![]() So to keep things simple, let's just stick with the lowest possible figure of $4000. Costs vary here as you can use hosted for anti-spam/virus and backup options are all over the place. You still need to add on costs of anti-virus, anti-spam (the built in anti-spam/virus isn't very good) and appropriate backup. You could also just purchase the license only, which will bring your cost down to around $4000 as your 1 time up front purchase, but this means you can never upgrade your OS or Exchange. If not, add $1550 to up front purchase and $500 to the SA renewal Note that I'm assuming you already have the required 35 Windows Server CALs. That renewal is good for another 2 years and will cost about $2000. TOTAL Microsoft Licensing for first 2 years = $5700Īfter the first 2 years, you're going to want to keep your Software Assurance (SA) so you have upgrade rights. 35 Exchange Server Standard CAL - Open Business, Lic+SA - $3500 ($100/ea).1 Exchange Server License - Open Business, Lic+SA - $950. ![]() 1 Windows Server OS License - Open Business, Lic+SA - $1250.Has your boss even considered the cost? If not, let me help you out a bit: I could sure use some pointers, books, sites, PDF's whatever ya got on the subject of "Exchange for Dummies". I have my own domain, a static IP and a server with RDP access at home so I can set up an environment just like here at the office. I have Axigen installed at home but haven't even looked at it yet and I'm downloading Exchange right now. The boss is really leery of any software with the word "free" in it so this may be a tough sale unless you've got some strong points in favor. He says it's enterprise-grade software and free for up to 100 users, massive charges after that. Besides, I'm cool with this because I want the experience.Īn admin friend of mine likes Axigen. Please spare me the, "That's unnecessary when a hosted solution is so simple and cheap." This isn't my call and it's something they've been talking about since my first interview. If Exchange is a huge resource hog I have a spare 2850 jammed full of RAM and Xeons I could dedicate. We're just using old Dell 2850's and 2950's, which, believe it or not, are underutilized. I think there may be other reasons I haven't heard yet. First off, we only have 35 email boxes currently (cue laughter) and I know it's silly to bother with our own server but the boss wants to get away from GoDaddy and do our own hosting.
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