Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite
Taking Advantage of Cloud Computing
If your company is considering an upgrade to your messaging or portal environment or is looking to decrease your capital expenses associated with deployment and support, you should consider consider letting Tribridge introduce you to Microsoft BPOS.
Microsoft BPOS is made up of multiple messaging and collaboration solutions that can be purchased on a subscription basis (know as SaaS). Microsoft manages, maintains and delivers the solutions to your users without requiring you to invest in hardware or additional support staff. You take advantage of their scale which provides high availability and security for a much lower investment.
Microsoft Exchange Online
Provide employees access to e-mail, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere, at any time, on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices—while helping to protect against malware and spam. Exchange Online can be rapidly deployed, flexibly expanded, and is designed to be securely administered using a powerful yet easy-to-use Web-based console. 
| Default 25-GB mailbox per each user; mailboxes can be configured to smaller sizes |
| E-mail, shared calendar, shared tasks, and contacts |
| Spam filtering and antivirus capabilities via Microsoft Forefront Online Security for Exchange |
| Support for Microsoft Office Outlook® and Outlook Web Access |
| Support for Windows Mobile®, other Exchange ActiveSync® 12 and Blackberry devices |
| Low-cost "deskless worker" offer for workers who use a PC and messaging services on a limited basis |
Microsoft SharePoint Online
Share documents, contacts, calendars, and tasks in a single location. Based on Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, SharePoint Online delivers rich collaboration capabilities that enable team members to flexibly and efficiently collaborate, find organizational resources, search your intranet site, and manage content and workflow.
| Portal, collaboration, content management, site search, and forms capabilities |
| Single location to share documents, contacts, calendars, and tasks |
| Offline access to documents on the service from Outlook |
| Roll-up views of calendars and tasks across multiple lists and sites |
| Blog site templates that support article posting, reader comments, and RSS feed generation |
| Low-cost "deskless worker" offer for workers who use a PC and collaboration services on a limited basis |
Microsoft Office Live Meeting
Connect with colleagues and customers through real-time meetings, training sessions, and events using only a PC with an Internet connection. Hosted Web conferencing services from Microsoft Office Live Meeting give your employees the power to collaborate wherever they are, to set up project meetings, brainstorm ideas, and collaborate on whiteboards without the cost and hassle of travel!
| Web client support for remote attendee flexibility |
| Interactive application/desktop sharing and whiteboard tools |
| Active speaker video switching, multi-party video, and multi-party VoIP/ audio |
| Rich media presentations, native video conferencing, high-fidelity recording, and Web cam capabilities |
Microsoft Office Communications Online
Enable users to find and rapidly connect with the right person from the applications they use most. Office Communications Online provides streamlined access to rich presence and instant messaging capabilities that are centrally managed by IT and work seamlessly with a range of Microsoft Office system programs.
| Instant messaging with text based chat using Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 client |
| Seamless presence awareness enabling users to check another user’s availability on the network |
| Presence information shared across Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook and SharePoint sites |
| Users can connect directly to the service over the Internet without RAS or VPN connections |