Cloud based email also known as hosted exchange gives everyone in your business access to their email from anywhere with an internet connection. There's no need to purchase your own business email server and set up exchange yourself - everything is hosted in our secure UK data centre. The simple monthly cost is predictable and controllable.

» Why should I move to cloud-based email?

Using cloud computing for email hosting means there are no more in house servers to maintain. Wanstor will install and upgrade servers for you, this reduces the need for internal IT support.

» Are you a Microsoft Partner?

Yes, we are a Microsoft Gold Partner, in recognition of our technical capability and achievement.

» How does Microsoft Licensing work?

We license our hosted exchange service on a Per User /Per Month basis with Microsoft. This is included in your monthly charge so there are no further licensing costs incurred.

» Do I get virus checking and spam filtering?

Yes. We provide these free of charge, on a per mailbox basis.

» Where is my cloud email hosted?

Our enterprise level cloud computing service will provide a flexible and resilient option from managing email in-house. Your email and information is housed in our secure, resilient servers with 24/7 monitoring so you can continue running your business if the worse should happen.

» Can I only pay for what I need?

‘pay as you grow’ – the benefits of cloud email hosting apart from the cost is it is ideal for growing businesses as traditional email hosting can often tie you into long term contracts. Wanstor’s hosted email is scalable and you can move up or down when you need to.

» What if I need to keep my data for longer?

We do not keep the data for longer than seven days. Should you require data to be retained for longer periods an archiving service is available.

» Do you offer cloud email archiving?

Yes, archiving your email is a valuable feature with an additional cost. Archiving is available with different storage capacities and durations, for example businesses might want to store legal and financial documents for 7 years. Wanstor email hosting can archive these emails.

» How can the Wanstor cloud improve my business?

• Work anytime, anywhere: Get full access to all of your email folders, contacts, calendars, and files from any Microsoft Outlook or browser, from anywhere, anytime
• Keep up to date: any changes made to your emails, contacts, calendar and files in any medium, such as MS Outlook or browser access are kept up to date when accessed via any other medium
• Mobile access: Carry your contacts, calendar, notes and task list on the road in your PDA, such as iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm, Handspring, Compaq, Dell, etc.
• Work offline: do email, change contacts, schedule meetings and modify files from public folders while disconnected from the internet, such as while flying or on the train, etc. Outlook can keep an offline copy of everything in Outlook; any changes made in offline mode are synchronised.
• Save money by no longer having to purchase software licenses, backup software, backup tapes and anti-virus software
• You no longer have to worry about keeping up with the latest version of the software; we automatically update the software on the servers