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    Question about Microsoft Exchange Online

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gmoneyphatstyle, Aug 26, 2011.

  1. gmoneyphatstyle

    gmoneyphatstyle Notebook Deity

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    Hello,
    I've been looking in Microsoft's online exchange hosting service.
    Hosted Email with Exchange Online

    Here's what I want it to do:
    Hosting
    - Host my email, and calender, allow me to access that info via oulook, and my Blackberry.
    Calender Sharing
    - Allow me to share my calender with someone else, over the net, via web interface (outlook would be optional here). If they had read only access that'd be okay, if they could book appointments for me that'd be great.

    Does anyone know if Microsoft Exchange Online($5/month) can do this?

    I'm also looking at Office 365 which includes Exchange Online ($6/month), but can't tell if it allows calender sharing.

    I'm currently using Gmail for email (free google apps version), but it doesn't do calender sync to outlook. I'm not sure I trust gmail's outlook syncing capabilities ($50/year google apps premier) for calender items. I'm not really interested in hearing about gmail's solutions.

    I looked into intermedia.net exchange hosting. But they don't allow sharing of callender to people outside of your intermedia account, so that won't work.

    I'm currently using outlook 2007 if that matters.
    Thanks.
     
    gmoneyphatstyle, Aug 26, 2011
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  2. chimpanzee

    chimpanzee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes it can. It really is just an exchange server but run by Microsoft instead of in-house IT. The only thing I don't like it is that it is still pretty rough in the setup department, especially in custom domain(say you want your own domain instead of mycompany.microsoftonline.com).

    Otherwise, it is a nice solution for company don't want to pay for the IT infrastructure.

    A free alternative is this which use hotmail. It allows you to share calendars too but not sure if it has the same functionality as an Exchange based system

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/o...k-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx

    EDIT:
    exchange based sharing is a bit different from hotmail based. Exchange based is mainly for internal use(people of the same corp, domain) whereas hotmail based is more for 'semi-external', i.e. people you can identify as 'hotmail' users and put them in your 'circle'.
     
    chimpanzee, Aug 26, 2011
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