Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365

CSP, an MSP Based in Raleigh Provides Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365 Services

What is Hosted Exchange?

Hosted Exchange moves your e-mail server from on-premise hardware into one of many distributed data centers.  This shared infrastructure will leverage best-in-breed hardware to maximize performance, security, and stability.  While the back-end infrastructure is enhanced, the user experience will be nearly identical. Workers will still access e-mail through Outlook, making it a seamless transition for the user.

What is Microsoft Office 365?

Microsoft Office 365 is Microsoft’s branded version of their cloud suite.  One component is a Hosted Exchange feature.  Beyond Exchange, you can also purchase varying levels of the service to include the Microsoft Office product suite.  This suite guarantees that your company always has access to the latest software releases from Microsoft.

Key Benefits of Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365 for Businesses

Migrating to Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365 can be a game-changer for businesses seeking to enhance their communication and collaboration capabilities. Here are some key advantages of adopting these cloud-based solutions:

• Enhanced Productivity and Accessibility: Hosted Exchange and Office 365 provide anywhere, anytime access to email, calendars, contacts, and documents, enabling employees to work remotely or on the go with ease. This flexibility increases productivity and collaboration among team members.
• Improved Security and Reliability: Microsoft’s data centers offer robust security measures, including data encryption, multi-factor authentication, and threat protection, safeguarding your sensitive information. Additionally, the cloud infrastructure ensures high availability and reliability, minimizing downtime and data loss.
• Cost Savings and Predictability: Hosted Exchange and Office 365 eliminate the need for costly on-premise hardware and software, reducing upfront capital expenditures. Subscription-based pricing models offer predictable monthly costs, simplifying budgeting and resource allocation.
• Automatic Updates and Maintenance: With hosted solutions, you can say goodbye to manual software updates and maintenance tasks. Microsoft takes care of these processes, ensuring that you always have the latest features and security patches.
• Scalability and Flexibility: As your business grows, you can easily add or remove users and adjust your subscription plans to accommodate your changing needs. This scalability ensures that your email and productivity tools can grow along with your business.

The CSP Advantage for Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365 Solutions

At CSP, we are your trusted partner in migrating to and managing Hosted Exchange and Microsoft Office 365. Our expertise and experience ensure a seamless transition and ongoing support for your business:

• Migration Expertise: Our certified professionals will guide you through a smooth and efficient migration process, minimizing disruptions to your business operations.
• Customization and Configuration: We tailor the hosted solutions to meet your specific business requirements, ensuring that you get the most out of your investment.
• Proactive Monitoring and Support: We monitor your Hosted Exchange and Office 365 environment 24/7, proactively identifying and resolving issues to ensure optimal performance and security.
• Security and Compliance: We help you implement best practices for security and compliance, ensuring that your data is protected and you adhere to relevant industry regulations.
• Training and Adoption: We provide comprehensive training and adoption support to ensure that your employees can effectively utilize the features and functionalities of Hosted Exchange and Office 365.

What are the benefits of Hosted Exchange?

• Business Continuity:  Most small-to-medium businesses house their server infrastructure in a single, vulnerable location.  While this is normally sufficient, there is an inherit risk to this approach.  By leveraging multiple Tier III or IV data centers – which are secure and equipped with multiple power and carrier sources – Hosted Exchange can provide an additional level of resiliency.  You will no longer lose your services if you lose power.  Companies can also avoid suffering business-critical loss of email access in the event of a catastrophic disaster.
• Eliminate Capital Expenses:  There is no need to purchase servers, license software, plan for future expenses, or spend weeks preparing for an upgrade.  Instead, email services can be delivered via a predictable, consistent, per-user, monthly cost.
• Risk Mitigation:  What’s the cost of losing e-mail for an extended period of time?  Hosted Exchange can mitigate the risk of a hardware failure crippling your organization by providing more redundancy than a classic on-premise solution.
• Scalability:  User counts can be adjusted seamlessly on a month-by-month basis by simply adding additional licenses.  Don’t be constrained by hardware limitations that sometime suppress growth in the classic computing models.
• Unlimited Flexibility / Remote Connectivity:  Since email is hosted in the cloud, users can seamlessly gain access from any location that has internet access.  Users are not required to be on a physical LAN or connect to the main office through a VPN connection.
• Regular Feature Upgrades: Hosted Exchange offerings provide continual upgrades to the latest version of Exchange.  This is done behind the scenes for any users.  Furthermore, with Office 365, users will always have access to the latest version of Microsoft Office.

Make sure your IT does what you think is best: Reach out to the CSP team and tell us what you want from today’s technology by calling (919) 424-2000 or sending an email to info@cspinc.com.