* For this option you will need Broadband internet access and a minimum of Windows XP SP2 in order to download and install a free copy of Microsoft Outlook 2007 from BT. This will ensure that you benefit from the full capability of BT Business Email plus Organise & Share.
† Storage used is the total of all emails, contacts, tasks and all folders. Additional storage over the initial standard allocation per product can be purchased at £1.50p per 100Mb on an individual per mailbox basis up the maximum per product as detailed above.
System requirements:
BT Business Email plus Organise & Share requires Microsoft Outlook 2007, for which the minimum system requirement is a PC running Microsoft Windows XP with the latest Service Pack.
Features
BT Business Email
| Working Together "In the Office" Features | |
| Shared Calendar * | Outlook 2007 and BT Business Email allow you to view other calendars within your business side by side. This quickly enables you to find out when colleagues are available to arrange meetings, conference calls or social events. You can even be given permissions by the owner to change or manage their calendar - this is useful for boss/secretary working. |
| Shared Contacts * | Ever get tired of trying to find a phone number or email address to close that important sale or to send important information? BT Business Email supports the sharing of contact information so that selected people chosen by you or all users within your company can access important phone numbers and other details vital to make your business work effectively. |
| Company Address Book | BT Business Email includes a company address book called a Global Address List or GAL. With this feature you can add contacts so that the whole company can search and use them wherever they are. |
| Instant messaging | Sometimes all you need is a quick answer to a quick question, but it's not always an easy task. Instant messaging enhances your productivity by exchanging messages between colleagues quickly. You can add your contacts to your IM, check if they are online, busy, away from their desk and send or receive messages. |
| Mobile Working Features | |
| Anywhere Access using your Laptop | Using Outlook on your laptop you can access your email securely from any Broadband or wireless connection - no worries about corporate firewalls. |
| Anywhere Access using Outlook Web Access From Any PC | OWA (Outlook Web Access) looks and feels just like Outlook 2007 on your desktop and because it runs in a Web Browser it means that you can work just as effectively and efficiently as if you were sat in front of your PC. On holiday, in an Internet Cafe, at a conference, on customer's site you can access your emails content, calendar and contacts wherever you have an Internet accessible PC. |
| Mobile support for Windows and Pocket PC | If you have a Windows Mobile 5 or Windows Mobile 6 device then you can benefit from instant push email. Any changes are automatically synchronises with your handheld device whilst you're on the move whenever there are any changes made to your inbox, including your calendar, contacts and tasks. These changes are sychronised between the mobile and PC and held on the platform. |
| Wireless Support for Blackberry | BT Business Email supports Blackberry handheld devices with Push email - so you receive the email the instant its sent at no extra charge using Blackberry Internet Services. |
| Peace of Mind | |
| Support | 24x7x365 BT Email Helpline Support , Online forums and Online Support Knowledgebase |
| Spam Protection and Junk folder | With BT you can rest assured that we take Security seriously - we employ four levels of advanced Anti Spam protection so that you can continue to work without fear of your mailbox being filled with unnecessary clutter. First of all we protect using Mirapoint Spam Filter (3 layers) at the perimeter which immediately deletes identified spam before it hits your inbox. Secondly we use Microsoft's Intelligent Message Filter to further increase the chances of catching SPAM - this mail is placed into your Junk Mail folder for you to action accordingly. |
| Anti Virus Protection | BT Business uses four different types of Antivirus engine to ensure that both your incoming and outgoing email is free and protected from Virus - what's more if we identify an email containing a virus we let you know so that you don't miss any important emails - all this without compromising on security and at no additional cost. |
| Storage | 200MB Storage † - But if you need more you can add extra storage up to 1GB |
| Email recovery and Off-site Data Backup | Using Outlook you can recover email that has been accidentally deleted in the past 48 hours. As part of our security policy we backup your mailbox data every night and store this data off-site. |
| Secure and Resilient Service | BT Business Email utilizes the very best in Server Architecture with no single point of failure ensuring you can access your email 24 hours a day. With a service uptime of over 99.8% you can rest assure you're email data is safe with us. |
| Outlook Features | |
| Access | Business Email support access using RPC over HTTPS which ensures that your outlook connection to our mail servers is secure and safe. This provides the full features set of the Outlook 2007 client and fully synchronizes all the folders, contacts, calendar and tasks with the hosted platform. This full synchronization is critical if you are using a Windows Mobile device for mobile functionality. It also means that there is no need for additional software or hardware to be configured - all you need is Outlook2003/2007 and Windows XP with the latest service pack or Vista. POP3 (Post Office Protocol v3) is also supported but is not as feature rich. |
| Instant Email Updates with Outlook | There is a local copy of your mailbox held on your PC to enable you to work offline using Outlook or if you are on the move. Once a network connection is established then Outlook 2003/ 2007 automatically synchronizes data from the Exchange server to your PC to ensure your email is always kept up to date. Any changes in email, calendar and contacts are automatically synchronised |
| Additional features | |
| BT Voicemail forwarding | BT voicemail forwarding is a free service which allows you to receive your BT voicemail messages as email, meaning that you can listen to your messages when you are away from your phone. You can set up voicemail forwarding from a nominated phone number to up to eight email addresses. Voicemail messages left on a nominated phone are saved as an MP3 audio file and an email is sent to a nominated email address to notify you of the message. You can then click on a link in the email to listen to your voicemail message. |
