What am I missing here (Exchange 2010 on server 2012r2)
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Test environment?
yeah I would never start with something so old.. maybe go with Exchange 2013, but even that.. nah.. 2016 has been our for 6 or so months..
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I think you need upgrade Exchange 2010 to SP3 RU5 to execute it in W2012R2
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@iroal
Ya I ended up upgrading which just honestly screwed everything up.
Had to manually go in and remove the database, so that I could uninstall, so that I could start installing 2013....gah -
@Dashrender
2016 eh...hmm dont know if I'm ready to take that jump =/
But ya, gonna jump on the 2013 board atleast, I'll think about 2016Thanks
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What's to be worried about with 2016?
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Personally find 2013 a pain vs 2010 so I can only assume (having looked into it less than 3 minutes) that its less GUI and more powershell, which honestly I'm not the hugest fan of.
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That may be true, but it's also the future.
I'm currently still on 2010 and need to move. I plan to push to O365 this summer, so I'll have to get used to that one way or the other.
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@Sparkum 2013 uses a web based gui now. Of course you can do everything with powershell as well.
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Haha ya good point.
We actually went the opposite route at work and pulled out of O365 after about a year.
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@brianlittlejohn
Ya for sure there is still a gui, you can just do less in the gui in 2013 vs 2010 -
@Dashrender said:
That may be true, but it's also the future.
I'm currently still on 2010 and need to move. I plan to push to O365 this summer, so I'll have to get used to that one way or the other.
I'm in the same position. Doing research on cloud based services, software based VPN w/ Azure, O365, ODFB and maybe bitium for SSO or something. I still don't know a lot just in general so I'm trying to study about it but I'm going through a masters program right now in addition to working full time.
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@Sparkum said:
Haha ya good point.
We actually went the opposite route at work and pulled out of O365 after about a year.
How come?
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Honestly it just 100% came down to price,
We only had a small portion of users on O365 (20-30 if I remember) and IMO we probably chose the wrong plan for how we operate.
But the simpe math of $12.50 * 30 = $375/month (Not sure if that was the exact pricing just googled in quickly) * 12 =$4500/year
Just didnt seem worth it to us.
If we had done the $5 plan maybe, but for what we are doing in house works just fine.
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@Sparkum said:
Honestly it just 100% came down to price,
We only had a small portion of users on O365 (20-30 if I remember) and IMO we probably chose the wrong plan for how we operate.
But the simpe math of $12.50 * 30 = $375/month (Not sure if that was the exact pricing just googled in quickly) * 12 =$4500/year
Just didnt seem worth it to us.
If we had done the $5 plan maybe, but for what we are doing in house works just fine.
Even if you calculate the cost the server and the man hours you dedicate to maintain it?
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Server already existed so its a blind cost (sort of speaking) we just added another virtual, and honestly we haven't touched it since it went into production.
Other than adding a user here or there, but we would be doing the same process with O365 as we would in house for thatSo I would say as of today we are definitely ahead.
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@Sparkum said:
Server already existed so its a blind cost (sort of speaking) we just added another virtual, and honestly we haven't touched it since it went into production.
Other than adding a user here or there, but we would be doing the same process with O365 as we would in house for thatSo I would say as of today we are definitely ahead.
You do need to perform refreshes though which is an added cost every few years. Also, you will eventually run into problems and need to perform maintenance. These are all costs. You are doing that instead of something else beneficial to the company, you know what I mean?
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@wirestyle22
Ya 100%But to be completely blunt with you, the higher ups see the invoice plain and simple.
They don't see what we do day in and day out.
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@Sparkum said:
@wirestyle22
Ya 100%But to be completely blunt with you, the higher ups see the invoice plain and simple.
They don't see what we do day in and day out.
That's unfortunate. I understand. I'm in the same position here at my company. It won't stop me from fighting to do things the right way and eventually make myself obsolete--which is essentially what I'm doing. They will most likely have someone working here per diem.
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While I do prefer to move Exchange out, it is not a clear cut simple answer. Even considering all costs.
The biggest mistake people make when it comes to discussing Office 365 is lumping all the services and costs into one thing.
Instead, you need to determine what parts of the puzzle are needed.
Exchange Online Plan 1: $4 per user per month (Exchange).
Office 365 Business Essentials: $5 per user per month (Exchange, ODfB, and SfB).
Office 365 Business: $8 per user per month (Desktop Office apps and ODfB).
Office 365 Business Premium: $12.50 per user per month (Exchange, ODfB, SfB, Desktop Office apps).If you are only discussing the need for Exchange, then you should be looking at $4 per user per month or $48 per user per year.
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@JaredBusch said:
While I do prefer to move Exchange out, it is not a clear cut simple answer. Even considering all costs.
The biggest mistake people make when it comes to discussing Office 365 is lumping all the services and costs into one thing.
Instead, you need to determine what parts of the puzzle are needed.
Exchange Online Plan 1: $4 per user per month (Exchange).
Office 365 Business Essentials: $5 per user per month (Exchange, ODfB, and SfB).
Office 365 Business: $8 per user per month (Desktop Office apps and ODfB).
Office 365 Business Premium: $12.50 per user per month (Exchange, ODfB, SfB, Desktop Office apps).If you are only discussing the need for Exchange, then you should be looking at $4 per user per month or $48 per user per year.
Isn't moving to O365 going to be necessary at some point though anyway? Isn't this where technology is going? I'm asking because I honestly don't know.
