Today at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division announced the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United States.
These subscription services offer businesses a new way to purchase, deploy and manage the industry-leading e-mail and calendaring solution, and the industry-leading solution for portals and collaboration.
Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft, and consists of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting, and Office Communications Online (coming soon).
These online services are designed to give your business streamlined communication with high availability, comprehensive security, and simplified IT management. Your business benefits from always up-to-date technologies that are deployed rapidly, maximizing your valuable IT resources and reducing your need for infrastructure investments.
Businesses can buy or try the new services at http://www.microsoft.com/online. As part of the Microsoft Online Services product family, Exchange Online and SharePoint Online are available separately or as a suite together with Office Live Meeting for conferencing, Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services and Microsoft Office Communications Online for instant messaging and presence.
New Products
Microsoft also outlined its plans to offer new solutions as a part of Microsoft Online Services in the next year. In addition to Office Communications Online, Microsoft is planning to offer a Microsoft Online Services solution that will provide IT management and security capabilities for businesses, enabling IT managers to secure and manage desktops using a Web-based subscription service.
These online services will be based on components from existing systems management, identity and security offerings, and will complement Microsoft’s on-premise solutions, as customers begin to adopt cloud-based computing to address specific needs.
Pricing
Business Services
- Customer management (Dynamics CRM Online) From $39 per user per month
Collaboration
- Centralized resources & workflow management (SharePoint Online) From $7.25 per user per month
- IM & presence awareness (Office Communications Online) From $2.50 per user per month (Coming Soon)
Communications
- Web conferencing (Office Live Meeting) From $4.50 per user per month
- E-mail & shared calendars, contacts (Exchange Online) From $10 per user per month
- Protection & preservation for e-mail (Exchange Hosted Services) Filtering from $1.75 per user per month
- IM & presence awareness (Office Communications Online) From $2.50 per user per month (Coming Soon)
Compliance
- Protection & preservation for e-mail (Exchange Hosted Services) Archiving from $8.60 per user per month
For more information visit the Microsoft Online Services web site.