5 ways Microsoft Exchange helps your small business thrive

Bring Your Business Together

In the age of connectivity, Microsoft Exchange is making it easier than ever to keep the essential lines of business communication open, and to update data—and people—in just a few seconds. Microsoft Exchange is a highly accessible platform that brings email, calendars, and contacts together in one secure portal.

How can this application help your small business? Here are some of the features and benefits of Microsoft Exchange:

• ActiveSync lets you instantly update multiple desktops, laptops, and mobile devices simultaneously. Share emails, voicemails, instant message conversations, RSS feeds, calendar items, and more with all of your employees, whether you have 3 or 300.

• Shared calendars mean you don't have to send out messages every time an event or meeting is scheduled, times or locations change, or there are cancellations. Everyone sees the current calendar as it's updated automatically.

• Email archiving stores all your business emails on an archived server, allowing for easier access and a high degree of flexibility when sorting, prioritizing, and importing or exporting email.

• Outlook Voice Access allows users to manage emails, calendars, and contacts with “anywhere access,” through either telephone keypad or voice commands, even when there's no Internet connection available.

• Book meetings and boardrooms with the Meeting Request feature that automatically updates available rooms according to your calendar, and allows for easier scheduling without worrying about overlap—for both time and place.

Microsoft Exchange offers an easy, convenient, and affordable way to keep everyone in your business on the same page, enabling you to save time and increase productivity. Chances are, you'll never miss a meeting or lose an important piece of information again.

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