Intro to Exchange on Microsoft 365 - Microsoft Exchange Server Tutorial

- [Narrator] What is Microsoft 365 for Business? Well it's a group of products already available at Microsoft but brought together in one location and it's managed through web a portal. It includes the Microsoft messaging platform Exchange Server and it has almost all the same features you would have on-site but now in the cloud. It also includes the entire Office 365 suite of programs that can be added, such as Word, Outlook for email, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and many others. You can push out group policies in a similar way as you would with on-premises exchange because you would add your computer as a member of an Azure Active Directory Domain. From there you can automatically install Office products when the user logs in to the Azure account on a Windows 10 PC. Microsoft Exchange Server is the primary focus of our course, so we'll be spending the majority of our time here. Exchange Server and Azure has almost the exact same features and options you would find on an on-premises Exchange Server. You can migrate all your email to this type of server or have a hybrid cloud where they exist and sync with each other, both on-premises and at Microsoft 365. After joining your computer to Azure Active Directory, you would log in as that user and have all your access synchronized at login. That means no more prompting for user names and passwords when opening up Outlook unless you want to add that additional step for security. Paying for Exchange Server at Microsoft 365 is a lot different than an on-premises server. You pay a monthly subscription fee instead of the flat licensing fee. The advantage to this is that you no longer need to upgrade or replace your on-premises server with this model. However, the potential downside may be that it may cost more. But that's based on your organization's size and the types of licenses you need to go with them. It's possible to calculate the costs for each option so an informed decision can be made. Instead of having your messaging in the cloud at Microsoft 365, you could decide to use Microsoft's premier email messaging server which is currently Exchange Server 2019. This is proven technology and can provide your organization total control over your messaging environment. The control you have for your organization may be critical based on your business model and having all your messaging on-site can solve any control issues. The downside to having an on-premises server could be security issues of the equipment, viruses, spam, phishing attacks, and other issues that all have to be handled by the local administrator or an IT consultant. In the Azure Cloud, Microsoft 365 does provide additional security for these types of issues. There are some built-in protections in Exchange Server for spam and viruses but they still have to be monitored and you'll likely want to implement a third-party product to add additional security. You'll also want to watch costs. Usually for larger organizations it is cheaper to host on-premises. The cut off is somewhere around 250 mailboxes or more, under 250 and you'll likely find it is cheaper to keep it in the cloud and have it managed by Microsoft. We will explore the features and demonstrate them for you in this course so you can get to know the messaging platform Microsoft is offering for your organization.