Is Microsoft Outlook Live the right choice?
I am helping a friend who has a small construction firm address some IT needs. Specifically, he has an office of about 6 people. He travels a lot and wants to allow his office manager and one other person the ability to access his email and calendar including setting new appointments. He also wants to allow others in the office to see his calendar but not be able to edit it and also not have access to his email. The firm currently gets email via a third party provider (simple cable Internet access that includes email accounts). One option I’ve explored is using MSFT’s Small Business server (SBS) to pull in the current pop3 email they have and setup a shared calendar with the appropriate permissions by person. All desktops are configured with Windows XP and MS Outlook (either 2002 or 2003). While he does have a server in the office that handles construction accounting software as well as regular file and print, from what I’ve read on Exchange it is probably best to be on its own server.
