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At the Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 show in Berlin, Business Division President Stephen Elop introduced the release of Exchange 2010. With a new structure that improves availability, strengthens security, reduces costs, and simplifies management, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 teams with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as a member of the next wave of IT solutions designed to enhance business productivity and profitability.

Microsoft Exchange 2010’s enhancements in the area of fault tolerance include the use of database availability groups that continuously copy mailboxes and provide fast, automatic recovery from hard disk or server failures without complex hardware clustering configurations. Innovations such as retention management policies, role-based connection management, and allow/block or quarantine lists for wireless devices bolster security. To improve return on investment, Microsoft Exchange 2010 can conserve up to 20% on operational expenses, 50% on server redundancy, 40% on voice mail costs, and 70% on hard disk storage. To view Microsoft's press release, visit Microsoft Ships Exchange Server 2010.

How Progent's Microsoft Certified Engineers Can Help You with Microsoft Exchange 2010
Progent's Microsoft certified engineers can provide a wide selection of Exchange Server 2010 consulting support services and can help you to assess the advantages and risks of implementing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, conduct pilot testing to verify the functionality and performance of Microsoft Exchange 2010 in your environment, plan an Exchange 2010 implementation that improves the uptime, protection, and productivity of your email system, produce an efficient rollout strategy that reduces operational disruption and optimizes the use of current equipment, deliver low-cost remote and on-premises help to execute your move to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, generate thorough documentation of your new email system, educate your IT staff and end users to get them up to speed rapidly on Microsoft Exchange 2010, and provide continuing management and engineering help.

Progent focuses in offering remote engineering and network support, which can save you both time and money in the course of your move to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. By delivering fast online contact with Microsoft-certified Exchange 2010 experts, Progent eliminates the cost and business interruption associated with on-premises service. For environments that require on-premises help, Progent can dispatch a support professional to any state and the majority of zip codes in the United States.

Progent's IT professionals can provide a range of other affordable support services to enhance the efficiency, uptime, security, speed, and ease of administration of messaging systems based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010:

Network Infrastructure Design and Troubleshooting Help from Cisco Certified CCIE Network Experts
Progent offers the skills of Cisco CCIE engineers to assist your business to enhance your connectivity architecture to support the high-availability, protection, and mobile connectivity technologies included with Exchange 2010. Progent can explain cost-effective techniques to configure Cisco switches and routers to achieve the top degree of system fault tolerance, security, and performance. Progent's Cisco CCIE engineers are experts in providing remote assistance so that your organization can benefit from world-class network expertise at a cost that small companies can handle.

Security Vulnerability Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's GIAC and CISSP certified security consultants can oversee a selection of cost-effective security vulnerability scanning service packages that give organization of any size an opportunity to get an unbiased, expert assessment about the strength of their network security environment for supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. These set-price assessment service bundles vary from an inexpensive external security scan and assessment package for small organizations up to a high-level offering for businesses who have to comply with security standards required by government mandates or by clients. For every security assessment package, engineers with top security credentials examine and report on automatically collected data and make recommendations for sensible enhancements.

Disaster Recovery and Archiving
Progent's disaster recovery experts can help your company to create a disaster recovery strategy so you can restore essential business operations in case of an information system breakdown due to natural events, malicious assault, equipment failure, operator mistakes, or other sources. Progent can assist you to create a comprehensive business continuity plan that includes periodic emergency response testing. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-authorized engineers can also help you to design and build an economical, high-uptime network infrastructure that takes into account resilience issues covering a broad array of system technologies and processes including server and storage clustering, load balancing, and virtualization. Progent's engineers can also provide Data Protection Manager integration expertise to assist you configure DPM for continual remote network backup and rapid recovery.

Wireless Email Consulting for BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, and Windows Mobile Handsets
Progent's mobile email consultants can reduce hassle and expenses by helping your company to select, configure, administer, and troubleshoot wireless messaging solutions that make sense for your business goals. Progent's consultants can assist your organization to carry out a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 migration that significantly improves the productivity of on-the-go employees by offering tight integration with major wireless handheld devices including BlackBerry smartphones, Apple iPhones, and Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets. Progent's RIM BlackBerry specialists can also assist you to incorporate BlackBerry BES Server into your Microsoft Exchange 2010 solution.

Virtualization and Server Management Expertise
Progent's system management professionals offer certified expertise in key virtual server platforms and offer Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Virtual Server support, VMware virtual technologies help, and Citrix XenServer expertise. Progent's certified professionals can show your company ways to incorporate Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 into a virtualized server environment that maximizes speed, improves uptime, simplifies administration, speeds up restoration time, and significantly lowers your costs for hardware and support. For example, Progent can help you to use Windows Hyper-V's integration with Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager to unify the administration of your company's virtual network.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Expertise
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers offer Windows Server 2008 R2 consulting support to help your company to configure, manage, and support Microsoft's latest server platform and ensure that Exchange 2010 is seamlessly integrated into a powerful information network based on Windows Server 2008 R2. Progent's consultants can help your company to install and evaluate test systems, create and execute a migration plan that reduces business interruptions, strengthen your network infrastructure, bolster your security, and set up clustering and machine virtualization options that improve the strategic value of your IT network.

Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade and Desktop Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help your business to install, manage, and support Windows 7 desktops to make sure Microsoft’s latest client platform operates efficiently with Exchange Server 2010. Progent’s Windows 7 migration services include cost/benefit assessment, project management, test evaluations under authentic workloads, minimally disruptive rollout of Microsoft Windows 7 clients, thorough documentation, interactive webinar classes for desktop workers and system managers, plus continuing technical help via Progent's low-cost remote help desk services.

To find out more details concerning Progent's consulting and support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.