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I agree with Matt, and will only add one more thing;<br />
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With Exchange &quot;outlook anywhere&quot; function, no matter where your users are, if they open up outlook on their laptop, it will connect to the server as if they were in the office.<br />
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For me, that feature alone is worth it's weight in gold.<br />
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-red
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I agree with Matt, and will only add one more thing;

With Exchange "outlook anywhere" function, no matter where your users are, if they open up outlook on their laptop, it will connect to the server as if they were in the office.

For me, that feature alone is worth it's weight in gold.

-red

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What is the best solution for in house e-mail that would work over VPN to two branch sites? &nbsp;This would be for 50 to 75 users. &nbsp;They would need access from within the office and remotely.
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What is the best solution for in house e-mail that would work over VPN to two branch sites?  This would be for 50 to 75 users.  They would need access from within the office and remotely.

In-house e-mail solutions.

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.

Email Servers

A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or travelling users access to a central organizational network securely. VPNs encapsulate data transfers using secure cryptographic methods and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted.