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Originally Posted by Azure
Ah okay.
Reason I'm asking is I'm trying to figure out whether it would be a better idea to setup my own exchange server, or if it would be a better idea to go with someone like this...
http://www.sherweb.com/hosted-exchange
The problem with Sherweb is that they charge you $10/user/month to do Blackberry sync. On top of the $8.95/user/month for exchange. Technically, with Telus I wouldn't even need the blackberry sync service, as they have it setup so you can sync any email through their service. I tried it today and it worked great.
I like the idea of not having to worry about the technical side of the Exchange server though.
Choices, choices... |
Are you considering running a server at home/home office? Microsoft has a tremendous program via TechNet where for about $250 a year, you get licensed access to all of their operating systems, business and office software. It’s a great way to get exposure to Server 2008, Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, etc.
It’s not for production use, but if you are a one man shop, or just looking to learn and use these techs for your personal use, it’s a heck of a deal (even just to get Windows 7 and Office 2010 for your home machine)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx
It’s a fair bit of work to put up the full Exchange stack, but once you have it up and running, its pretty much self-maintaining. I don’t do much to my server at home other than back it up once a week, and even that is easy since I run it in a virtual machine - I just take a copy of the virtual machine and away I go.