Business Productivity Online Standard

BPOS is a set of the solutions for joint work and message exchange which are in a status of artificial data centers in Microsoft. It consists of Exchange Online (Exchange Server 2007), SharePoint Online (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007), Office Live Meeting and Office Communications Server (Office Communications Server 2007), as shown in the drawing.

The purpose of BPOS is providing stream communication to the enterprises with permanent availability, full-scale security and the management simplified by IT. On the scheme of the drawing (taken about a web of the website Microsoft Online Services) it is perfectly shown how BPOS works.

As it was already told, Exchange Online contains in a status of artificial data centers Microsoft company. The service is founded on Exchange Server 2007. As well as the traditional local Exchange 2007 environment, it ensures the improved safety of e-mail, mail access of 'From-anywhere' for all employees needing it and the improved operational efficiency for personnel of IT. However the fact that Exchange Online uses knowledge of products of Microsoft along with the best techniques developed together with consumers and partners is interesting. The service also uses the global infrastructure of Microsoft providing world-class service, critical for work.