Protection & preservation for e-mail
Archiving

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive

Internet-based support for your existing e-mail.

Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) provides a centralized, easily accessible, and multi-functioning e-mail and IM repository to assist organizations manage increasingly complex retention, compliance, e-discovery, and regulatory requirements.

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How Archiving Works with Exchange Hosted Services

Exchange Hosted Archive Service Components

Support to help satisfy industry and regulatory retention requirements

Exchange Hosted Archive has many features that aid in compliance including multiple retention periods, legal hold, supervision by keyword or percentage and immutable storage.

Granular Reporting and Auditing Capabilities

Any good security policy encompasses granular audits and logging of system transactions. EHA has numerous auditing reports available in addition to several traceable administrative and user events.

Rapid search and retrieval

Indexed storage enables fast retrieval of messages for e-discovery and other investigations.

Fully functional backup e-mail system

If primary e-mail systems go down, users and administrators will still have access to archived e-mail and can send and receive new messages in real time.

Exchange Hosted Archive Service Benefits

Lowers total cost of ownership compared to on-premises archive solutions
Eliminates up-front capital investment
Easily integrates with existing e-mail infrastructure
Enables a predictable subscription-based cost model
Simplifies IT environment by eliminating deployment and maintenance of in-house archive servers and applications
Allows IT staff to focus on other projects
24 x 7 technical support

Exchange Hosted Archive Additional Information

Exchange Hosted Archive Technical Requirements

Exchange Hosted Archive and Exchange Hosted Continuity require Microsoft Exchange Server 2000(SP3), 2003(SP1) and 2007
Exchange Hosted Archive requires Forefront Online Security for Exchange for full functionality including emergency backup e-mail access. Other filtering solutions may be accepted via approval
The Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services Directory Synchronization tool is optional, and requires:
- Windows Server 2003 SP2
- Active Directory (single-forest topology)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (required for Safelist aggregation synchronization feature)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Web applications are accessible via a Web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or 7)