Exchange hosting refers to a type of service within the telecommunications industry in which the provider offer a Microsoft email box space available on servers to its clients so that they can host their own data there. Here, the provider will manage this hosted data and clients are free to access their address books, emails, documents and tasks from various locations through different media. Emails get routed to a mobile phone or a laptop vis-à-vis the push technology.
Microsoft Exchange Server has grown into perhaps the most popular and extensively used business messaging platform; it combines advanced
email hosting solutions with data sharing features. Using exchange hosting, clients emails and tasks, calendars and contacts are stored centrally in the
data center owned by the
hosting provider. This information becomes accessible through the Microsoft Outlook from user desktops or through web browsers on any web-enabled device like a smartphone. Using exchange hosting therefore, you do not need to set up any new applications in the office or implement measures for integrating a new set up into the existing company infrastructure. It eliminated upfront costs of buying costly hardware or software or hiring extra staff to run and upgrade the servers. The provider should be responsible for keeping the system updated and it should be able to offer a 99.9% up-time guarantee making sure that clients can access critical data 24x7.