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Microsoft Exchange with XOfficeLive

Hosting Microsoft Exchange with XOfficeLive gives the you the full outlook experience, gives the business all the enterprise features, takes away the headaches of having to manage the systems and provides some of the best protection so you can rest easy knowing that the email systems are secure, reliable and compliant with the best of standards.

The Outlook Experience

In addition to benefits and capabilities described above, Exchange Server offers the best integration with the broadest range of clients. Exchange Server supports a complete Outlook experience, from Outlook on the desktop to Outlook Web Access, Outlook Mobile, and the new Outlook Voice Access, a feature of Exchange Unified Messaging. Exchange Server also integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and other Office applications as well as third-party systems and devices.
The Outlook Experience

Exchange Server Features at a Glance
Built-in Protection

Anti-spam and Antivirus	Built-in defenses against spam and phishing e-mail as well as additional integrated filtering and multi-engine scanning capabilities provide advanced protection.*
Compliance	Controls for messages in transport or requiring retention, and flexible journaling help meet organizational, legal and regulatory compliance requirements.
Business Continuity	New data replication capabilities (local and clustered) keep the system highly available while limiting the need and frequency for tape backup.
Confidential Messaging	New encryption features for both internal and Internet-based messages help protect the confidentiality of messages in transit.
Anywhere Access
Unified Messaging	New Exchange Unified Messaging goes beyond e-mail to deliver more types of communications to the inbox, including faxes and voice mail, as well as offering new capabilities such as voice access from any standard phone.
Web-Based Messaging	A rich Outlook-like experience from any Internet connected computer with a supported browser provides encrypted access to the inbox, powerful search, and the ability to view different types of attachments.
Mobile Messaging	Exchange ActiveSync technology delivers an improved e-mail and calendaring experience on mobile devices, while offering enhanced device and security policy control.
Collaboration and Productivity	Enhanced calendaring, out-of-office, resource booking, and meeting scheduling capabilities simplify collaboration and increase productivity.
Operational Efficiency
Performance and Scalability	Improved storage efficiency can be achieved through the extended memory and larger cache of x64-based architecture even as mailbox sizes increase; more efficient routing ensures the best use of bandwidth.
Administration	New graphical and command-line interfaces offer improved manageability and increased automation while integrated tools simplify maintenance.
Deployment	Modular setup and server provisioning based on server roles, as well as capabilities to automatically discover Outlook and mobile clients simplify deployment.
Extensibility	New Web services-based application programming interface (API) and .NET integration via Exchange Management Shell tasks enable rapid development for custom and third-party applications.

Mobile Support

	Exchange iPhone Devices Synchronize your Outlook Inbox, Calendar and Contact folders wirelessly with your Internet-enabled iPhone device. Free Service
	Wireless Mobile Exchange for Windows Mobile Devices Synchronize your Outlook Inbox, Calendar and Contact folders wirelessly with your Internet-enabled Windows Mobile device. Free Service
	Exchange for Google Android Synchronize your Outlook Inbox, Calendar and Contact folders wirelessly with your Internet-enabled Android device. Free Service
	Exchange for Blackberry Synchronize your Outlook Inbox, Calendar and Contact folders wirelessly with your Internet-enabled Blackberry device. Fees may apply

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is an integrated suite of server capabilities that can help improve organizational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes, and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

You can quickly create SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, content management, records management, or Business Intelligence needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people, documents, and data; participate in forms-driven business processes; and access and analyze large amounts of business data.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Capabilities

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server provides a single, integrated location where employees can efficiently collaborate with team members, find organizational resources, search for experts and corporate information, manage content and workflow, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions.

Collaboration
Allow teams to work together effectively, collaborate on and publish documents, maintain task lists, implement workflows, and share information through the use of wikis and blogs.
Portals
Create a personal MySite portal to share information with others and personalize the user experience and content of an enterprise Web site based on the user’s profile.
Enterprise Search
Quickly and easily find people, expertise, and content in business applications.
Enterprise Content Management
Create and manage documents, records, and Web content.
Business Process and Forms
Create workflows and electronic forms to automate and streamline your business processes.
Business Intelligence
Allow information workers to easily access critical business information, analyze and view data, and publish reports to make better-informed decisions.

Integration with Microsoft Office System

Office SharePoint Server is designed to work effectively with other programs, servers, and technologies in Microsoft Office. For example, with Microsoft Office PowerPoint, you can create a slide library on an Office SharePoint Server site that allows other users to choose specific slides for their own presentations and receive notifications and updated versions when the slides have been modified. Click here for more examples of how specific Office programs work with Office SharePoint Server.

Share and Manage Information

	Document and Forms Libraries Users can browse a library to share documents with team members. Document libraries support features such as sub-folders, file versioning, and check-in/check-out. Using a compatible XML editor (such as Microsoft Office InfoPath), you can create a form library for your XML-based business reports or purchase orders.
	Document Workspace Sites for Collaboration on Tasks, Projects, and Documents Using Web parts, lists, and document libraries, a Document Workspace creates an environment centered on one or more tasks, projects, or documents. Team members can work together on a document and periodically update copies that have been saved to the Document Workspace site.
	Automatic Notifications and Alerts SharePoint uses e-mail alerts to notify users of important events and changes to lists, items, libraries, and other parts of the site. For example, users can choose to receive an e-mail alert when a document published in a specific library is modified or deleted, or they can elect to receive immediate, daily, or weekly alerts for content included in the portal site index.

Search

Using the search engine, team members can query most lists and all document libraries that are on the SharePoint site. They can search the entire site or a single list within the site, or they can search for a particular contact in the Contact list.

Version Control

SharePoint can track documents stored on the site and help your team efficiently track and manage document creation and editing.

	Team Surveys Surveys allow you to poll team members and obtain feedback from anyone with access to the site. You can configure a survey so that users can respond to items such as meetings, vendor service, or product releases, and you can also display the results graphically.
	Lists and Spreadsheets SharePoint sites include built-in lists for sharing information, tasks, contacts, and announcements. Users can also create custom lists for unique information. With the help of a compatible Windows program (such as Microsoft Office Professional 2003), Windows SharePoint Services will import in columnar form spreadsheet data that team members can directly edit, sort, filter, add to, or delete.
Event Lists Using an event list, you can post information about important dates or copy/link events to a compatible calendar program such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.
Announcement Lists You can use an announcement list to post news, status, and other information, and you can set an expiration date for the announcement.
Task Lists You can use a task list to assign a task to a team member, specify its priority and due date, and indicate its status and progress. Users can view individual tasks assigned to them or tasks assigned to other team members.
Contact Lists With a contact list, you can allow team members to have access to a telephone number, e-mail address, or street address of clients, partners, and vendors. You can copy contact information in the address book to or from a contact list. This requires a compatible address book program such as Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
	Discussion Boards Discussion boards provide a forum for topics that interest your team. For example, you can create a discussion board that allows team members to propose and discuss activities. Each discussion board has icons for starting, sorting, filtering, switching views, or changing designs. Another feature (Web Discussion) allows users to attach comments to a specific SharePoint page or document.
Ready to Use Business Templates
	Custom Templates for Windows SharePoint Services Microsoft offers a series of FREE application templates tailored to address the needs and requirements of specific businesses or organizations. The templates are the first "out-of-box" custom scenarios for the Windows SharePoint Services platform, and they can provide a starting point for developers who want additional Windows SharePoint Services solutions.
Department-specific templates: · Sales and Marketing · Support and Customer Service · HR and Office Management · Legal · Project Management
Industry-specific templates: · Professional Services · Financial and Brokerage Firms · Social Services · Information Technologies · Public Relations · Schools/Universities
Click here for details and to download from an extensive list of available templates from microsoft.com
Simple Site Customization
	Page and Site Customization Using Web Parts and a Browser By using built-in Web Part features, administrators can easily customize their home page and Web Part Pages. A Web Part is a modular unit that forms the basic building block of a Web Part Page. Available when you create your SharePoint site, it gives you convenient, organized lists, images, and text. You can create dynamic informational portals by adding, configuring, and connecting Web Parts to Web Part Pages. By using a Web browser, you can change the picture or add a view of a list on your home page.
	Customization Using Themes and Templates Using themes that simplify customization, you can change the appearance of your site. A theme is an integrated set of design elements that provide the color scheme and fonts for your SharePoint site. You can easily change the site's theme to fit your organization or team personality. Templates will help your site maintain a consistent look, and you can use them for libraries, entire sites, or individual lists. Saving lists as templates allows you to reuse them or distribute them to other sites. Your Web Parts, list templates, and site templates can be stored in libraries for use by all sites.
	Customization Using Microsoft FrontPage You can easily customize the look of your site (change colors or logos) by using Microsoft FrontPage. The Microsoft FrontPage Help Wizard gives detailed information on how to open and customize a SharePoint site.
Site and User Administration
	Administrative Site and User Management Windows SharePoint Services will assist site administrators in the following areas: · Block specific files from document libraries to prevent suspicious files from being uploaded to the server · Link a document library with a public folder based on Microsoft Exchange to store documents attached to e-mail messages · Add users to a site and allow access to specific sub-sites · Specify permission to allow only specific users to change a list · Support regional settings such as language, time zone, currency type, and international calendar formats · "Help" features available on every screen
	Site Usage Tracking You can view information to determine how many users visit each site. You will receive notification if your site has been inactive for a specified period. If you receive multiple notices and the site remains inactive, the administrator can automatically delete the site. We provide storage space usage and allocation information, and we notify the site administrator of available space.