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Originally Posted by George_B
but it will be lower than pretty much everyone else. It will include 25GB of storage, Barracuda + in-house Spam/Virus protection, ActiveSync, etc The only thing optional ( extra $ ) will be BES.
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Sounds very interesting. Can you tell us whether it'll be 2007 or 2010?
Since last year's competitive price cut, Microsoft's own BPOS hosted platform (also available through resellers) is certainly compelling. But their Exchange Online still hasn't been upgraded to the 2010 version (outside of the dedicated and education markets), even though the 2010 on-premise suite was already released last year. And their service is not exactly
infallible.
Of the independent hosted Exchange providers such as Apptix, Intermedia, Rackspace, *******, etc, some have already transitioned to 2010 on their own. But while some have adopted the larger storage capacity norm, many seem reluctant to follow the downward trend in pricing. ******* for example moved from offering a 3GB Exchange 2007 account with the basic trimmings included (such as ActiveSync and Outlook license) to a 25GB Exchange 2010 account where these trimmings cost extra. And yet others start at an even higher price point...
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