Monday, October 15, 2012

Features - Office 365 and on-premise Exchange 2010

There is a long list of feature comparison between Office 365 and on-premise Exchange 2010


Exchange Server 2010
Service Pack 1
Exchange Online
SERVICE FEATURES
Mailbox size
Configurable
500 MB (Exchange Online Kiosk user)
25 GB (Exchange Online Plan 1 user)
Unlimited (Exchange Online Plan 2 user)
Message size limits (max attachment size)
Configurable
25 MB
Recipient limits
Configurable
500 recipients/day
Message rate limits
Configurable
30 messages/minute
Deleted item recovery
Configurable
14 Days
Deleted mailbox recovery
Configurable
30 Days
CLIENT ACCESS
Outlook 2010
Yes
Yes
Outlook 2007
Yes
Yes
Outlook 2003
Yes
No
Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTPS)
Yes
Yes
Outlook Cached Mode
Yes
Yes
Outlook Online Mode
Yes
Yes (not recommended)
Autodiscover
Yes (for Outlook and mobile)
Yes (for Outlook and mobile)
Outlook Web App
Internet Explorer 7+, Safari 3+, Firefox, Chrome
Internet Explorer 7+, Safari 3+, Firefox , Chrome
Outlook Web App light experience
Almost any browser
Almost any browser
Outlook Web App: Vanity URL (http://mail.contoso.com)
Yes
Customer can set up a redirect
Outlook Web App: session time-out
Configurable
Default: 6 hours
Configurable up to 24 hours.
Public/private computer logon option
Yes
No
WebReady document viewing
Yes
Yes
Disable web access
Yes
Yes
Instant messaging and presence connected to web email client

Yes
Yes
Macintosh support (rich client)
Outlook for Mac 2011, Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition
Outlook for Mac 2011,
Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition
IMAP
Yes
Yes
POP
Yes
Yes
MOBILITY
Windows Phone 7 devices
Yes
Yes
Windows Mobile devices
Windows Mobile 5.0+
Windows Mobile 6.0+
Other Exchange ActiveSync devices (such as iPhone)
Yes
Yes
Remote device wipe (implementation varies by mobile device manufacturer)
Yes
Yes
Customize Exchange ActiveSync security policies and settings, including PIN/password lock
Yes
Yes
Disable Exchange ActiveSync access
Yes
Yes
Mobile device allow/block/quarantine
Yes
Yes
Certificate-based authentication for Exchange ActiveSync
Yes
No
Over-the-air-update for Outlook Mobile
Yes
Yes
Mobile SMS sync (through Exchange ActiveSync)
Yes
Yes
SMS (text messaging) notifications
Yes
Yes
BlackBerry (via Blackberry Enterprise Server)
Yes
Hosted BlackBerry service not offered during beta
BlackBerry (via Blackberry Internet Service)
Yes
Yes
EMAIL/INBOX
“Send on behalf of” and “send as”
Yes
Yes
Shared mailboxes
Yes
Yes
Catch-all mailbox
Yes
No
Server-side email forwarding
Yes
Yes
Inbox rules
Yes
Yes
Tasks
Yes
Yes
Conversation view and actions (such as ignore conversation)
Yes
Yes
MailTips and MailTips customization
Yes
Yes
Connected accounts (aggregate mail from multiple external email accounts)
No
Yes
CONTACTS/DIRECTORY
Personal contacts
Yes
Yes
Personal distribution groups
Yes
Yes
Shared distribution groups
(in Global Address List)
Yes
Yes—managed via web or synchronized from Active Directory
Restricted distribution groups
Yes
Yes
Dynamic distribution groups
Yes
Yes
Moderated distribution groups
Yes
Yes
Self-service distribution groups
Yes
Yes (for groups not synchronized from on-premises Active Directory)
Global Address List
Yes
Yes
Hide users from Global Address List
Yes
Yes
Custom address lists
Yes
No
Hierarchical address lists
Yes
No
Global Address List segmentation
Yes
No
Offline Address Book
Yes
Yes
External contacts (in Global Address List)
Yes
Yes
CALENDAR
Out-of-office auto-replies
Yes
Yes
Cross-premises calendar free/busy (mix of on-premises/cloud users)
Not applicable
Yes
Federated calendar sharing
Yes
Yes
Publish or subscribe to calendar thorugh iCal
Yes
Yes
Side-by-side calendar view in web client
Yes
Yes
Resource mailboxes (for example, for conference rooms or equipment)
Yes
Yes
Outlook 2010 Room Finder
Yes
Yes
UNIFIED MESSAGING, FAX
Interoperability with on-premises voicemail systems
Yes
Via SMTP
Exchange Unified Messaging (hosted voicemail)
Yes
Yes
SECURITY
Anti-spam (AS)
Customer chooses AV/AS solution
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
Antivirus (AV)
Customer chooses AV/AS solution
Forefront Protection for Exchange
Safe and blocked senders (configurable at the organization level)
Yes
Yes
Opportunistic TLS for inbound/outbound email
Yes
Yes
Forced TLS for inbound/outbound email
Yes
Yes
S/MIME
Yes
Yes, with limitations
No Outlook Web App support
PGP
Yes
Yes
COMPLIANCE/ARCHIVING
Disclaimers
Yes
Yes
Transport rules
Yes
Yes
Personal archive
Yes
Yes
Retention policies
Yes
Yes: Exchange 2010 retention policies
No: Exchange 2007-style managed folders
Journal messages to external or on-premises archive
Yes
Yes
Multi-mailbox search (e-discovery)
Yes
Yes
Legal hold
Yes
Yes
Rolling legal hold (single item recovery)
Yes
Yes
ADMINISTRATION
Administration through a Web-based interface (Exchange Control Panel)
Yes
Yes
Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Administration Center access
Optional
Yes
Administration through command line shell (PowerShell)
Yes
Yes
Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC)
Yes
Yes
Message tracking
Yes
Yes
Usage reporting
Some data can be extracted using PowerShell
Some data can be extracted using PowerShell
Auditing
Yes
Yes
APPLICATION ACCESS/CUSTOMIZATION
Application connectivity through web services
Yes
Yes
SMTP relay
Yes
Yes
Outlook Web App Web Parts
Yes
Yes
Outlook add-ins and Outlook MAPI
Yes
Yes
Application connectivity through Exchange Server MAPI/CDO API
Yes
No
Application connectivity through DAV
No
No
OTHER
Public folders
Yes
No
Global Address List synchronization from on-premises directory (Active Directory)
Not applicable
Yes—one-way through the Directory Synchronization tool
Global Address List synchronization from multiple on-premises Active Directory forests
Yes
No


To set customer's expectation right, most important is to let them know 

The following list of features is not supported for Exchange Online:
Outlook 2003 connectivity
Public/private computer logon option
Certificate-based authentication of mobile devices for Exchange ActiveSync
Catch-all mailbox
Custom address lists
Hierarchical address lists
Global Address List segmentation
Application connectivity through Exchange Server MAPI/CDO API
Application connectivity through DAV
Public folders
Global Address List synchronization from multiple on-premises Active Directory forests



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