What does Hosted Exchange service look like?

If you are working on a small development company that focuses on Microsoft technology, chances are you are also using Exchange Server as your e-mail platform. This is a fine product, but for many small companies, it can be quite difficult to install, keep running and maintain. I'm not saying that it is impossible by any means, but again, it requires dedication and resources.

Since e-mail and calendar sharing is a quite simple set of features anyway, you might wish to investigate how online versions (hosted versions) of Microsoft Exchange work. Microsoft sells you this kind of service for a low price, but still you might wonder how it works. The good news is that there's plenty of information available.

For instance, check out this blog post by a Microsoft program manager. It gives you information and several videos on how Hosted Exchange works. I might upgrade my POP3/SMTP server to hosted Exchange someday.