MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER 2013 STANDARD
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Description
Exchange Server 2013 Standard - Server
License with 5 CALs - Open Business. Exchange Server 2013 Standard brings a new rich set of technologies, features, and services to the Exchange Server product line. Its goal is to support people and organizations as their work habits evolve from a communication focus to a collaboration focus. At the same time, Exchange Server 2013 helps lower the total cost of ownership whether you deploy Exchange 2013 on-premises or provision your mailboxes in the cloud. The Standard Edition is limited to 5 databases per server.
Microsoft Software Assurance is a maintenance offer that helps your organization get the most from Microsoft software through a broad range of benefits. From deployment planning and staff training to product support and software upgrades, Software Assurance benefits help you increase worker productivity, accelerate organizational performance, and realize a return on your software investment faster. Software Assurance coverage is available for two years or until the end of the term of Open License authorization number, whichever comes first.
Microsoft Open Licensing allows the ability to purchase under the same authorization number for two years. Open Business offers volume pricing with only a five minimum license requirement.
This product comes pre-bundled with the server license and 5 CALs. If you need
additional CALs, you may order them seperately.
Features:
Advanced Email Security
Microsoft Exchange provides efficient protection against spam, viruses, and intruders.
The new Exchange makes it easier to protect both your data and messaging system. With Exchange, you get:
- Automatic encryption at both the channel and message levels to help control access to data and ensure trusted communications both inside and outside the network.
- Built-in anti-malware engine works to protect your network from viruses.
- For premium protection, Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange offers multiple virus-scanning engines and multi-layered anti-spam protection for your online or on-premises email environment.
Outlook Web App in Microsoft Exchange
The new Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Web App deliver a rich, familiar web-based email experience that allows you to:
- Access email, voicemail, and instant messages directly from your inbox using any of the major web browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome).
- Use inline reply to respond to messages in context, making it easier to manage drafts more efficiently.
- Take certain actions, like creating an email or reading received messages, on Outlook Web App content in the absence of web connectivity.
- Customize your communications experience and spend less time switching between applications with web-based Apps for Outlook and Outlook Web App.
Mobile Email with Exchange ActiveSync
Exchange supports a comprehensive mobile experience delivered by Exchange ActiveSync:
- A truly universal inbox on your mobile device that can includes email, voicemail, rights-protected messages, calendar requests, RSS feeds, saved instant message conversations, and more.
- Over-the-air sync on hundreds of compatible devices so email, contacts, and calendar are always up to date.
- Greater control over device access with policy support and allow/block/quarantine lists, including exceptions down to the individual user level.
- No need to purchase or manage a separate system or buy additional licenses for mobile access — it's all included with Exchange.
Microsoft has also created the Exchange ActiveSync logo program to ensure that customers and IT pros have a seamless experience with setup, support, and use of qualified devices.
Email Archiving
Email archiving that is automatic and searchable
Email keeps much of the information businesses use daily, making the need to easily hold and search this information essential. The new Exchange enables organizations to keep mailbox items for discovery using an In-Place Archive:
- Users can employ the same skills they use today to interact with archived email.
- Automatic data retention is based on policy or business requirements.
- Easy to search for and hold relevant items for eDiscovery purposes.
- No need to purchase and maintain a separate email archiving product.
Mailbox Resiliency in Microsoft Exchange
Exchange Server 2013 offers enhanced storage performance and high availability features so users can have bigger and more reliable mailboxes without an increase in cost. With Exchange Server 2013, you get:
- Dramatically improved uptime through faster failover times and the ability to switch between database copies when disks fail.
- Ability to configure a database availability group of up to 16 mailbox servers for automatic recovery from failures, all managed from within Microsoft Exchange.
- Built-in monitoring and availability management solution that provides recovery-oriented, self-healing features to automatically recover from failures.
- Continuous access to communications even while a mailbox is being relocated via Online Mailbox Move feature.
- The ability to use larger and less expensive disks for Exchange storage and support for multiple databases per volume.
Email Information, Protection, and Control in Exchange 2013
To help prevent unauthorized and accidental distribution of data, the new Exchange can automatically inspect email and apply appropriate controls:
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features identify, monitor, and protect sensitive data through deep content analysis, while PolicyTips in Outlook inform users about policy violations before sensitive data is sent.
- Transport rules can be configured to block, re-route or modify messages as appropriate.
- Support for IRM also enables systems to search and journal IRM-protected messages.
- Support for IRM also enables systems to search, journal and apply anti-malware and anti-spam filtering to IRM-protected messages.
Voicemail with Unified Messaging in Microsoft Exchange
Unified Messaging in Exchange saves time and money while offering users more convenient access to voicemail messages. Exchange provides:
- Voicemail and email messages consolidated into a universal inbox.
Voicemail preview that allows you to read your voicemail messages. - Customized greetings and call transfer options to reduce the likelihood of missing an important call.
- Removes the need to purchase or manage a separate voicemail system.
Management Tools in Exchange
Empower your users and reduce help desk costs.
The new Exchange helps decrease the amount of time spent managing your messaging systems while maintaining control. With Exchange, you can:
- Delegate permissions to responsible users based on job function without giving them access to the entire Exchange management interface. Tasks such as performing eDiscovery searches or creating DLP policies no longer have to be the sole responsibility of IT.
- Empower users to manage distribution lists, track messages, and edit personal information—tasks that represent a significant percentage of help desk calls in many organizations.
- Manage the Exchange environment using a single, easy-to-use, web-based interface with the Exchange Administration Center. Enable scripting and automation of routine tasks with Windows PowerShell 3.0, also known as Remote PowerShell.
Deployment Flexibility in Microsoft Exchange
Whether deploying on-premises, in the cloud, or a hybrid combination of the two, Exchange Server 2010 helps reduce costs and provides tools to simplify the deployment experience. Exchange Server 2010 allows you to:
- Drive down the cost of storage by offering multiple storage architecture choices in on-premises deployments.
- Reduce costs and help improve flexibility and scale with simplified load balancing options.
- Simplify deployment with custom instructions for installing or upgrading to the new Exchange.
- Perform mailbox migrations during normal business hours without taking users offline.
Exchange 2013 System Requirements:
Hardware requirements for Exchange 2013The recommended hardware requirements for Exchange 2013 servers vary depending on a number of factors including the server roles that are installed and the anticipated load that will be placed on the servers.
| Component | Requirement |
| Processor | |
| Memory | Varies depending on Exchange roles that are installed: |
| Paging file size | The page file size minimum and maximum must be set to physical RAM plus 10 MB |
| Disk space | |
| Drive | DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible |
| Screen resolution | 1024 x 768 pixels or higher |
| File format | Disk partitions formatted as NTFS file systems, which applies to the following partitions: |
Supported operating systems for Exchange 2013
The following table lists the supported operating systems for Exchange 2013.
| Component | Requirement |
| Mailbox and Client Access server roles | One of the following: |
| Management tools | One of the following: |