http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/ The Exchange Hosting blog authored by Exchange MVP Shaji Firoz will focus on news, services, partners, and other thoughts about what is happening in the Exchange Hosting industry. The blog will discuss how to better outsource an Exchange messaging infrastructure to a Hosted environment and the latest information about the Hosted Exchange industry will be covered in detail through press releases from leading Exchange Hosting vendors. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-164 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:55:44 +0000 http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-164 [...] Top questions to ask before choosing your Microsoft Exchange Hosting Provider [...] […] Top questions to ask before choosing your Microsoft Exchange Hosting Provider […]

]]> http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-84 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:18:28 +0000 http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-84 [...] Trust - Exchange Hosting Providers have to go through various certifications before they can provide services. One of such key certifications is “Microsoft Exchange Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA)”, if they don’t have this SPLA, they are not authorized to sell hosted exchange services. There are many other certifications (e.g., SaaS etc) these providers usually go through which helps them build more & more credibility with utmost trust. So Exchange Hosting is more credible with strong SLA resulting 24×7 support, certifications & well controlled Partnership agreement with Microsoft (SPLA).Google’s current support modeling is very poor, can hardly gain trust from enterprises. SLA is available only for Google Premium Edition. Those SMEs uses Standard Edition have to use it own risk and education institutes get the same treat. So the enterprises who pilots Google Apps will remain in that phase for longer period. [...] […] Trust - Exchange Hosting Providers have to go through various certifications before they can provide services. One of such key certifications is “Microsoft Exchange Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA)”, if they don’t have this SPLA, they are not authorized to sell hosted exchange services. There are many other certifications (e.g., SaaS etc) these providers usually go through which helps them build more & more credibility with utmost trust. So Exchange Hosting is more credible with strong SLA resulting 24×7 support, certifications & well controlled Partnership agreement with Microsoft (SPLA).Google’s current support modeling is very poor, can hardly gain trust from enterprises. SLA is available only for Google Premium Edition. Those SMEs uses Standard Edition have to use it own risk and education institutes get the same treat. So the enterprises who pilots Google Apps will remain in that phase for longer period. […]

]]> http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-21 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:56:39 +0000 http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-21 [...] In the previous post I have discussed why information check is important. Here is a comment worth mentioning here from Maurene about my information check posting. She says, “Under “What is your core business,” you say “… who are solely operating and managing Microsoft Exchange and related technologies… ” Many providers may host Exchange along with their own messaging service (USA.net comes to mind). IBMGS provides outsourcing for both Exchange and Domino. It’s the word “solely” that I’d question — the decision should be made as a reflection on the quality of the provider’s Microsoft expertise — independent of what else it may be hosting.” [...] […] In the previous post I have discussed why information check is important. Here is a comment worth mentioning here from Maurene about my information check posting. She says, “Under “What is your core business,” you say “… who are solely operating and managing Microsoft Exchange and related technologies… ” Many providers may host Exchange along with their own messaging service (USA.net comes to mind). IBMGS provides outsourcing for both Exchange and Domino. It’s the word “solely” that I’d question — the decision should be made as a reflection on the quality of the provider’s Microsoft expertise — independent of what else it may be hosting.” […]

]]> http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-3 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:23:30 +0000 http://blogs.msexchange.org/exchangehosting/2007/04/24/top-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-your-microsoft-exchange-hosting-provider/#comment-3 [...] Explosive growth in Hosted exchange industry shows the strong demand and trend among customers (including enterprise and large corporations) for Hosted Exchange services. The challenge here for the organization is in choosing the right partner for their Hosted Exchange Service needs. Sometimes, It’s confusing as there are many web hosting companies, data center firms and sometimes telecoms vendor’s beginning to offer Microsoft hosted exchange services. I am in the initial stage of preparing a guide to help you get a clarity in this field. These are the basic issues you must take into account when choosing your service provider in Hosted exchange. I will keep working on this topic to come up with a complete guide. Read more.. [...] […] Explosive growth in Hosted exchange industry shows the strong demand and trend among customers (including enterprise and large corporations) for Hosted Exchange services. The challenge here for the organization is in choosing the right partner for their Hosted Exchange Service needs. Sometimes, It’s confusing as there are many web hosting companies, data center firms and sometimes telecoms vendor’s beginning to offer Microsoft hosted exchange services. I am in the initial stage of preparing a guide to help you get a clarity in this field. These are the basic issues you must take into account when choosing your service provider in Hosted exchange. I will keep working on this topic to come up with a complete guide. Read more.. […]

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