You can move to Office 365 for much less then $20 a mailbox. But one downside would be it would not be hosted in AU. I think Singapore.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 18, 2013, at 10:26 PM, "John Matteson" <john.matte...@gmail.com<mailto:john.matte...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Brian: Assuming you have the IT staff and budget to support the new hardware, I would suggest that you build out your own Exchange infrastructure in house. There are two really good reasons, one, you have it in-house, not floating off somewhere in the ether where you have pretty much no control over it, and no one to choke when.. repeat.. when it goes <POOF>. Secondly, is cost. At about 20.00 per mailbox/account per year, you're talking 200,000 per year, just for mailboxes. A bit stiff if you ask me. I have a third reason, but it's mostly personal preference. I'm a control freak. I like having my data close at hand, where I can put fingers on it. Not off in some box that I can't see, touch or control. John M. From: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> [mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinion requested Thank you for your response. comments in-line Kind regards, Brian Dwyer Senior System Administrator | ICT Operations Information Technology Branch | Department of Transport and Main Roads ________________________________ Floor B1 | Spring Hill Office Complex | 477 Boundary Street | Spring Hill Qld 4000 GPO Box 1412 | Brisbane Qld 4001 P: (07) 30661185 | F: (07) 30668811 M: 0402 897 959 E: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au<http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/> <image001.gif>"Michael B. Smith" ---19/04/2013 10:39:39 AM---There are SOOO many questions. Average mailbox size? From: "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>, Date: 19/04/2013 10:39 AM Subject: RE: Opinion requested ________________________________ There are SOOO many questions. Average mailbox size? 1.75 GB What will be migrated? Notes mail DB's The organisation has made the decision to migrate the mail component of the Notes/Domino environment to Exchange What custom applications are required? - Domino/Notes is used for many customized internal workflow applications - none of these are candidates for migration to Exchange - They potentially may end up being migrated to Sharepoint Etc. etc. etc. From: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> [mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Opinion requested Migrating from Lotus Notes to Exchange (version 2013) Current environment - Approximately 10,000 Lotus Notes users with mailboxes dispersed over 115 Servers in over 60 sites 2 data centers Seeking input on what others recommend as a the most cost effective solution long term - * Cloud, or * in-house Kind regards, Brian Dwyer Senior System Administrator | ICT Operations P: (07) 30661185 | F: (07) 30668811 M: 0402 897 959 E: brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au<mailto:brian.w.dw...@tmr.qld.gov.au> W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au<http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/> *********************************************************************** WARNING: This email (including any attachments) may contain legally privileged, confidential or private information and may be protected by copyright. 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