GauravRaghav - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at APIS
Real User
Top 5
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.

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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.

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IT specialist at Groww
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Top 10Leaderboard
Good documentation, excellent support, and an easy initial setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution generally works well. We can send and receive emails just fine."
  • "The pricing could be a bit lower."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily have it for our customers. We primarily use the solution with mobile access, and it's just for having the ability to send and receive emails. It also works with calendars and contacts. 

What is most valuable?

The solution generally works well. We can send and receive emails just fine. 

It is useful and easy to use. 

The initial setup is straightforward. 

It's scalable.

The solution is stable.

Technical support is great.

The solution offers great documentation. 

What needs improvement?

We'd like to have the ability to recall emails. 

I've just used it for six months and am still working to understand the general landscape.

The pricing could be a bit lower. 

Certain items have been removed from Mircosoft Booking. They should re-add the capabilities it had before. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for six months at this point. It's been less than a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of this solution is pretty good. We do find, however, that Microsoft Teams is unstable. Exchange, so far, has been great. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is definitely scalable. We haven't had any issues at all. I love that I can start with what I actually need and scale up or down as needed from there. 

Right now, we have about 50 people on the solution. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is great. We're happy with its capabilities. There is also useful documentation that can help users understand the solution. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are not using any other solutions. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is pretty straightforward. It's not overly complex. It just took about an hour to set up everything. We simply had to go through some documentation. After we did that, it was very easy.

We have two administrators that can handle the management. They are global Microsoft admins. We also have an Exchange admin specifically. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is fine. I've had similar conversations with my customers, and we've found the cost is fair. However, if it could be lower, that would be a plus. 

The cost is around $12 to $16 per user.

What other advice do I have?

I'm an end user. We also currently support Microsoft products. 

Everything is available in the documentation, and there is great support. It's worth the price, and other users would enjoy having it.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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L3 Technical Support Engineer at SV Gaming Limited
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Useful sandbox feature; quite cheap
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a fantastic solution."
  • "In the next release, I would like to see more features added to the security of the solution."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case for Exchange Online is managing users and their mailboxes, resources, and contacts. We also use it to manage email communication within and outside the organization.

How has it helped my organization?

Exchange Online has helped us properly manage email communications in the company and also from employees to other users outside the company. Microsoft has deployed a lot of newer features on Exchange Online that have helped improve security, email management, email trace, mail flows, and all else. This has been very helpful for us.

What is most valuable?

The features I find the most valuable are the rules, the mail flow, the reports, and the shared mailbox. I most appreciate the shared mailbox feature.

What needs improvement?

I think Microsoft could add more security features in terms of managing spam emails, because for us as an organization, we've had to deploy that trace to complement the Exchange Online security feature.

In the next release, I would like to see more features added to the security of the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Exchange Online for over three years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of this solution a 10, one a scale of one to 10, with one being not stable and 10 being very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of this solution a 10, one a scale of one to 10, with one being not scalable and all and 10 being very scalable.

We plan on increasing the usage of this solution in the future. As we increase the number of our employees, we also increase the usage of Exchange Online.

We currently have about 700 users and above.

How are customer service and support?

I would rate their customer service a 10, on a scale of one to 10, with one being very poor and 10 being very responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I would rate the initial setup a 10, on a scale of one to 10, with one being very complex and 10 being very straightforward. It was really straightforward.

What was our ROI?

We see a whole lot of return on investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would advise being aware of the organization's requirements. Also, an in-house technical person that can help in terms of managing is a necessity, because Exchange Online requires a continuous management process. The solution is not one that can just be deployed one-off and let go; it has to be continuously managed. Also, Exchange Online is quite cheap.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate Microsoft Exchange Online a 10, on a scale of one to 10, with one being poor and 10 being excellent. It is a fantastic solution.

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Dimitar Alexov - PeerSpot reviewer
CDO at SGROUP
Real User
Top 5
Convenient, easy to install, and scalable when deployed on the cloud, but has too many products integrated with it that it has now lost focus
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like about Microsoft Exchange Online is that it's a very convenient solution because it's part of the Microsoft business suite. This is the first email service I've used that lasted for many years, and I'm still using it because it's very convenient and it's suitable for my needs. Microsoft Exchange Online is the best product in the world for me because I don't remember any other service that's so well-accepted."
  • "What I don't like about Microsoft Exchange Online is too much integration because now it has many services connected to it. In the beginning, it was just email, and now it's also Teams and Visio, and many other services which I don't like. Microsoft Exchange Online should focus on one service. The product now lost focus, and this is its area for improvement. I would also like more freedom in choosing to use just one service, for example, just Microsoft Exchange Online, which means I don't need Teams or any other Microsoft product or service there. Right now, all services are either in the Microsoft Office suite, or there are more products or services integrated with Microsoft Exchange Online, and I'd like to just focus on one."

What is our primary use case?

We're using Microsoft Exchange Online for our emails.

What is most valuable?

What I like about Microsoft Exchange Online is that it's a very convenient solution because it's part of the Microsoft business suite. This is the first email service I've used that lasted for many years, and I'm still using it because it's very convenient and it's suitable for my needs.

Microsoft Exchange Online is the best product in the world for me because I don't remember any other service that's so well-accepted.

What needs improvement?

What I don't like about Microsoft Exchange Online is too much integration because now it has many services connected to it. In the beginning, it was just email, and now it's also Teams and Visio, and many other services which I don't like.

Microsoft Exchange Online should focus on one service. The product now lost focus, and this is its area for improvement.

I would also like more freedom in choosing to use just one service, for example, just Microsoft Exchange Online, which means I don't need Teams or any other Microsoft product or service there. Right now, all services are either in the Microsoft Office suite, or there are more products or services integrated with Microsoft Exchange Online, and I'd like to just focus on one.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Microsoft Exchange Online for more than ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Exchange Online is a stable product, in particular, when it's on the cloud. It's stable when it's dependent on the cloud, but if it's deployed on-premises, Microsoft Exchange Online is not stable.

It's a very old product with the same code, even on Windows. Nothing's changed, and my company is using Windows NT for Microsoft Exchange Online with Unix as the code.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Exchange Online is a scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

We haven't used the technical support for Microsoft Exchange Online.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Microsoft Exchange Online is the first service I've used, and all the new services in the market are a little bit different from this solution. Microsoft is a very old company, and almost all of my colleagues started with Microsoft products, so it's just natural to continue using Microsoft Exchange Online.

How was the initial setup?

Microsoft Exchange Online is easy to install.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a license for Microsoft Exchange Online and I have information on that, but there have been so many changes to the licensing and it's a completely different story nowadays. Microsoft has been pushing users to buy a package of products under one license. Users are becoming more dependent on Microsoft rather than independent, that you can't decide anymore, and from my point of view, that is bad.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

My company evaluated Qualitas, Unix, HP, and IBM.

What other advice do I have?

In my company, Microsoft Exchange Online is deployed both on the cloud and on-premises.

More than two thousand people use Microsoft Exchange Online in my company of four thousand employees.

At the moment, there's no plan of increasing usage of the product because of the current crisis.

In terms of whether I would recommend Microsoft Exchange Online to others, with the integration it has, it depends on the focus of the company. For small markets, Microsoft Exchange Online is "too big" because it has a lot of services and you'll be paying for services provided in the package, with some you don't get to use. For end users, this would be difficult, but for companies, especially bigger ones that would have a choice, Microsoft Exchange Online is a good product. My recommendation would depend on the case because every user is different, for example, the purpose is different, the business is different, etc.

My rating for Microsoft Exchange Online is seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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system administrator at ZZI d.o.o.
Real User
Top 20
Used for emails and provides integration with other services for shared calendars
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams for shared calendars."
  • "The solution’s technical support could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Exchange Online for emails.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams for shared calendars.

What needs improvement?

The solution’s technical support could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Exchange Online for two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't faced any issues with the solution's stability.

I rate Microsoft Exchange Online an eight out of ten for stability.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is sometimes helpful and sometimes useless. It depends on the agent that is working on your case.

I rate the solution’s technical support a six or seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously worked with the IBM Domino mail system. Compared to the on-premises model of Microsoft Exchange Online, the IBM Domino mail system's maintenance and administration upgrades were less complicated.

How was the initial setup?

It wasn't difficult to migrate the solution from on-premises to the cloud. It took us around one week to migrate from on-premises to the cloud because we don't have that many mailboxes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are Microsoft partners. We bought some licenses, and some are within our package or partnership with Microsoft.

What other advice do I have?

Earlier, we had the solution on-premises, and then we migrated to the cloud. The solution helped with the planning and time management within our organization by providing everything that Outlook offers to end users, including email and calendar.

The solution does not provide 100% security, and some emails are still detected as malicious by our other endpoint security solution. Microsoft Exchange Online does not require any maintenance from our side.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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Network Infrastructure Specialist at Central-Bank-Kenya
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A cloud based messaging platform that delivers email, calendar, contacts, and tasks
Pros and Cons
  • "The data prevention and protection feature is good."
  • "I would like to make the solution more user-friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for our emails and security exchanges. 

What is most valuable?

The data prevention and protection feature is good. 

What needs improvement?

I would like them to make the solution more user-friendly. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have experience with Microsoft Exchange Online.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very stable solution. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the solution is also very good. There are approximately a thousand to five hundred users using the solution. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good so far. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is a cluster solution. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten. 

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Real User
Top 5
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
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GeorgeKaravitis - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Digital Horizon
Reseller
Top 5
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.

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