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Email continues to be an integral part of any organisation which is why Oakford offers an array of enterprise email solutions. Take advantage of shared calendars, contact lists or even integration with your VoIP telephone system with peace of mind that Oakford will ensure the maximum uptime possible for your email solution. For those wishing to take things further than email, why not check out our Microsoft Office 365 for Education solutions.
Hosted Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Office 365
POP3 Email
On Premises Microsoft Exchange Server
Office 365/On Premises Hybrid
Access email across multiple devices
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Use shared calendars
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Use shared contacts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Easy administration console
Yes – IT Administrators
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Access via Outlook web access
Yes
Yes
No - Webmail Interface
Yes
Yes
Access via Microsoft Office Client
Yes
Yes
Yes via IMAP and POP3
Yes
Yes
Access via Apple IOS devices
Yes
Yes
Yes via IMAP
Yes
Yes
Additional costs for new users
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Additional costs for further mailbox storage
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Requires a strong Internet connection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Would require an email migration
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
Yes
Work with Email on 3G or from another Internet connection location
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Send email internally when school broadband is down
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Includes support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partially
Backup facility
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Integrates with other services
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Required an SSL certificate
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Default mailbox size
25G
25G
1G
25G
25G
Annual agreement
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Best positive feature
A proven and reliable Exchange email facility with item level backup facilities.
A free service for schools which has the ability to integrate with other useful services.
An easy to use basic email facility, best used via a web browser.
Create as many email accounts as required without additional cost.
A free service for schools which has the ability to integrate with other useful services whilst also enabling an automatic item level backup.
Worst negative feature
Does not integrate with other services.
No item level backup facility.
All main folders not syncronised across multiple devices or between Outlook and the web browser email client.
Requires a new server and specialist support to maintain.
Requires a new server and specialist support to maintain but has redundancy with Office 365 sync.
Setup time
1-2 days
1 day
N/A
2 days
2-3 days