What You Can Do with a Server Might Surprise You

What's the advantage of adding a server to your workplace?

For most businesses, the benefit comes from creating a central place to hold critical business data. Consolidating your business data in one place ensures that employees know where to find and access the information they need to stay productive. It also means your data is easier to back up and protect than when it is spread over a number of individual PCs.

Yet providing centralised, well-organized data storage is just one benefit of operating a server in your workplace. Today's server programs can do much more:

Host an intranet
An intranet is an internal company website where you can provide information that only your workers should access. Windows SharePoint Services enables a server to host a preconfigured internal website. Your employees can use the site to post and collaborate on documents. You can also use the site to post announcements, events, calendars and links to important company resources.

Host your own e-mail
You can set up a server to handle your e-mail. This means your employees' mailboxes will reside on your server, not on a server operated by an internet service provider. Many businesses find that operating their own e-mail services gives them greater control over their business e-mail. Exchange Server 2003 is an e-mail server software that provides a messaging solution for internet and intranet e-mail. Exchange integrates with Outlook 2003 for scheduling meetings and online conferences. Exchange also enables businesses to use a web-based e-mail program called Outlook Web Access. Outlook Web Access provides users with remote web access to e-mail, scheduling and contacts when Exchange is used in your business network.

Mionos System Consultants have many years of experience in setting up Microsoft Servers for businesses of all types and sizes. Our consultants follows fine-tuned guidelines to gurantee you realibility and benefits, yet versatile to advise you on the design of your network to fit your business processes.

Contact us today for more information.


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