| Your organization's needs for Microsoft exchange | | | | While buying hosted MS Exchange Account |
| mailbox accounts with changes in workforce. An | | | | mailbox account, look for a web based control |
| easy alternative is to buy Microsoft Hosted | | | | panel to manage your mailboxes. Also note that |
| Exchange mailbox accounts as and when needed. | | | | the price per Exchange mailbox may vary |
| How to buy hosted exchange or what factors | | | | depending on the mail access protocol, that is, |
| should be considered while selecting the | | | | POP3 (Post Office Protocol V3), IMAP (Internet |
| appropriate hosted exchange mailbox plan is | | | | Message Access Protocol), or MAPI. |
| important. | | | | Microsoft hosted exchange 2007 mailbox |
| Look for a hosted exchange provider with the | | | | accounts support IMAP, MAPI, and POP3. POP3 is |
| latest version of MS Exchange 2007 mailbox | | | | the Post Office Protocol V3, whereas IMAP is the |
| accounts and expect the following features: | | | | Internet Message Access Protocol. POP3 |
| - Round the clock monitoring of Exchange Server | | | | functionality is known to all mail users as it is the |
| Infrastructure | | | | most commonly used protocol. If you do not |
| - 24/7 customer and technical support | | | | need the advanced mobile push sync features, |
| - Reliable Data Center | | | | you can pick a POP3 account that will be less |
| - Easy-to-use web based control panel | | | | expensive. However, if you are using a smart |
| - Mailbox facility scalable from 1 - 100,000 | | | | phone such as iPhone, BlackBerry, or Windows |
| Exchange mailbox accounts | | | | Mobile phone, you will be better off using the |
| - Unlimited distribution and email aliases list | | | | IMAP or MAPI protocols that allow for better |
| - Easy mail access via Outlook, OWA, Https, | | | | synchronization of email files and folders on the |
| POP3, MAPI, IMAP4 | | | | mobile and desktop clients and the mail server. |