It’s hard to tell, because many of the details aren’t out yet. However, based on internal discussions, discussions with Microsoft, and discussions with third parties, here’s our best sense at the moment. We think most organizations will find total upgrade costs of $150 to $250 per mailbox. We expect the main cost components to be: […]... read more »

Recently, Microsoft surprised many by announcing that the next version of Exchange will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server (more at this page). While this is a good move for medium-size to large Exchange customers, it’s illustrative of the fact that Exchange scales relatively poorly in the real world. This is because […]... read more »

Whenever we speak with a vendor of Exchange administration products, we usually hear that their target customer is "medium-size to large" companies. That typically means organizations with 1,000 or more mailboxes. Why is it that smaller organizations don’t purchase these Exchange administration products, many of which can be quite useful for any size organization? Three […]... read more »