Products Available Include:

• SharePoint® 2010 is the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Internet. When people need to work with other people, with content and information, or with line-of-business data, they can use the rich, out-of-the-box set of integrated capabilities in the SharePoint 2010 platform. People can also customise these capabilities to address specific business needs and integrate them with other products and solutions. Using the same set of capabilities and tools, companies can deploy SharePoint 2010 both inside the enterprise (that is, intranets) and outside of the firewall (that is, extranets, the Internet) so employees, customers, and business partners can work with the platform.






• Windows ® 7 the latest desktop operating system from Microsoft offers improved security, reliability, performance and enables enhanced PC management. With superior mobile experience, it is nimble, reliable, and gets the most out of today’s powerful hardware.






• Microsoft ® Office is available with a variety of different licence options; it means you can purchase the licence best suited to your requirements – without paying for technologies that you do not need. From Enterprise, Professional Plus, Small Business to Standard, we can provide the advice, licenses, implementation and support.






• Office Outlook® with Business Contact Manager is a complete contact management application. It allows you to manage all your contact, prospect and customer information; track your communication, centralise your project information and monitor tasks with automated reminders.






• Windows Server ® 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet. It is designed to power the next generation of networks, applications and Web services. New Web tools, Hyper-V virtualisation technologies, security enhancements and management tools help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your IT infrastructure.






• Windows® Small Business Server 2011 is an integrated server solution that helps small businesses protect their business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to your customers. It delivers small businesses the tools required to help them grow; email, Internet connectivity, internal Websites, remote access, support for mobile devices, file and print sharing and backup / restore functions.






• SQL Server ® 2008 is comprehensive, integrated data management and business intelligence (BI) software designed to help you manage mission-critical information and run increasingly complex business applications. SQL server can help you gain greater insight from your business information.






• Exchange Server is the industry leading email, calendaring, and unified messaging server. Exchange Server 2010 helps you achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that simplify administration, protect communication, and enhance usability. Exchange Server 2010 provides increased flexibility, Anywhere Access (across desktop, Web and mobile devices), and increased protection and compliance features.






• Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator or OCS) is an instant messaging client used with Microsoft Lync Server - and is all about connecting people in new ways, anytime, anywhere. It provides improved instant messaging, telephony, conferencing, voice mail, and presence capabilities and can be deployed in-house or as an externally hosted solution, or as a combination of the two approaches, depending on your company’s needs.
  
  Messaging - Simplify administration, enhance security and lower costs.
  Voice Mail - Consolidate e-mail and voice mail to one inbox.
  Telephony - Scalable Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution.
  Instant Messaging and Presence - See the availability status of people before you contact them.
  Unified Conferencing - Switch seamlessly between audio, video, and Web conferencing and desktop sharing.




• Microsoft Hyper-V virtualisation technology is affordable and is gaining market share. Hyper-V now offers Quick Migration and Live Migration capabilities that make it easy to move a virtual server to another physical server without skipping a beat for maintenance - or automatically in the event of a server failure. Systems Manager improves management capabilities, and integration with Exchange and SharePoint is also improved. Frontline have extensive experience working with virtualisation technologies and our team includes Microsoft-accredited Hyper-V consultants.






• Office 365 (formerly BPOS) Cloud-based computing. Office 365 is a set of messaging and collaboration tools, delivered as a subscription service. Office 365 gives your business rich capabilities without the need to deploy and maintain software and hardware on-premise. It is designed to help meet your needs for robust security, all-day every-day reliability, and user productivity.

For more information about Microsoft software, or to discuss any aspects of your IT requirements, please call us on 0161 486 4400 or Email us with your enquiry.