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Virtual Dedicated Exchange |
To contact a product advisor:
 0800 027 0423
 thuscorporatesales@thus.net |
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| Overview | Benefits | Options & Features | Technical | Product
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Overview |
| THUS' Virtual Dedicated Exchange provides a fully managed Microsoft Exchange service created for customers whose business-critical messaging and collaboration systems require the highest level of availability, performance and security, but who don’t want the financial and operational burdens associated with managing their own systems. Our solutions enable your mobile workforce to keep connected whilst they are on the move, and can contribute to flexible working across multiple locations to save your business time and money. |
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Benefits |
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Instant access to the service with no upfront capital investment |
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Make sure your organisation is always on by providing secure, reliable access to business-critical communications |
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Manage risk with spam and virus protection, helping to eliminate threats before they reach your network |
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Fully managed service with 99.5% uptime Service Level Agreement |
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Automatic backup and 24/7 support |
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Can assist you with achieving your regulatory compliance and corporate policy obligations |
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Reduce cost and complexity by integrating your existing email infrastructure and deploying quickly without any upfront capital investment |
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Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) |
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Control and visibility via an online service management portal, allowing you to see key monitoring data and raise or track tickets with the 24/7 support centre |
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Service Options and Features |
The service’s virtual infrastructure consists of:
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Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Windows platform licensing |
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Microsoft Outlook client support |
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Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) |
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Microsoft Outlook Mobile Access (Microsoft Windows Mobile 5) |
Virtual Dedicated Exchange provides a full Microsoft Exchange 2003 system and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with the following features:
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Personal Mail Folders |
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Personal Contacts |
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Global Address List |
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Shared Folders |
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Shared Calendars |
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Shared Contacts |
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Shared Tasks |
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Public Folders |
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Mobile Device Access |
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Outlook Web Access |
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Outlook Client Access – includes Outlook client license (for subscribers only) |
A three-server Microsoft Exchange 2003 configuration (consisting of a front end server, a mailbox server and a global catalogue server) supports up to 1000 Microsoft Exchange mailboxes. Full mailbox functionality is available through Microsoft Outlook Web Access along with support for Windows ActiveSync for email, calendar and contacts. Each
user's mailbox is 500MB, and an additional optional 20GB datastore is available per customer.
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| Virtual Dedicated Exchange Filtering |
Real-time threat prevention features
Multi-layer antispam and antivirus
Customised content and policy enforcement |
Virtual Dedicated Exchange Continuity |
Uninterrupted email accessibility
Rapid recovery from unplanned disasters and network outages
Thirty-day rolling historical email store |
Weekly backup of Microsoft Exchange data |
A weekly full backup to protect Microsoft Exchange message stores |
Online message recovery |
Five days of messages kept online for easy recovery |
The following Virtual Dedicated Exchange options are available:
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Additional Storage: additional 20GB datastores are available |
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Virtual Dedicated Exchange Archiving: provides email retention for help with regulatory and compliance requirements, with customised report generation, spam filtering before archival and rapid, fully indexed, searchable archive |
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Virtual Dedicated Exchange Encryption: provides policy-based email encryption from sender to recipient, with intuitive interface and no public and private key management |
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Technical Features |
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Hardware |
Software |
| Virtual Web Tier |
Exchange Front-End Services
VMware Virtual Machine
Single vCPU
2GB vRAM
16GB vDisk |
MS Windows Server 2003 Std
MS Exchange 2003 Server Enterprise
- OMA
- OWA
- SMTP
Antivirus OS agent
Monitoring Agents |
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Exchange Server
VMware Virtual Machine
Single vCPU
2GB vRAM
16GB vDisk (OS+App)
vDisk (for mailboxes) – size depends on the number of subscribed mailboxes |
MS Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
MS Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise
Veritas NetBackup Exchange Agent
Antivirus OS agent
Monitoring Agents |
Domain Controller
VMware Virtual Machine
Single vCPU
1GB vRAM
16GB vDisk (OS+App) |
MS Windows Server 2003 Standard
- Active Directory
Antivirus OS agent
Monitoring Agents |
| Security tier |
Cisco Virtual Firewall |
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