Exchange 2013 - Multi-Tenant

[uk26]

Hi,

We have a requirement to provide hosted exchange 2013 to a few small clients, we have always done dedicated Exchange Hosting per customer but now looking into Multi-Tenant Exchange.

what do you guys use to setup tenant?

CLI or a third Party application?

 

[Phild1973]

Use a Hosted Exchange 2013 platform provider, our team at Channelhost.co.uk can provide what you need here cost effectively without you having to manage the hardware, licensing.

 

[avecSys]

I would use Office 365

 

[Phild1973]

Not really something i'd recommend to a client for critical services such as email with the frequency 365 is down. 4 hours on a weekday morning within the last 2 weeks alone. If you want a supported business solution Hosted Exchange with a reliable provider is the best option. Most businesses can be without word and excel for a few hours but not email.

 

[pjperez]

Not really something i'd recommend to a client for critical services such as email with the frequency 365 is down. 4 hours on a weekday morning within the last 2 weeks alone. If you want a supported business solution Hosted Exchange with a reliable provider is the best option. Most businesses can be without word and excel for a few hours but not email.

Surprised to hear that. I know high profile businesses (+30k users) that use Office 365 without any major hiccups compared to any other hosted Exchange provider. Have you got any proof of your claims?

I would also go the O365 to avoid all the hassle of managing the servers/service. Or, at least, move the servers to the cloud so you can avoid hardware issues and can have more agile deployments and rollbacks.

 

[avecSys]

We have well over 30 clients on 365 and have never had a problem with them going down. Maybe a user related problem with them signing in wrong, but never had the server go down.

 

[DavidJohn]

I'd use and recommend Office 365. Have used it at my last two companies and it's been excellent. Both of these companies are IT companies - one a software vendor and the other a systems integrator. So in other words they know what they're doing.

 

[KM-Tiger]

... a systems integrator. So in other words they know what they're doing.

Really?

I'm not sure that taxpayers who have pissed away billions with system integrators would agree.

 

[DavidJohn]

Really?

I'm not sure that taxpayers who have pissed away billions with system integrators would agree.

With Office 365?

 

[KM-Tiger]

With Office 365?

No, with System Integrators that "know what they are doing".

 

[DavidJohn]

So do you think office 365 is a good solution or not? I'm not sure what you're getting at.