Hosted mail from Microsoft Exchange offers a wide variety of benefits. Some of these benefits are improved security for your business emails and information and 24/7 IT support.
Microsoft Hosted Exchange from Blue Lake Hosting is the email solution designed to help small and medium companies. With Microsoft Exchange as the mail server and Microsoft Outlook as your client, your employees can do more.
The mail server can be hosted using Windows or Linux. If the mail server is for a small business, there is no need for a dedicated exchange server for a Microsoft platform. When there is website is hosted for the company, the email accounts are part of the deal, when it is hosted with ISPs. Also spam and anti-virus check can be done at the ISP mail exchange level at a small fee annually.
The Microsoft Exchange Server is an e-mail server used primarily for businesses. You can purchase it through Microsoft or a retailer that sells Microsoft. It is similar to your everyday e-mail, but it is not for personal use.
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If you're talking software, then Exchange (by Microsoft) is the server that, among others, handle the mail. IE. That is where you setup mail accounts and that is where your mail will go to. You then "pick it up" at the server with a program like fx Outlook or Windows Mail. Exchange also provides faxing, SMS etc.
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There is a thorough article written up on Beta News which explains what hosted exchange is and which providers are the best. The author highly recommends Microsoft Office 465 over all the other providers included in the review.
Microsoft exchange is a cover all program which basically includes all the functions needed for running business and maintaining contacts online, the features are: electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks
Using an exchange mail hosting service gives you the advantage of being able to access your mail from anywhere you have internet access. You can send and receive mail, organise it into files and sync events to your calendar.
You could try using Microsoft's customer support line, which can be found on their website. Microsoft has a large support base that you can also take a look at.