees who don’t have
mailboxes today. As the needs of your business evolve, you have the
flexibility to provide e-mail services in a way that best fits those
needs.