Re: Which is better? Microsoft Exchange 2016 or Linux-based SMTP Servers?
On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:21:29 -0400
Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote:
> You are comparing two very difference things.
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 03:39:07PM +0000, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En
> Ming wrote:
>
> > Finally, I can only use Windows Server 2016 Standard Evaluation
> > Copy FREE for a period of 3 years MAXIMUM. But I can use Linux
> > servers and Mail Transport Agents (MTA) FREE perpetually. o
>
> I suspect that if you read the full text of the license for the
> evaluation copy of WS 2016 that you will find it does not allow for
> use in a production environment.
Also, I would suggest the evaluation period is more likely to be three
months than three years.
> Also, depending on which Exchange
> solution you choose and how you deploy it, you will probably need to
> purchase client access licenses as well (and also possibly for the
> OS).
MS licensing is always fun. I believe the current version of Windows
Server Essentials, the successor to Small Business Server, no longer
needs CALs, but has a strict limit on the number of users. The OP
should investigate this.
Oddly, Exchange has moved away from the all-GUI interface, and now needs
the use of the command line for many common functions. If the OP was
familiar with an old Exchange, he may have some re-learning to do.
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Joe
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Joe
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