Charleston, South Carolina Microsoft Premier Consulting
Microsoft SharePoint Server Integration and Application Development
SharePoint is a full-featured solution that uses web technology to enable collaboration and knowledge sharing by providing policy-based control of content, workflow efficiency, and centralized mechanisms for finding corporate-wide information. SharePoint Server is tightly connected with familiar Office programs, messaging, and browsers to deliver consistent user experience that simplifies how people interact with information and with each other. With SharePoint you can easily build safe interactive portal sites that concentrate and present vital company information from an array of sources via built-in mechanisms that include Wikis, social sites, and Web Parts. SharePoint's Report Center includes a special document database for Excel workbooks, SQL Reporting Services reports, and a selection of other types of business documents.
SharePoint is designed on an open, scalable architecture that supports web functions and interoperability specifications such as XML and Simple Object Access Protocol. SharePoint has rich APIs and event managers for lists and mixed-media documents. These features enable incorporation into existing systems and provide the flexibility to support third-party technology.
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers offer Charleston, South Carolina businesses economical remote and onsite help for planning, configuring, and managing productive SharePoint Server solutions that will dramatically improve key areas of your organization's information system such as web portals, corporate-wide search, forms-based business processes, delivery of actionable intelligence, and document control. Progent's Power BI integration experts can help you use SharePoint information to build visualizations to incorporate into actionable Power BI business analytics reports and dashboards.
Progent can assist your IT team you to plan, implement and administer SharePoint environments that incorporate local and cloud-based resources. (Find out about Progent's Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud solutions.)
South Carolina State Contact Information:
Progent offers consulting services and onsite technical support throughout South Carolina.
| City | Address | Phone | Link |
| Charleston | 460 King Street, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29403 United States |
(843) 628-5009 | Charleston Network Support Services |
| Spartanburg | 2040 B South Church Street Spartanburg, SC 29306 United States |
(864) 641-6001 | Spartanburg Network Support Services |
SharePoint 2019 Server Configuration and Development Consulting
SharePoint Server 2019 incorporates the modern look and feel drawn from SharePoint Online, providing a transitional platform between the traditional experience of SharePoint 2016 and the modern SharePoint experience. Progent's certified SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Online consultants offer affordable online and onsite expertise, software development, and troubleshooting services for businesses of any size who want to upgrade to SharePoint 2019 or SharePoint Online from earlier releases of SharePoint. Progent can help customers plan and execute an efficient migration to SharePoint 2019 on prem, SharePoint Online, or a hybrid environment that combines local and cloud components into a cohesive intranet solution. To learn more, see SharePoint 2019 Server Configuration and Development Support.
SharePoint 2016 Server Migration Expertise
SharePoint 2016, designed for on-premises implementations of the SharePoint content management platform, offers deep integration with SharePoint Online and Office 365 to enable hybrid network models that transparently combine on-premises and cloud resources. Additional enhancements include fast deployment with the new MinRole feature, increased scale, higher performance, tighter security and compliance, enterprise analytics with Power BI support, and a more engaging user experience for collaboration. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants offer economical remote and on-premises expertise, application development, and technical support services for organizations of all sizes who intend to upgrade to SharePoint Server 2016 or SharePoint Online from prior versions of SharePoint. To find out more, see SharePoint 2016 Migration and Hybrid Deployment Consulting.
SharePoint 2013 Migration and Programming Services
Progent has been providing SharePoint support since the initial SharePoint product was published more than a a dozen years, and Progent has the scope of technical knowledge to assist businesses of any size to plan and carry out a SharePoint Server 2013 deployment and create SharePoint 2013 applications that bring significant business value to your information network. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to assess the business advantages of migrating to SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online from earlier releases of SharePoint or from a different collaboration environment; decide whether an in-house, online or hybrid configuration is best suited for your busi9ness; and select the right version of SharePoint 2013 for your applications. Progent offers comprehensive project management services or can assist in specific jobs related to your SharePoint 2013 migration. To learn more, see SharePoint Server 2013 Migration and Development Services.
SharePoint 2010 Consulting and Programming Services
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 includes significant improvements in all capability areas including sites, collaboration, search, content, insights, and composites. Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can provide affordable online support and development services to assist your business to plan, deploy, administer, and maintain Microsoft SharePoint 2010 installations that can feature portals, extranets, document management applications, wikis, data marts, business information systems, enterprise-wide search, workflows, and other tools that promote teamwork. To learn more, see SharePoint 2010 Consulting Services.
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Server Consulting
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 is a corporate portal solution for efficiently connecting people, groups, and information. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a central resource for your employees or clients to access, manage, distribute, and manipulate useful data, documents, and software and to interact with other people. It enables faster and better decisions, more efficient access across teams, and more economical business practices.
Find out additional information about Progent's Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 help.
Microsoft SharePoint 2003 Support Expertise
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003 enables your business to create, deploy, and manage custom intranet, extranet and Internet portal sites for departments or large corporations, dramatically expanding the number of clients, sites, and content sources that your organization can easily maintain. SharePoint Server 2003 permits your workers to find important information anywhere in your enterprise no matter whether it is on file servers, web sites, or your line-of-business programs. In order to learn additional details, visit Progent's support expertise for Microsoft SharePoint 2003.
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Progent's Consulting Services for Microsoft-powered Technology
For companies of all sizes in Charleston South Carolina, Progent's Microsoft-authorized consultants can provide affordable online computer help and IT consulting support for the whole array of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers. Progent offers Windows Server 2019 upgrade expertise, Windows Server 2016 hybrid cloud integration, Windows Server 2012 R2 design and deployment assistance, Windows 2008 Server expertise, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 maintenance. Progent's planning, integration, update, and support services cover network design, configuration, and administration outsourcing for
project analysis and documentation, local and remote
technical support and system repair,
Help Desk Call Center Services, comprehensive
security consulting, turn-key
outsourcing, and
ProSight Virtual Hosting solutions.
Progent's System Center 2016 consulting experts include System Center 2016 Operations Manager (SCOM 2016) experts, System Center 2016 Configuration Manager consultants and System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager hybrid cloud management consultants who can assist your organization to plan and implement Microsoft's platform for unified management of hybrid cloud networks that incorporate physical datacenters and cloud-based services.
Progent also offers a wide range of online desktop support and troubleshooting services such as Windows 10 migration assistance, Microsoft Windows 8.1 consulting, Microsoft Windows 7 technical support, preparing for to 64-bit computing, preparing for to 64-bit computing, configuring Microsoft Office 365, and streamlining workstation deployment.
If your Charleston South Carolina company needs immediate online support from a certified engineer, refer to Progent's Urgent Remote Technical Help.
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Microsoft Specialists SharePoint Server
Remote Support Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003
Progent’s Microsoft-certified experts can provide companies of all sizes consulting, troubleshooting, and application development expertise for Microsoft SharePoint Server and SharePoint Online. SharePoint is an advanced collaboration platform that uses web technology for efficiently coordinating people, teams and information. SharePoint Server offers a common spot for your workers or customers to access, manage, share and interact with useful information, files, and software and to interact with other people. SharePoint allows quicker and better decisions, more efficient sharing across groups and more streamlined business processes. Windows SharePoint Services join workers, clients, workgroups and major tasks with the knowledge they’ve developed in a way that makes data convenient to locate, retrieve and re-use. Progent's SharePoint experts can help you to manage your current SharePoint environment or migrate to the latest release of SharePoint Server or to SharePoint Online.
Windows Server 2003 Consultancy
Remote Windows 2003 Server Specialists
The knowledge and experience of Progent's certified Microsoft Windows Server 2003 consulting team, with an average of over 10 years of support in Microsoft integration, assures you success in selecting the version and configuration of Windows 2003 Server that aligns most closely with your company's strategy. Progent can also help you with planning, deploying, managing and supporting sophisticated IT applications based on Windows Server, and can streamline your migration from Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT.
SQL 2008 Reporting Services Reporting
Consultant Microsoft SQL
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a complete, web-aware database and data analysis solution that opens the door to the fast development of cutting-edge enterprise-class programs that can give your company a significant competitive advantage. SQL Server features core support for XML and the capability to query across the Internet and outside the firewall. The knowledge and experience of Progent's certified SQL Server 2000 engineers, averaging more than over 10 years of work helping with Microsoft integration, assures you success in designing, deploying and administering Microsoft SQL Server solutions that are well connected with other applications powered Microsoft's .NET platform.
wireless IP phone configuration Online Troubleshooting
Wi-Fi VoIP phone integration Network Consultants
Cisco's wireless VoIP phones are hardened Wi-Fi devices designed for professionals who are on the move within campus, hospitality, health-care or other environments where IT management requires portable phones that offer more control, security and ruggedness than is achievable with the BYOD style of mobile communications. Integration of Cisco's wireless IP phones usually demands that IT teams set up and fine tune numerous components of your wireless infrastructure including wireless access points, routers, Cisco wireless LAN controllers, and network management software. Progent's certified experts can provide online and onsite assistance to help your organization build and manage a Cisco wireless IP phone deployment by providing services that can range from troubleshooting the configuration of a wireless IP phone or AP to providing comprehensive project management outsourcing or co-sourcing services for updating the wireless architecture of a campus.
iPhone and Cisco ASDM Support
24/7 iPhone and Windows 8.1 integration Technology Consulting
Progent can provide affordable remote consulting to help you to plan, deploy, and troubleshoot any aspect of your iPhone and Windows integration solution and is available for quick jobs to help you get past specific technical roadblocks or long-term engagements to help you complete business-critical initiatives on schedule and within budget. Progent has experience in local, cloud-centric, or hybrid networks and can help you create or maintain a resilient, secure and efficient network infrastructure that aligns with your computing model. Progent can also provide remote or on-premises training for individuals or groups to help manage and use your iPhones and iPads in a safe, collaborative ecosystem that maximizes the business value of your IT network.
Fedora Linux Computer Consultant
Redhat Linux Engineer
If you are developing UNIX or Linux applications in an environment that includes Microsoft Windows-based servers, desktops, and office productivity products, Progent can provide full-service network support outsourcing that frees you to focus on your area of high-value know-how without the constant hassle of managing your business network. By using smart server monitoring and by delivering online and in-person support when your business needs it, Progent offers an affordable alternative for maintaining an information network that features high dependability, protection, and performance. Progent's UNIX/Linux developer assistance offerings feature full-service network support outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, online and in-person support and troubleshooting, proactive network monitoring services, and Helpdesk support.
ProSight Small Business Private Clouds Consultancy
Private Clouds for Small Businesses Specialists
Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting combines proven virtualization technology, a world-class data center, and the technical support expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting team to provide small and midsize companies with a complete IT outsourcing alternative that enhances network dependability and security, reduces management distraction, and cuts costs. With Progent's Private Cloud Hosting, a smaller company can have all of its software platforms and critical business application servers supported within a secure and reliable facility on a high-performance, high-availability virtual machine configured and supported by Progent's network support professionals.
Top Quality CCDP Certified Small Business 100 Access Point Computer Consultant
Network Consultant Small Business WAP371
Cisco's Small Business 100, 300 and 500 family of wireless access points are Linux-based devices intended as value-priced wireless solutions for small offices. Progent's Cisco CCIE Wi-Fi network experts can provide online or onsite configuration and debugging support to help you to plan, configure, update, optimize, manage and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business wireless access point deployments of any scale or topology.
Ubiquiti UniFi Controller management Professional
Ubiquiti UniFi wireless LAN Consultants
Ubiquiti's UniFi line of Wi-Fi infrastructure devices includes a wide selection of Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points, security gateways, and managed switches. UniFi devices running across multiple sites with any number of APs can be remotely configured and managed with free UniFi Controller software, which centralizes and simplifies setup, discovery, management, tuning, debugging, monitoring, and analytics. Progent can provide the skills of veteran wireless professionals who can assist your organization to determine the benefits of Ubiquiti’s UniFi products for your business and assist you to plan, deploy, administer, and troubleshoot your UniFi solution.
CISSP Certified Computer Security
CISSP-ISSEP Security Consulting Services
Progent's CISSP-premier network security consultants can help organizations of all sizes with any aspect of information system security. Progent can implement cost-effective cybersecurity systems that protect a small office against advanced threats or Progent can plan, configure, and manage an end-to-end security environment for hybrid networks that support local, online, and mobile users sharing IT resources spread over multiple physical sites and public and private clouds.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Migration Support Services
Microsoft Expert Online Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2016 Migration Planning
Progent can help your business in all facets of your migration to Microsoft Exchange 2016 including planning high availability (HA) system topology for a local, cloud-based or hybrid environment; CAL licensing compliance for Exchange and Windows Server 2012 R2; moving mailboxes; Windows Hyper-V design; determining storage capacity required for your VMs, databases and log files; configuring hardware load balancing (HLB) for high-availability CAS services; planning, setting up and validating Exchange Servers and Windows Servers and Database Availability Groups (DAGs); integration with SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online; updating your firewall; resolving SSL issues; providing client integration with Office 2010 or greater or Office 365; and configuring Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App).
Shared Network Support Help Desk Technical Consultant
Consultant Services Supplemental Help Desk
Progent’s Shared Help Desk service makes it possible for your IT organization to split the load for Help Desk services transparently between your in-house IT staff and Progent's roster of seasoned technical support engineers and subject matter experts (SMEs). Progent’s Co-managed Help Desk service is an advanced support solution based on the leading shared professional services automation (PSA) tool for managing end-user service requests, ticketing, responsibility, progress tracking, and metrics.
Exchange Migration Professionals
Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 Upgrade Technology Professional
Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting experts can help you to determine the benefits of Exchange Server 2010 for your business and can assist your IT staff to design and implement an efficient upgrade to Exchange 2010 from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 that will provide quick ROI by improving your productivity, lowering the expense of hardware and support, streamlining management, and integrating your key communications technologies.
Google Cloud Compute Engine solutions Specialist
Google Cloud Dialogflow Engineer
Progent can provide cost-effective remote and on-premises consulting to help organizations of any size to move any portion of their core IT infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform services. This can save management hassle and hardware costs and allow access to Google's cutting edge AI and machine learning tools. Progent can assist you with every aspect of Google Cloud Platform integration including requirements analysis, preparedness evaluation, architectural design and review, testing, deployment, administration, performance optimization, licensing management, backup/restore solutions, and security and compliance.
Operations Manager Online Technical Support
Engineer Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Remote continuous monitoring, automated alerts, and periodic reports are crucial to preserving the proper operation of your network and avoiding unnecessary and costly disruptions. Remote Monitoring and Management technology has advanced to the point that businesses of any size can afford a level of network stability that was previously reserved for enterprises. Progent offers several Remote Monitoring and Management options available as economical service packages designed to help you to identify and resolve a an array of IT network problems before they can impact productivity.
Windows Server 2019 Live Migration Online Consulting
Windows Server 2019 Hybrid Solutions Technical Support
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows Server 2019 consultants can help your company to plan and carry out a cost-effective migration to Windows Server 2019 using your current system architecture or a cloud-based or hybrid deployment model. Windows Server 2019 delivers significant enhancements in scale, performance, manageability, Hyper-V virtualization, cybersecurity, hybrid on-prem plus cloud deployments, resilience, and container support.
OS X Infrastructure Consult
24 Hour macOS VoIP Technical Support
Progent's Mac networking consultants can assist you with a broad array of network foundation areas such as network architecture, off-site and mobile access, internetwork communication, security, and new technologies including Voice over IP and fast wireless networking. For business networks built solely on Mac OS X or for environments incorporating a mix of Mac, Linux and Windows powered servers and workstations, Progent has the experience and depth to handle the complexity of designing, integrating, and maintaining a network architecture that is reliable, secure, efficient and aligned with your corporate objectives. Progent can help you configure Apple’s Xserve enterprise servers, Xserve RAID zero-downtime storage products, and Xsan SAN solution. Progent can also provide certified experts to support Cisco routers and switches.
Services Microsoft Teams and Cisco UC
Technology Professional Microsoft Teams mobility
Progent can assist your organization to plan a migration to Microsoft Teams from Skype for Business Online and install, administer, and debug a cloud or mixed deployment of Teams. Progent can help you to integrate Teams with Microsoft 365 apps, Exchange, SharePoint, and your phone system.
Mandriva Linux Consultancy
Largest Slackware Linux Specialist
If you are developing Linux-based software in an environment that has Windows-based servers, PCs, and office productivity products, Progent offers full-service network support outsourcing that frees you to concentrate on your area of high-value expertise without the constant hassle of maintaining your company information system. Through the use of automated server monitoring and by providing online and on-site assistance as your business needs it, Progent offers an affordable alternative for managing an information network that features high availability, protection, and performance. Progent's Linux developer assistance services include comprehensive network support outsourcing, virtual infrastructure, remote and in-person support and repair, proactive network monitoring services, and Helpdesk support.
Expertise for IT Service Firms Online Consulting
Consulting for IT Service Providers Onsite Technical Support
Progent's Reseller Program for IT Service Firms lets you use Progent's information technology experts while retaining your own brand as a seamless arm of your IT services staff.
Top Network Consultant Firepower Services
Emergency Cisco PIX to ASA upgrade Network Consultant
Progent's Cisco-premier CCIE network experts can help your company to manage your existing PIX or ASA 5500 firewalls and upgrade efficiently to ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent can also help your business to plan, configure, optimize, manage and debug firewall environments built on Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services
Microsoft Certified Expert Support Outsourcing Windows 2000 Server
Technical Support Microsoft Windows 2000
Progent's Microsoft-certified Windows Server 2000 experts offer computer support and information technology consulting services for the complete line of Microsoft .NET Servers, Windows 2000 Server, and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Progent's Windows 2000 Server configuration, update, and troubleshooting services include network design, deployment, project management, local and remote support, Call Center outsourcing, expert security analysis, full service outsourcing, and cost-effective co-sourcing.
Specialists UNIX
UNIX Consultant Services
Progent's Solaris platform support experts offer small businesses and software developers help with administering and supporting Sun Solaris systems that run with Microsoft-powered networks. Progent offers your organization contact with Solaris consultants, consulting professionals premier by Microsoft and Cisco, and security specialists with CISM and CISA credentials. This broad range of expertise provides you with a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to create and maintain a secure and robust cross-platform network and communications environment that allows Solaris and Microsoft interoperability by integrating MS Windows with major versions of UNIX including Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX UNIX from IBM, HP-UX, Berkeley UNIX (BSD), SCO, and Silicon Graphics IRIX (SGI/IRIX or leading Linux variations such as RedHat Linux, SUSE Linux, CentOS Linux, Ubuntu Linux, PCLOS, fedora, Gentoo, Mandriva Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, and Slackware Linux.
Project Server Time Reporting Applications Consultant
Immediate Information Technology Consulting Microsoft Project Server 2010
Progent's Microsoft engineers offer in-depth expertise in deploying, using and troubleshooting all versions of Microsoft Project, Project Server, and Project Online and can deliver a wide range of cost-effective online consulting services based on industry best practices to help organizations of all sizes to get all the advantages of this powerful project management solution. Consulting support offered by Progent include solution planning, installation and upgrades, strategies for secure file and status sharing among local and offsite users, network infrastructure optimization, and specialized webinar training.
Meraki Computer Engineer
Remote wireless IP phones and Aironet APs Remote Support
Progent's Cisco-certified Wi-Fi technology consulting experts can help organizations to deploy, administer, and troubleshoot Cisco Wi-Fi products such as Aironet and Meraki 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points (APs) plus Cisco's Wireless Network Controllers.
SCCM Central Administration Site Online Consulting
System Center Configuration Manager Network Consultants
Configuration Manager automates software provisioning across multiple sites, simplifies security and compliance settings management, inventories network assets, guards against corporate data leakage, performs health reporting, allows secure self service, and offers a single control mechanism for administering mixed-OS networks based on on-prem, cloud-centric, or hybrid deployment topologies. Progent's Microsoft-certified Configuration Manager consulting team and Microsoft Azure cloud integration experts can help your organization with any facet of planning, implementing, using and repairing a SCCM deployment for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid networks.
Consultant Cisco CUBE and ISR Routers
SIP Trunk Migration Integration Support
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified SIP integration consultants can help your business to design, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot and upgrade Cisco's SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) connectivity solutions and Cisco's CUBE-based SIP trunks and offer affordable remote or on-premises expertise to help businesses to migrate efficiently to an advanced communications network that delivers fast return on investment. Progent's certified Microsoft unified communications experts can help you to establish connections between Cisco's CUBE Session Border Controller and Microsoft's VoIP and IP video platforms such as Skype for Business and Lync Server for access to a SIP PSTN trunk.
Support Outsourcing Cisco VoIP Phones and Presence
Engineer Voice Over IP Phones
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure consultants offer advanced support services for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) (formerly CallManager). Progent can help you to integrate VoIP phones, design dial plans, configure SIP trunking and PSTN connections, deploy Cisco ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, and design UCS server high availability solutions.
VLAN Test Lab Specialist
Top System Pilot Testing Lab Consulting
The Progent Test and Training Lab at the QTS Data Center is available for testing line-of-business applications, developing cost-effective migration methodologies, assessing and tuning performance, planning or verifying business continuity strategies, mitigating compatibility issues, and building training systems for the latest technologies. For Progent clients who lack sufficient internal resources to configure proper pilot environments, the lab reduces capital costs and technical risk and helps keep critical network initiatives on schedule.
Cisco CCIE Remote Engineer
Cisco CCIE Online Networking Organization
Progent's Cisco certified networking consultants have extensive background helping Internet Service Providers to architect, implement, manage, tune, and troubleshoot high-availability, extensible connectivity environments appropriate for public networks.
Engineers Ubiquiti UniFi Wave 2 WiFi AP
Ubiquiti WiFi access point Consulting Services
Progent offers fast access to the expertise of veteran wireless specialists who can help organizations to assess the advantages of Ubiquiti UniFi wireless access points for your company and assist you to plan, install, manage, and debug your UniFi wireless network. Progent can also conduct a wireless site survey to assist you to select, provision, and position UniFi wireless access points for your required coverage and throughput.
Best Programming Firms Applications
E-Commerce Programming
For custom program development, Progent can provide software design experts to produce business applications in areas such as eCommerce, web site design, Microsoft Dynamics products including Microsoft Dynamics GP, and custom management reports produced by Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent’s consultants can use Microsoft IIS to build custom eCommerce solutions powered by Microsoft ASP.NET. Also, Progent offers expertise in a wide range of custom software development environments including SQL Server and Delphi. For made-to-order e-Commerce software, Progent also offers specialists in custom Access, custom Microsoft Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized development powered by any Microsoft development platform.
Microsoft Exchange Server Setup Service
After Hours Network Consulting Services Outlook Web Access, OWA
Progent's Microsoft-certified experts have 20 years of background providing e-mail and integrated email/telephony solutions for companies. Progent offers economical Exchange Server consulting services to strengthen email security and virus defense, achieve high availability email, and facilitate remote and wireless email connectivity. Progent’s Microsoft Exchange consulting and support services can assist you in planning and deploying a Microsoft Exchange update or a migration from a legacy SMPT system or older Microsoft Exchange software such as Exchange 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
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