Exchange Server

[TriedandTested]

How much is it for a licence for use by an organisation <100 staff?

Also, is it really THAT difficult to set up?

 

[TriedandTested]

Ah Microsoft licensing... the joys. Will you be using Standard or Enterprise? 2000 or 2003? What do you expect the average, and maximum mailbox size to be?

A basic setup is quite easy to do. Gets complicated when you look at advanced routing and clustering etc.

I'd expect by the time comes we'll be on Server 2003..so Exchanger Server 2003 will be the choice. Not entirely sure of the differences between standard and enterprise at the moment (will be looking in to it) but we're quite a small organisation in the scheme of things <100 staff. What really really want to do is simply share calendars, contacts (global address books etc), arrange meetings...all in real-time so to speak; i've tried WorkGroupShare which sadly needs to be synchronised continuously throughout the day to ensure each user has up to date info in Outlook. Not what i want.

Will Exchange give us a lot more over the usual Outlook stuff?

Thanks for the replies so far.

 

[TriedandTested]

Thankfully i work in education...and the CALs are a LOT cheaper than the prices you mention. Thanks for the info though..will start my licence costs investigation later in the week.