Exchange Server Standard Edition is email and personal information management software that runs on Windows Server. It provides a collaboration environment for secure messaging inside and outside an organization. The Standard Edition is designed for small-to-medium-sized organizations and is limited to five mailbox databases.

This donation provides one Standard Edition server license. Larger organizations should consider Exchange Server Enterprise Edition.   For additional information about Exchange Server and the server and client licensing requirements, see the Guide to Exchange Server Editions and Licensing.

Benefits for Organizations

If you have network administration experience, you can use Exchange Server to:

• Reduce costs by consolidating communications services
• Spend less time maintaining server settings

Major Capabilities

• Simplified management: A unified, web-based management console simplifies on-premises, online, and hybrid Exchange deployments.
• Unified messaging: Users can receive email, voicemail, and faxes through a single inbox that can be accessed from anywhere, including on mobile and web clients.
• Inbox protection: Integrated antivirus, anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies stop the latest threats.
• Database recovery: Administrators can configure database availability groups of up to 16 mailbox servers for automatic recovery from database-level failures.