Kerio Connect is a messaging and collaboration suite to help organizations work smarter and not harder. Easy to administer, reliable and integrated with security, Kerio MailServer is the smart alternative to Microsoft Exchange.

Kerio Connect helps increase productivity by offering features like Microsoft Exchange but without the high IT burden and administration cost.


Documents:

Kerio Connect 7.1 DataSheet (PDF)
Kerio Connect vs. Microsoft Exchange comparison (PDF)
Kerio Connect vs. Mac OS X (PDF)


Some key features:

• Not just email, it’s a groupware server
  Email. Contacts. Calendars. Notes. Synchronizes groupware data with Outlook, Entourage, WebMail and mobile devices. Shared and public folders. Free/busy schedule. Users can easily access and share their email data, contacts, and calendars, and connect to public email folders using the leading business groupware clients for Macs and PCs.
  
  
• Direct Push for Mobile phones
  Native support for direct push email and PIM synchronization for Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone and Palm phones without extra cost. Uses wireless Microsoft ActiveSync® protocol. Blackberry support also available!
  
  
• Simplified administration and support
  Unlike Kerio Connect, Exchange 2000 and 2003 require a Windows server operating system, Active Directory and IIS web server.
  
  
• Backup and archiving
  Administrators can backup all user data and server configuration to another server or storage device for easy recovery. For legal and compliance purposes, the Kerio Mailserver allows companies to archive all incoming and outgoing messages as they are delivered.
  
  
• iCal and Address Book
  Kerio Connect allows Mac users to subscribe and publish calendars from iCal.
  
  
• Lower migration costs
  Unlike Exchange 2000 and 2003, migration to Kerio Connect does not require the installation and management of Active Directory.
  
  
• Better licensing options
  Kerio licensing programs are very simple and significantly more cost effective for customers compared to Microsoft's Volume Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance.
  
  
• Higher security
  No integrated virus and spam filtering makes Exchange users more vulnerable to downtime or loss of emails. Kerio Connect comes as a comprehensive security package with anti-virus and anti-spam running from first start up.
  
  
• More favorable medium scalability
  Kerio Connect can serve up to 1000 concurrent users from a single server whereas Microsoft Exchange typically requires a server cluster.
  
  

Supported Outlook/Mac Clients
The Kerio Connect supports the following versions of the MS Outlook/Mac:

• Microsoft Outlook 2000
• Microsoft Oulook 2003
• Microsoft Outlook 2007
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• Entourage

Migrated items
The Kerio Connect Tool imports the following items into the Kerio MailServer directory:

• users
• emails
• contacts
• calendars
• tasks