Providing ubiquitous access to messaging and calendaring
Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services
Departmental Services, through an Exchange 2007 system, provides centralized access to email, calendar, contacts, and task items from any web-, desktop-, or mobile device-based computing platform, anywhere - whether you’re on campus, at home, or on the road.
In addition to reliable and secure email with flexible mailbox quotas designed to fit your needs and budget, Exchange Services encompasses:
- cross-campus scheduling
- live free/busy data
- online directory of all campus users and groups
- task management
- synchronized wireless access
- automated resource handling
- group mailbox access
Costs and Features
Departmental Services offers five cost alternatives for Exchange Services:
Monthly Cost
Per Mailbox |
Annual Cost
Per Mailbox |
Mailbox
Storage |
Over Quota
Warning |
Unable to
Send Mail |
Unable to
Send/Receive Mail |
$3 |
$36 |
100MB |
100MB |
120MB |
200MB |
$5 |
$60 |
500MB |
480MB |
500MB |
600MB |
$8 |
$96 |
1GB |
0.95GB |
1GB |
1.1GB |
$15 |
$180 |
2GB |
1.95GB |
2GB |
2.25GB |
$30 |
$360 |
5GB |
4.9GB |
5GB |
5.5GB |
Additionally, Public Folders are available to departments for $15 per month per 10 MB.
Technical features for all cost alternatives include:
Technical features
- Access to mailbox via MAPI, IMAP4, Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTPS), Outlook Web Access (OWA), Microsoft ActiveSync, BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Exchange
- User accounts employ UIUC Active Directory
- Virus and spam protection on messages and attachments
- Daily backup of server with seven-day retention of data for disaster recovery
- Deleted items retained for 28 days in individual mailboxes
For a sample Service Level Agreement (SLA), click here.
Requesting an Exchange Account
To request an Exchange mailbox, please complete a subscription request.
Mailboxes will be created within one business day of the request, unless further information is needed. When mailboxes have been created, the person requesting the account will be notified and will be responsible for notifying individual mailbox recipients.