Well, both are true. I was specifically replying to "Doesn't help that BES pinging an Exchange server for one user is like 4 nonBES users". In BES 5.x, the overhead of BES is much more inline (although not identical) with the minimal overhead associated with Exchange ActiveSync. In the 4.x versions (and before), as Jonathan expressed, a BES user consumed almost 4x the resources associated with a non-BES user. Without looking it up, I believe the value was about 3.6 to 1.
However, I would also say that 99% of companies now can use BES/X, which is "free"; which significantly reduces the licensing costs associated with using BES. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 in-house vs cloud Hi Michael You are saying the amount of resources are less or the licensing costs are less? Cheers Ryan From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 in-house vs cloud That is no longer true in the 5.x BES series. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2010 in-house vs cloud Doesn't help that BES pinging an Exchange server for one user is like 4 nonBES users... On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Jason Gurtz <jasongu...@npumail.com<mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com>> wrote: +1 Actually, for us, more expensive to outsource due to the amount of Blackberries here. Seems some things initiate nickel-and-diming... Outsourcing Exchange probably makes the most sense cost-wise for: the business with low amounts of in-house I.T. talent, the very small biz, or the very large biz. Also, besides cost comparison, I think it's a really great idea to do a bit of searching through the archives of this list. Also, check out the technet forums for the hosted exchange product. You won't even have to do searching there to get an idea of some of the things you'll run in to. There is stuff that matters beyond perf/uptime and raw cost numbers. Someday it will probably be better--very immature service offerings out there when it comes to the details. ~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@unetek.com<mailto:jd...@unetek.com>] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 16:52 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 in-house vs cloud > > I don't know exact cost amounts, but I can tell you we went through a > similar comparison and the costs were relatively the same for both, so it > basically depended on the client's feelings towards in-house vs. hosting > in general and weighing the pros and cons of both. > > > > > > Jay Dale > Senior Systems Administrator > > P:281-574-2414<tel:281-574-2414> > > > > From: Scott Schneider > [mailto:sschnei...@inscapesolutions.com<mailto:sschnei...@inscapesolutions.com>] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:35 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 2010 in-house vs cloud > > > > Our current hardware goes end of life this year. We are looking at either > upgrading our current 2003 Exchange to 2010 and replacing the hardware it > runs on, or outsourcing the Exchange portion to a cloud service. We have > about 10 Wintel servers and would incorporate Hyper V as part of the > upgrade, as I have other servers which also need to be replaced this year. > > > > What I have been trying to find is a general cost per user of hosted > versus in-house Exchange, and the average bandwidth per user required for > outsourced. Anybody know a decent site where I might find that info? > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > Scott Schneider > > > > Save a tree, print only if necessary > > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/<http://software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/<http://software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. 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