Monday, 8 August 2011

In detail: Exchange Online: Subscription Plans

Subscription Plans
Each user who accesses the Exchange Online service requires must be assigned to a subscription plan.  Exchange Online offers three types of plans: Exchange Online Kiosk, Exchange Online (Plan 1), and Exchange Online (Plan 2).

Table 4 summarizes differences between the types of subscriptions.
Table 4: Overview of user subscriptions
Feature
Exchange Online
Kiosk
Exchange Online
(Plan 1)
Exchange Online
(Plan 2)
Mailbox size
500 megabytes (MB)
25 gigabytes (GB)*
Unlimited**
Outlook Web App
(regular and light versions)
Yes
Yes
Yes
POP
Yes
Yes
Yes
IMAP
No
Yes
Yes
Outlook Anywhere (MAPI)
No
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
No
Yes
Yes
Exchange Web Services
No***
Yes
Yes
Inbox rules
No
Yes
Yes
Delegate access
No (cannot access other users’ mailboxes, shared mailboxes, or resource mailboxes)
Yes
Yes
Instant messaging interoperability in OWA
No
Yes (requires Lync Online or Microsoft Lync Server 2010)
Yes (requires Lync Online or Microsoft Lync Server 2010)
SMS notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Custom retention policies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-mailbox search
Yes
Yes
Yes
Personal archive
No
Yes
Yes
Voicemail
No
No
Yes
Legal hold
No
No
Yes
*25 GB of storage apportioned across the user’s primary mailbox and personal archive
**25 GB of storage in the user’s primary mailbox, plus unlimited storage in the user’s personal archive. Refer to the personal archive section of this document for further information regarding unlimited storage in the archive
***Direct access to Kiosk user mailboxes via Exchange Web Services is not permitted. However, line of business applications can use Exchange Web Services impersonation to access Kiosk user mailboxes



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