by Darryl Brooks

Created on: August 19, 2009

In today's competitive business environment, it is more important than ever to save expenses wherever possible and yet still provide the highest level of customer service. Many companies are finding that using managed services or cloud computing is the best way to achieve this and the choice of an email system is no different. The most powerful and flexible email system is one that uses a Microsoft Exchange server, but purchasing the hardware, software, and providing the infrastructure for twenty-four/seven hosting is expensive and time consuming. This is where using managed services for Microsoft Exchange Hosting comes in and makes this system affordable and manageable for small and medium businesses.

Rather than buying all the equipment and maintaining a server, you allow a managed services company to provide the infrastructure and all you have to do is manage the email service itself, just as if the server were at your location. In this way, you get all the power and flexibility of a Microsoft Exchange server and full time support, power management, and backup services without having to expend your personnel.

Microsoft Exchange Hosting allows your company all the benefits of an Exchange server as if it were in your office, but with much more benefits. A managed services hosting environment has the redundant power backups, available hardware in case of failure, and multiple Internet connections to provide true around the clock email. You still have total control of the email service and how it is best configured for your business. You or your email manager configures the services through a virtual connection just as if they were sitting at the server itself. But when they get up and walk away, the server is still managed, protected, and secured by a team of experts knowledgable in Microsoft technology.

Some small to medium sized business will resort to a shared POP3 email service to save on in house expenses. But then they lose out on all the power that is provided by the Microsoft Exchange environment. In addition, it makes them look like a small business. With Microsoft Exchange Hosting managed services, your company can have a system just like the Fortune 500 companies, but at a fraction of the expense. And as your business grows, your email hosting environment can grow along with it without expensive upgrades and hardware purchases.

Give your company an email environment scalable and powerful enough to take them into the future by using Microsoft Exchange Hosting services.

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