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Microsoft Exchange

Overview

What is Microsoft Exchange?

Microsoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).

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Reliable software

8 out of 10
June 11, 2022
A more formal means of communication. Search for contacts and previous emails in a simple way. It adapts to your work style so that you …
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Popular Features

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  • Data Loss Protection (66)
    8.6
    86%
  • Management Tools (78)
    8.4
    84%
  • Threat Detection (65)
    7.9
    79%
  • Customizability (76)
    7.9
    79%
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What is Microsoft Exchange?

Microsoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).

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Product Demos

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Features

Secure Email Gateway

Secure email gateway software prevents the transmission of emails that contravene company policy or contain malware, phishing attacks, spam or other unwanted emails

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Product Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).

Reviewers rate Data Loss Protection highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Microsoft Exchange are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Jerry Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
On-prem Exchange is well suited larger organizations. Due to the cost of licensing, hardware, and the expertise required to maintain, it's not necessarily a good fit for small to medium sized companies. O365 would be a better option for those types of organizations.
Aarti Agrawal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Exchange is a must for organizations using the Microsoft suite of applications. The easy User Interface helps in quickly and smoothly managing the mailboxes of users and working on any issues around them. One of the best things about this is the ease with which the administrators can block or whitelist domains or particular senders across the domain. This ensures enhances security against spammers and hackers.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Would see Microsoft Exchange as a suitable solution for medium / large companies. Smaller companies are probably better off using a simpler implementation of an Email server. Also, the licensing costs are considerable so smaller companies probably will have a difficult time to manage to pay them. Large companies would be probably the best fit for an Exchange Server implementation.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
In my production environment we manage a very big client and its user's use Office 365 so from an admin perspective the dashboard is robust and where we manage user's lost file backup's and any issue's with adding or removing user's form directory using Office 365.

Outside the production environment we use Microsoft Exchange everyday. Its email functionality with integrated calendar and Teams or Webex meeting scheduling add-in's and calender updates whenever there is a meeting prior to be more productive. Great integration features.
Sachin Vinay | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Highly efficient and feature-oriented if we have other O365 apps like one note, calenders included. It will be relatively easy to synchronize emails effectively with calenders and teams for any professionals. Not suitable if it is a non-Microsoft local environment.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Many organizations have standardized on Microsoft Office as a productivity suite, so employees can access applications such as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For these companies, MS Exchange is the ideal infrastructure choice to support email, calendar, and task collaboration. Especially for companies who still require or desire an on-premise implementation of MS software.
Hasan ALTAY | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
You can use Microsoft Exchange Server with peace of mind for e-mail, calendar, communication, scheduling, and collaboration services. Microsoft's Exchange Server is a product designed to provide users with access to the messaging platform from mobile devices, desktops, and web-based systems. Telephony features in Exchange Server support voicemail. Exchange Server successfully offers high availability service with Microsoft Exchange Database availability groups.
Emily Bickel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Sending and receiving emails, as well as keeping track of them, is a breeze with this software. It's a fantastic tool for organizing meetings, sending out group emails, and setting up appointments. It's a tool that's ideal for organizations with a high number of projects and employees to use. As a result, small firms are able to take use of it with little difficulty. The product's various features and user-friendly interface make it a product that can be utilized by everyone.
Kelly Peterson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For our clients, the switch to an entirely independent (parallel processing) Microsoft Exchange Server was a lifesaver because previous software versions frequently crashed. The clever viva add-on informs me of any things that are still uncompleted in my large email to-do lists. Migrating to Office 365 has never been easier because to the meticulous preparation that has gone into it. Web applications will load more quickly.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Since Microsoft Exchange server is an all-in-one suite of applications and products from Microsoft, it lets users collaborate seamlessly. Microsoft has a wide variety of products and the Exchange server is a great way to bring them all under one roof for enterprises. If the organization uses Microsoft applications throughout then using the Exchange server is of great benefit.
Gerardo Varillas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think Microsoft Exchange is well suited when you can set your customized subfolders for one or more mailboxes, it is a very clear interface for end-users and it makes easy email management. The native integration with Teams and calendar is so good because at least 50% of our customers use Microsoft Teams for meetings, then we don't need to create a specific event in another calendar (like Google) to schedule the meeting. The interface is very customizable to make it more friendly for the end-user. I think Microsoft Exchange is less appropriate when you need to configure a new email account and doesn't have some technical knowledge. It is also a problem when you need to integrate a plugin (like Google Calendar) to connect to other platforms because most cases it becomes a very slow performance of Exchange, then you need to uninstall the plugin.
June 11, 2022

Reliable software

Gregorio Sandoval | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Agendas and viewing in parallel. Access even if we are not connected to the server, copies of email and calendar elements are preserved, and all maintenance is carried out free of charge. Tools that greatly facilitate the work. Use of servers that support a considerable volume of data. Fully optimizes collaboration and data transfer.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For businesses with experienced on-site administrators that want ultimate control of their data, Microsoft Exchange is a no-brainer. For those with smaller office sizes or cost limitations, it can be a little pricey especially when you consider licensing fees. So many of the cloud-based major players make the reduced cost very attractive.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Exchange is very suitable for corporate environments given its high integration with other products (such as Active Directory). The product is also suitable for any size company. It also requires having personnel in the information technology department trained to administer or support the product or to carry out updates.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Exchange seems to be the standard in businesses. I think it's useful that the majority of other businesses also use Microsoft Exchange. It makes sense to use Microsoft Exchange if the company uses a Windows OS and Microsoft Office applications. It may not be suitable for businesses that don't use Microsoft applications and may use Mac OS more.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Exchange is an excellent email server with inbuilt spam filtering for junk emails. It also integrates easily with your calendar from different vendors. The main email client Outlook works well most of the time but only on Windows machines. It appears to be a half-backed software on macOS
Claire Adams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have a large number of domains and send and receive hundreds of emails per day. Microsoft Exchange makes it easy to keep track of everything. Anyone who requires some sort of automated email system will likely find Microsoft Exchange useful. The current version of Exchange has also considerably reduced the time spent managing/administrating email, which is a tremendous advantage regardless of the size of the company.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is helpful in converting mailboxes to the shared mailbox and helps us in mail distribution management. It helps all types of companies in managing the email delivery system, email management, contact management, calendar management, etc. It is well suited for medium to large company size, given the pricing.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Microsoft Exchange is the reference in collaboration within enterprise. Now replaced by Microsoft Office 365 suite, but on premises deployments are still best in class. Management console can be difficult to use in my opinion, but documentation is great. Microsoft PowerShell can be used to perform every action programmatically.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mailbox delegation is used extensively so that personal assistants can manage the email/diaries of high-profile members of staff. The ability to convert a mailbox from regular to shared is also beneficial when a person is on leave or absent for a period of time as it frees up a license. As Exchange is so accessible, it can be used as a filing cabinet which is not what it is designed to be. This can lead to large mailboxes which can lead to users losing the information within them.
Teri Horton-Sandlin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Definitely well suited for email services. It is easily accessible; however, it does take several windows to go through to get to your email. We also have it set up for a finite amount of storage, so you have to stay on top of what you want to keep and what to delete.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have used Microsoft Exchange at many different places I worked, it is best suited for under 1000 users and anything above that should really be using ms 365 and the mailbox sizes ( default is 2gb for a mailbox ) tend to eat a lot of storage space in an IT infrastructure and this makes costs for an IT department go up. The reliability and uptime of your in-house Exchange solution absolutely depends on how much you are willing to invest in the platform. Guaranteeing a 99.99% availability or better requires a costly infrastructure.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have dozens of domains and send out thousands of emails every day along with receiving thousands more. Microsoft Exchange allows us to manage all of this easily. Any organization that needs any form of automated email system will likely benefit from Microsoft Exchange. The newer Exchange has also greatly decreased the amount of time spent on managing/administration of email which is a great benefit regardless of the business size. I feel that any business larger than a few people and without a dedicated email engineering team would appreciate Exchange.
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