Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive
Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive
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Internet-based support for your existing e-mail. Microsoft Exchange Hosted Archive (EHA) provides a centralised, easily accessible, and multi-functioning e-mail and IM repository to assist organisations manage increasingly complex retention, compliance, e-discovery, and regulatory requirements. Download the Exchange Hosted Archive Datasheet: PDF |
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How Archiving Works with Exchange Hosted Services

Exchange Hosted Archive Service Components
Support to help satisfy industry and regulatory retention requirements
Exchange Hosted Archive has many features that aid in compliance including multiple retention periods, legal hold, supervision by keyword or percentage and immutable storage.
Granular Reporting and Auditing Capabilities
Any good security policy encompasses granular audits and logging of system transactions. EHA has numerous auditing reports available in addition to several traceable administrative and user events.
Rapid search and retrieval
Indexed storage enables fast retrieval of messages for e-discovery and other investigations.
Fully functional backup e-mail system
If primary e-mail systems go down, users and administrators will still have access to archived e-mail and can send and receive new messages in real time.
Exchange Hosted Archive Service Benefits
- Lowers total cost of ownership compared to on-premises archive solutions
- Eliminates up-front capital investment
- Easily integrates with existing e-mail infrastructure
- Enables a predictable subscription-based cost model
- Simplifies IT environment by eliminating deployment and maintenance of in-house archive servers and applications
- Allows IT staff to focus on other projects
- 24 x 7 technical support
Exchange Hosted Archive Additional Information
Exchange Hosted Archive Technical Requirements
- Exchange Hosted Archive and Exchange Hosted Continuity require Microsoft Exchange Server 2000(SP3), 2003(SP1) and 2007
- Exchange Hosted Archive requires Forefront Online Security for Exchange for full functionality including emergency backup e-mail access. Other filtering solutions may be accepted via approval
- The Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services Directory Synchronisation tool is optional, and requires:
- Windows Server 2003 SP2
- Active Directory (single-forest topology)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (required for Safelist aggregation synchronisation feature)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
- Web applications are accessible via a Web browser (Internet Explorer 6 or 7)
