MailServer Exchange 2010
Teamwork possibility
One often used feature is the ability to organize teamwork by the help of instruments of sharing different types of objects (calendars, address lists, whole pages and more). All of the administered data are saved in the server database in contrast to classic e-mail servers; this centralization provides users working on several systems at the same time (stable computer + notebook) with advantages.
User interfaces
With respect to the customers’ needs of broad accessibility of the data administered by this solution the system is equipped with several distinct user interfaces:
MS Outlook – a native client application installed on a client computer for full-fledged local and remote access to the system (without the need of a VPN connection supporting work in on-line / off-line mode (bythe help of data synchronization to the local database).
Outlook Web Access – an advanced web interface for online access and full-fledged work of the users. For the purposes of communication via internet the data transfer between server and client station is secured by coded communication.
Outlook Mobile Access – an interface destined for communication via mobile devices operating under the Windows Mobile operating system supporting the synchronization of user e-mail folders, address lists, calendars and more.
Other ways of access
Apart from the listed communication tools it is possible to make use of any client application supporting standardized POP3, IMAP and SMTP mail protocols in order to access the user mailbox. With respect to the huge popularity of the listed server solution there is an innumerable amount of third-party client applications supporting the synchronization of different types of mobile devices with an MS exchange server. The also integrated possibility to run redundant server instances in order to achieve high availability of the services provided only just underlines how sophisticated this solution is.
Terminal connection
Remote access through terminal connection is provided by an autonomously licensed service which is a standard component of MS Windows 2008 Server. This solution represents a way of remote access with low demands on the transfer speed of the communication channel (most commonly the internet connection). After a user has been connected to the terminal server via Remote Desktop (RDP) client application an autonomous client login instance is launched on it. All the data and applications are processed directly by the server. Only the screen content of a concrete client login and according impulses generated by input devices of the user (mouse + keyboard) are being transferred between a remote computer with RDP and the terminal server. In case of a crash and a repeated continuation of the interrupted connection between the RDP application and the terminal server the last effective state of the remote connection including open application and unfinished documents will be displayed to the concrete user.
Antivirus/anti-spam solution
ForeFront for MS Exchange by Microsoft contains a combination of various methods of detection and revelation of unwanted mail including regularly updated database signatures. The product listed combines several antivirus engines and anti-spam instruments which perform multiple data object checks. The testing proceeds in two modes:
- On-line – incoming and outgoing data messages are continuously being tested
- Off-line – the testing of information saved at the server databases is performed in regular intervals. This detection serves the elimination of messages which haven’t been identified during the on-line test for example if the signature database wasn’t up-to-date.
The anti-spam/antivirus instrument updates themselves are being made completely automatically.