We use the product for emails, document sharing, and document preparation using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Managing Director at a energy/utilities company with 1-10 employees
An easy-to-use solution that helps with document storing and preparation
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Exchange Online is easy to use. You have a common storage where people can store documents. It also helps with version control."
- "The product needs to embed AI for intelligent searches and analytics."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Exchange Online is easy to use. You have a common storage where people can store documents. It also helps with version control.
What needs improvement?
The product needs to embed AI for intelligent searches and analytics.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for ten years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool comes with bugs, and I see a lot of fixes.
How was the initial setup?
Microsoft Exchange Online's deployment is easy. My company focuses on software development; setting up the tool is a breeze.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Microsoft Exchange Online is too expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Solution Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
An affordable and scalable solution that is easy to set up and configure
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is easy to access, and you can bring your own device to access from anywhere."
- "The solution's performance can be improved when you are trying to access it remotely."
What is our primary use case?
Microsoft Exchange Online is a better solution for scalability purposes. The solution is helpful where you need too much infrastructure on-premises.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Exchange Online has a really good performance. The solution is easy to access, and you can bring your own device to access from anywhere. You can still have the security controls on top of it.
What needs improvement?
The solution's performance can be improved when you are trying to access it remotely.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Exchange Online for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Exchange Online is a stable solution.
I rate Microsoft Exchange Online a nine out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution’s scalability is good.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is really easy.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution through an in-house team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Microsoft Exchange Online is an affordable solution.
What other advice do I have?
Two engineers are sufficient to deploy and maintain the solution. Microsoft Exchange Online is a cloud-based solution.
Microsoft Exchange Online is easy to set up and configure. I would definitely recommend the solution to other users.
Overall, I rate Microsoft Exchange Online ten out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director of Infrastructure and Technical Services at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Performs well, and is simple to install, but the technical support could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "Microsoft Exchange Online's resiliency is its most valuable feature."
- "We use different software for email spoofing filters and similar functions because Exchange is quite limited in this area."
What is our primary use case?
We use Microsoft Exchange Online for email.
What is most valuable?
Microsoft Exchange Online's resiliency is its most valuable feature.
What needs improvement?
We use different software for email spoofing filters and similar functions because Exchange is quite limited in this area.
Email spoofing, monitoring, email marketing, and email broadcast have limits or are governed by the number of emails you can send, in any given hour.
I would like to use it as my email broadcasting method.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Exchange Online for three years. We were migrating before Covid.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Exchange Online is quite stable.
I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of Microsoft Exchange Online an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I would the technical support a five out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
Make sure that's what you want to use. Consider your requirement. And if you want to scale to, say, an enterprise-class, you should be aware of certain of Exchange online's limits.
I like it, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
ICT LAN Administrator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Scalable hosted messaging solution that highlights mailboxes that have experienced a violation
Pros and Cons
- "The best part of this solution is the security it offers."
- "This solution involves a lot of work for an administrator. It is not always easy to find exactly what you are looking for within the system."
What is our primary use case?
We have 2,000 users supported by this solution.
What is most valuable?
The best part of this solution is the security it offers. Where we are able to determine which mailboxes have been blocked, or which mailboxes cannot be allowed to send traffic because of a violation.
What needs improvement?
This solution involves a lot of work for an administrator. It is not always easy to find exactly what you are looking for within the system. Microsoft can do better in terms of security and offer solutions to deal with phising, BOMB and viruses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution, especially if you make use of many Microsoft products.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support for this solution is really good. I would rate it a nine out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very complex.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This is an expensive solution.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did evaluate other options including Zimbra.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution a nine out of of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Lead Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Easily implement, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is straightforward and easy to configure."
- "Cloud security is always a concern and the solution can always increase their security."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is brand use.
What needs improvement?
Some of our clients such as banks are always concerned about storing their data in the cloud. Cloud security is always a concern and the solution can always increase their security.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is always good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and easy to configure.
What about the implementation team?
We implement the solution for our clients.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution nine out of ten.
For our clients that have security concerns regarding storing their information in the cloud, I always recommend Microsoft Exchange On-Prem products.
Depending upon each project, we can have thousands of people working on this solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees
Great security flow, easy to set up, reasonably priced
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is straightforward and is definitely easy."
- "Technical support can be improved by shortening the response time and increasing their knowledge."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case of the solution is mainly used for our email conversation, specifically for minutes of meeting or to propose a solution.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of the solution are the security of the email flow, the primary security, having a dedicated, consultative space where if I send an email from a billing app or from a browser or anywhere, it gets stored in consultative space, and some of the end users features such as Word solution.
What needs improvement?
Technical support can be improved by shortening the response time and increasing their knowledge. The solution can improve the integration with mobile applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for over ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is completely based on how we connect with the support team. I would say they just follow the ticketing process. I do have mixed feelings because it's completely based on the engineer allocated to my ticket. Depending on who you get some are more knowledgeable than others.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
- Technical support can be improved by shortening the response time and increasing their knowledge.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and is definitely easy. Anyone with basic IT knowledge should be able to do it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would say the solution is reasonable and affordable. Compared to the competitors, I would say it gives you a lot more functionality and is easy to integrate with other applications and tools. I give the solution ten out of ten for pricing.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution nine out of ten.
We currently have between six and seven thousand daily users.
The solution
The solution doesn't require any maintenance. The solution is a cloud platform and everything is taken care of by Microsoft, so there is no maintenance required. It's maintenance-free.
I recommend the solution. As soon as you know what your needs are, you can go ahead with Microsoft Exchange Online. You don't need any demonstration of features, and you don't need to do any POCs.
I think the solution is pretty reasonable in what it does. In terms of mobile applications, that is Microsoft Outlook for Android and iOS integration, which can make some integration to Microsoft Teams application, which is already prospected in the desktop application. If they can have it in mobile application also, that would be good. But as a solution, I couldn't think of any new features that are required presently.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
IT Infrastructure & Tech Support Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Hosted messaging solution used in addition to Office 365 offering remote access to mailboxes
Pros and Cons
- "This solution makes it very easy to receive and detect problems about the mail flow and offers very good reporting. In general, it's very easy to manage the organization's mailboxes."
- "When we need to purchase additional licenses for additional users, the process is slow."
What is our primary use case?
We use this in addition to Office 365 in order to have our user mailboxes on the cloud.
What is most valuable?
From a user's perspective, this solution enables them to access to their mailbox from anywhere and their mailbox size is as big as 100 gigabytes so they never run out of space.
This solution makes it very easy to receive and detect problems about the mail flow and offers very good reporting. In general, it's very easy to manage the organization's mailboxes.
What needs improvement?
When we need to purchase additional licenses for additional users, the process is slow.
We would like to have a single point of view or pane where we can manage all of our infrastructure.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution. I would rate it a four out of five.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. I would rate it a five out of five.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment of Exchange Online only was very easy and was completed within a week. The full setup and migration of on cloud and on-premises infrastructure is still in progress but this is not due to difficulty.
What was our ROI?
The return on investment is very good. I would rate it a five out of five in this regard.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing for this solution is good. We renew our contract every three years. I would rate the pricing for this solution a three out of five.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Owner at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Simple to manage, robust, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange Online are spam filtering, 50 GB of email storage, good integration with Outlook, and ease of management."
- "The support could improve their response time and sometimes the phone lines are not clear because of static or noise. However, the agents are knowledgeable and very helpful."
What is our primary use case?
Microsoft Exchange Online is a robust mailing solution.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange Online are spam filtering, 50 GB of email storage, good integration with Outlook, and ease of management.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Exchange Online for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Microsoft Exchange Online is scalable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have approximately 80 clients using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
The support could improve their response time and sometimes the phone lines are not clear because of static or noise. However, the agents are knowledgeable and very helpful.
I rate the support from Microsoft Exchange Online a four out of five.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Microsoft Exchange Online is straightforward. It took approximately one hour to deploy for clients.
What about the implementation team?
We have three people that do the deployment and support of Microsoft Exchange Online.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing cost increased at least 15 to 20 percent recently and it would be helpful for them to be reduced.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Microsoft Exchange Online a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
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