Glossary

Glossary of terms related to Microsoft Exchange and Mobile Messaging

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Latency

Latency is the time delay from the moment an operation is initiated until it is completed.

Licensing

Licensing provides permission to use software. Software licensing comes in many varieties ranging from free software that has no restrictions to highly restricted commercial licensing agreements. Microsoft Exchange uses a commercial Client Access License and Server License arrangement.

Live Office

Microsoft Live Office is an online collaboration service that is intended to compete with Google Docs. Instead of providing hosted application, Live Office hosts the data and file and users can open, edit and track changes using their Microsoft Office applications.

Log Files

Log files are files that store a record of every action or access on a server. For Microsoft Exchange, this includes records of when clients access the server, when messages are sent and received, calendar requests and all other client activity. Microsoft Exchange logs also include records of server functions such as replication, backups, and errors.

Lotus Notes

Notes is an enterprise groupware and messaging system created by Lotus and later acquired by the IBM Software Group. Lotus Notes includes both server software and client software. Lotus Notes is a competitor of Microsoft Exchange and Novell Groupwise.