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At the Microsoft Tech•Ed 2009 conference in Germany, Microsoft's Stephen Elop introduced the release of Microsoft Exchange 2010. Built with a new structure that increases uptime, bolsters security and compliance, reduces deployment costs, and streamlines management, Microsoft Exchange 2010 joins Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 as part of a new generation of IT platforms created to increase business productivity and bottom-line profit.

Microsoft Exchange 2010's improvements in the area of fault tolerance include the use of database availability groups that automatically replicate mailboxes and offer rapid, automatic restoration from disk or server failures without complicated clustering configurations. Features such as retention management policies, role-based access management, and block or quarantine control for wireless handsets improve security and compliance. To accelerate ROI, Exchange Server 2010 can save up to 20% on support costs, 50% on server fault tolerance, 40% on voice mail costs, and 70% on disk storage. To view Microsoft's press release, refer to Microsoft Releases Exchange 2010.

How Progent's Microsoft Certified Engineers Can Assist Your Business with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Progent's Microsoft certified engineers offer a broad selection of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 support skills and can help you to evaluate the advantages and costs of deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, conduct pilot testing to determine the operation and throughput of Microsoft Exchange 2010 in your network, design a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 implementation that improves the uptime, protection, and productivity of your messaging system, create a practical rollout plan that minimizes business disruption and optimizes the utilization of existing hardware, provide low-cost remote and onsite support to execute your move to Exchange Server 2010, generate comprehensive documentation of your new messaging system, educate your network support team and users to get them ramped up rapidly on Exchange Server 2010, and provide continuing management and engineering support.

Progent specializes in providing online engineering and network support, which can save your business significant time and money in the course of your migration to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. By delivering fast remote access to certified Exchange professionals, Progent eliminates the cost and business interruption attached to onsite service. For situations that call for hands-on help, Progent can send a support professional to any state and the majority of zip codes in the United States.

Progent's network consultants offer a variety of other affordable services to improve the efficiency, availability, security, performance, and manageability of messaging environments based on Microsoft Exchange 2010:

Network Infrastructure Architecture and Optimization from Cisco Certified CCIE Network Engineers
Progent can provide the skills of Cisco CCIE engineers to help your business to optimize your network infrastructure to support the fault-tolerance, security and compliance, and mobile connectivity technologies included with Exchange 2010. Progent can explain cost-effective ways to deploy Cisco network appliances to attain the top level of network uptime, protection, and performance. Progent's CCIE professionals specialize in delivering online consulting so that your company can benefit from world-class network infrastructure expertise at a cost that small businesses can handle.

Security Vulnerability Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's GIAC and CISSP certified security engineers can oversee a selection of affordable security inventory scanning service bundles that give companies of any size an opportunity to receive an unbiased, professional opinion about the suitability of their network security environment for integration with Exchange Server 2010. These fixed-price security scanning service bundles range from a low-cost external security scan and assessment package for small organizations up to an advanced package for institutions who need to meet security standards demanded by state mandates or by business partners. For every security evaluation bundle, consultants with top security certifications examine and document scanned information and offer suggestions for sensible enhancements.

Business Continuity Planning and Archiving
Progent's business continuity planning engineers can assist your company to design a business continuity plan so your business can resume essential business operations in case of an IT network breakdown brought about by natural disaster, cyber attack, hardware problems, operator error, or other causes. Progent's consultants can help your company to create a complete workplace recovery plan that includes scheduled disaster response testing. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-certified engineers can also help you to design and build an economical, high-uptime system architecture that addresses dependability issues concerning a broad range of system technologies and processes such as server clustering, network load balancing, and virtual machines. Progent can also offer Data Protection Manager support expertise to assist you deploy DPM for ongoing online network backup and rapid recovery.

Wireless Messaging Expertise for BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, and Windows Mobile Devices
Progent's wireless email consultants can minimize hassle and costs by assisting your company to select, set up, administer, and support wireless messaging solutions that align with your business goals. Progent's consultants can assist your organization to carry out an Exchange 2010 upgrade that dramatically improves support for mobile employees by offering tight connectivity with popular mobile handsets including BlackBerry smartphones, Apple iPhones, and Windows Mobile PDAs. Progent's RIM BlackBerry consultants can in addition assist your company to integrate BlackBerry BES Server into your Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 solution.

Virtualization and Server Management Support
Progent's system management engineers offer certified expertise in major virtualization platforms and can provide Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Virtual Server support, VMware virtual server help, and Citrix XenServer consulting. Progent's consultants can show you ways to incorporate Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 into a virtualized server environment that optimizes performance, increases availability, streamlines management, reduces data recovery time, and significantly lowers your costs for hardware and support. As an example, Progent can assist you to use Windows Hyper-V's integration with Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager to centralize the management of your company's virtual network.

Windows Server 2008 Consulting
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers offer Windows Server 2008 engineering support to help your company to install, manage, and support Microsoft's most advanced server technology and ensure that Microsoft Exchange 2010 is seamlessly incorporated into a state-of-the-art IT environment based on Windows Server 2008 R2. Progent's experts can assist you to install and evaluate pilot simulations, create and execute an upgrade strategy that minimizes business interruptions, strengthen your network architecture, fortify your security, and set up clustering and machine virtualization options that improve the business value of your IT network.

Windows 7 Migration and Desktop Support
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your business to install, administer, and troubleshoot Windows 7 computers to ensure that Microsoft's latest client platform operates productively with Exchange 2010. Progent's Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade services include cost and risk assessment, project management, test installations under realistic conditions, minimally disruptive rollout of Windows 7 desktops, extensive documentation, webinar training for desktop workers and network managers, plus continuing technical assistance from Progent's low-cost remote help desk services.

To find out additional information concerning Progent's consulting for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.