Microsoft BPOS Online Suites

Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite
Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a cloud-based set of messaging and collaboration tools, delivered as a subscription service (SaaS), that gives your business rich capabilities without the need to deploy and maintain software and hardware on-premise. These online services are designed to help meet your needs for robust security, all-day every-day reliability, and user productivity.

Microsoft BPOS includes Microsoft Exchange Online for email and calendaring; Microsoft SharePoint Online for portals and document sharing; Microsoft Office Communications Online for presence availability, instant messaging, and peer to peer audio calls; and Office Live Meeting for web and video conferencing.

Microsoft Exchange Online is a hosted enterprise messaging solution based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and provides the following:

⇒ Improved e-mail security
⇒ "From virtually-anywhere" access to e-mail for your employees
⇒ Enhanced operational efficiency for your IT staff
⇒ 25-gigabyte (GB) mailbox storage per standard license

SharePoint Online offers you a comprehensive set of functionality spread across the Portal, Collaboration, Search, Content Management and Business Process and Forms workloads.

Key features include:

⇒ Shared document and meeting workspaces
⇒ Content management features for documents and Web content
⇒ Document libraries with version control
⇒ Standard templates including wikis, blogs, and surveys
⇒ RSS feeds for SharePoint libraries and lists
⇒ Low-cost user licenses for "deskless workers" who use a PC on a limited basis
⇒ Antivirus scanning with Microsoft Forefront™ Security for SharePoint

Provides your organization with next-generation communications capabilities, including presence, instant messaging (IM), and PC-to-PC audio and video calling. Office Communications Online delivers embedded presence and a "click-to-communicate" experience with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint Server.

Key features include:

⇒ Instant messaging over the Internet or a corporate network using Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 client
⇒ Integration with Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel® and Microsoft Office Word for presence awareness and collaboration
⇒ Presence integration with SharePoint sites
⇒ Users can add distribution lists to their Contact Lists and IM with individuals or the entire list
⇒ Remote access to the service over the Internet

Connect with your colleagues and engage your customers through real-time meetings, training sessions, and events. Features include:

⇒ Web client support for remote attendee flexibility
⇒ Interactive application/desktop sharing and whiteboard tools
⇒ Active speaker video switching, multi-party video, and multi-party VoIP audio
⇒ Rich-media presentations, native video conferencing, high-fidelity recording, and Web-cam capabilities
⇒ Training and event management with event and class registration and virtual breakout rooms