Business Online Productivity Suite (BPOS) – Let Solidsoft Help

What is BPOS?
BPOS is a suite of enterprise-class software that is hosted by Microsoft and delivered as a subscription service. BPOS includes:

	Exchange Online, including Exchange Hosted Services, which are attached services that encompass the archiving, encryption, continuity and filtering of data
	SharePoint Online for intranets and document sharing
	Office Communications Online for real-time communication and presence (instant messaging and related capabilities)
	Office Live Meeting for interactive Web conferencing

Versions Microsoft offers standard and dedicated editions of BPOS: Standard. You receive a complete, standardised offering of the software in a shared environment, which you can manage, including some customisation. There are no minimum or maximum licenses required, and it is less expensive than the dedicated offering. Dedicated. You receive a dedicated environment on a Microsoft-hosted server (or servers), which enables you to customise the service to your specific business needs. You’ll need to license a minimum of 5,000 seats and select options for additional server features to take advantage of the dedicated offering.

IT Agility
BPOS enables your IT professionals to implement new capabilities quickly and gain greater flexibility in deciding how best to develop, deploy and manage your infrastructure and applications. BPOS is easy to manage because it provides comprehensive, unified administration of services and policies through a simple console.

Accelerated “Speed to Value”
With virtually no upfront hardware and software costs, and predictable monthly costs, BPOS helps your IT decision makers provide budget forecasts that are more accurate, while your employees can benefit from the latest software capabilities almost instantly.

Familiar, Anywhere Access
You will work with the same rich-client applications that you already know and use. Built on a proven software platform, BPOS provides an all-in-one, integrated experience, which can be accessed from virtually any device in almost any location. BPOS provides best-in-class communication and collaboration via an easy-to-use service.

Business-Class Security and Reliability
BPOS is hosted on a world-class data centre network architecture that enables quick and reliable recovery from unplanned occurrences. You can work with confidence, knowing that security standards are met and are protected by multiple layers of security and operational best practices—all while providing a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee. BPOS provides highly secure data access that enables you to get messages and shared documents over the Internet via an encrypted connection.

Seamless S+S
BPOS is designed to integrate with on-premises solutions to make communication with co-workers, customers and partners around the world simple, effective and affordable. BPOS provides customers with a simple way to transition a subset of their users to the online service, while other users can use on-premises deployments, if needed.