The Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is a set of messaging and collaboration solutions hosted by Microsoft that includes Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, and Microsoft Office Communications Online. The suite saves money by including four services together at a discounted price.

Your IT department can choose from an on-premise version, a hosted version through a Microsoft partner, or you can have Microsoft host the services for the lowest total cost of ownership. You may also choose to combine these options according to your needs.

Microsoft guarantees 99.9-percent uptime for the Business Productivity Online Suite. Through Active Directory, you can also continue to centrally manage user policies and to control the services that are available to your users. And employees need only a single sign-on to access all of their hosted services.

Hosted services mean that you don't have to worry about upgrades, licensing agreements, or falling behind the curve. Your agency can access the latest software release, and you can add or remove users whenever you need to. IT becomes an adaptable enabler, focused on delivering powerful features and functions.