If you have ever worked in an office, you have probably heard of Microsoft Exchange, but you may not know what it is. In this article, we will describe what MS Exchange is and how you can use it without even knowing it.
What is Microsoft Exchange Online?
Exchange is Microsoft's groupware server, originally developed for business customers. Like other groupware solutions, it includes communication and organization features, including:
Exchange itself is the server application that stores and manages all of this data for you. So how does this impact you as a server program? Well, it’s the engine that powers two tools that may seem very familiar to you: Microsoft Outlook and its web-based cousin, Outlook Web Access.
You can set up Microsoft Outlook to collect your email from a variety of sources, from venerable IMAP mailboxes to Gmail. But Outlook was originally designed for business users, connecting to Exchange servers and collecting their email or keeping their company calendars up to date.
