Genuinely UK-based
UK data centres, a UK-registered company and a UK support team in Birmingham. No offshore first line, no data leaving the country and no timezone lottery when something breaks.
Hosted Microsoft Exchange
Hosted Exchange in the UK, done properly
A complete Microsoft Exchange organisation of your own — 50 GB mailboxes, shared calendars, public folders, mobile push and full administrative control — running on servers we own in UK data centres, for £8.00 + VAT per mailbox, per month.
UK data centresYour mail never leaves the UK
99.9% uptime SLABacked by service credits
SolidCP includedManage your own mailboxes
Named UK engineersDirect dial, no ticket queue
What hosted Exchange actually is
Your own Exchange server, without owning a server
Hosted Exchange is Microsoft Exchange Server — the same product that has sat in British server rooms for twenty-five years — run as a service. You get your own Exchange organisation: your domains, your Global Address List, your mailbox plans, your administrators. What you do not get is the hardware, the licensing, the cumulative updates, the certificate renewals or the 3am call when a database dismounts.
That matters because Exchange is still the only mail platform that does certain things properly. Free/busy calendar lookups across an organisation. Delegate access that behaves the way a director's PA expects. Public folders that a twenty-year-old workflow depends on. Shared mailboxes that do not cost you a licence. An address list that updates itself. IMAP has never done any of that, and it never will.
What "hosted by us" means
Your mailbox databases live in UK data centres on infrastructure we control, replicated across multiple Exchange servers in a Database Availability Group so a single server failure never becomes your outage. Backups are held off-host and test-restored on a schedule. Nothing is processed outside the United Kingdom, and that is written into your contract rather than implied by a marketing page.
We run Exchange Server Subscription Edition, Microsoft's current supported release.
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What is included
Everything in one price, nothing behind a paywall
Some providers advertise a low headline price and then charge for mobile sync, or shared calendars, or a second domain. Here is the complete list of what £8.00 + VAT a mailbox buys.
Mail and collaboration
Everything a business expects from Microsoft Exchange, running on servers we own and manage in the UK.
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50 GB mailboxes as standardEvery mailbox starts at 50 GB and extends in 50 GB blocks whenever you need more room.
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Shared calendars, contacts and tasksFree/busy lookups, room booking and delegate access across your whole organisation.
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Organisation-wide address listA Global Address List that keeps itself current as people join and leave.
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Public foldersShared mail, document and calendar folders for the teams that still depend on them.
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Distribution and dynamic groupsUnlimited groups, moderated distribution and rule-driven dynamic membership.
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Free shared, room and equipment mailboxesSet up info@, a boardroom calendar and a pool car booking resource without paying for any of them.
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Send-as and delegate permissionsGrant full access, send-as or send-on-behalf rights from the control panel in seconds.
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150 MB attachmentsLarge files still go by email when they have to, without a third-party transfer service.
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Unlimited aliases and multiple domainsRun every domain you own from a single Exchange organisation at no extra cost.
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Retention policies and litigation holdApply retention tags, archive policies and legal hold across the organisation.
Devices and sync
One mailbox, every device, always in step. This is the thing IMAP has never managed to do properly.
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Outlook for Windows and MacFull MAPI over HTTP, with cached mode, server-side search and offline access.
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Outlook Web AppA complete Exchange client in the browser, on any operating system.
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Instant push to mobileActiveSync and Exchange Web Services push mail, calendar and contacts to iPhone, iPad and Android the moment they arrive.
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Native mail appsWorks with Apple Mail, iOS Mail, Gmail for Android and anything else that speaks ActiveSync.
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IMAP, POP3 and SMTPKept available for scanners, franking machines and line-of-business applications.
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Remote device wipeLost a phone? Wipe that mailbox from that device in SolidCP without touching anyone else.
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Mobile device policiesRequire a PIN, enforce encryption and block jailbroken devices across the organisation.
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Multi-factor authenticationMFA on webmail and the control panel, enforced per organisation.
Security and resilience
UK-hosted, UK-owned, and built so that a single failure never becomes your outage.
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UK data centres onlyYour mail is written to, replicated between and backed up inside UK facilities. It does not leave the country.
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Database Availability GroupsEvery mailbox database is replicated across multiple Exchange servers with automatic failover.
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99.9% uptime SLABacked by service credits, measured monthly and reported honestly.
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Encryption in transit and at restTLS 1.2 or better enforced on every connection, with volume encryption on every mailbox database.
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Multi-layer anti-spam and anti-virusReputation filtering, content scanning and signature-based AV before mail reaches your organisation.
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Anti-phishing and impersonation controlDetects display-name spoofing and lookalike domains aimed at your finance team.
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SPF, DKIM and DMARCWe configure and monitor your authentication records so your mail lands in inboxes rather than junk folders.
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30-day recovery as standardDeleted item and deleted mailbox recovery for 30 days, with longer retention available.
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Daily off-host backupsHeld separately from the production platform and test-restored on a schedule.
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UK GDPR alignedA written data processing agreement, UK-only processing and named UK support staff.
Control and administration
SolidCP gives your IT team genuine Exchange administration without a PowerShell prompt or a support ticket.
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Self-service SolidCP panelCreate, edit and delete mailboxes yourself, at any hour, without asking us first.
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Mailbox plansDefine your standard mailbox sizes and policies once, then apply them to new starters in a click.
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Delegated administrator rolesGive a branch manager or an outsourced IT partner control of only what they should see.
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Password policy controlSet your own complexity, expiry and lockout rules.
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Live storage reportingSee exactly which mailboxes are filling up before anyone hits a quota.
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Accepted domainsAdd a new domain and start receiving mail on it within minutes.
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Bulk user importOnboard a whole department from a spreadsheet instead of one form at a time.
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Full audit trailEvery administrative change is logged with who made it and when.
The commercials
£8.00 + VAT per mailbox, per month
No set-up fee. No minimum term. No minimum mailbox count. Free migration. Add or remove mailboxes whenever your headcount changes and we bill the difference.
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£8.00+ VAT / mailbox / month
£9.60 inc VAT · save 10% paid annually
- 50 GB Exchange mailbox
- Shared calendars, contacts & tasks
- Outlook, webmail and mobile push
- Unlimited aliases & domains
- Free shared, room & equipment mailboxes
- Anti-spam, anti-virus & anti-phishing
- SolidCP self-service control panel
- 150 MB attachment limit
- Daily backups, 30-day recovery
- UK data centres, UK support
- Free assisted migration
- 99.9% uptime SLA
Get started
No set-up fee · no minimum term · cancel any time
Work out your monthly cost
Each mailbox includes 50 GB. Shared, room and equipment mailboxes are free and are not counted here.
£2.50 + VAT per block, per month. Applied to individual mailboxes that need more than 50 GB.
Your estimated cost
£80.00
per month, ex VAT
£8.00 per mailbox, per month
Get this quoted properlyAn indicative estimate. Migration and set-up are free; your written quote confirms everything before you commit.
Why us
What makes this different from the other UK providers
There is no shortage of companies selling hosted Exchange. These are the things we would want to know if we were buying it.
You hold the controls
SolidCP hands your IT team the mailbox administration that most providers keep behind a support ticket. Create a mailbox at seven on a Monday morning without asking anyone.
Backed by 25 years of IT support
MyExchangeServer is run by E-Consulting Ltd, who have supported British businesses since 1999. You get an email platform and the engineers who understand the network it plugs into.
One honest price
Eight pounds plus VAT per mailbox, per month. No set-up fee, no minimum term and no per-feature upsell for the things email should already do.
Migration done for you
We audit, plan and run the cutover out of hours, then stay on the phone the next morning while everyone opens Outlook. Free with every mailbox you order.
A real person answers
Ring 0121 233 0200 and you reach an engineer who can open a PowerShell session against the server your mailbox is on, not a script reader in a queue.
Moving across
The migration is free, planned in writing and run overnight
Four stages, one evening, and an engineer on the phone the following morning.
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Discovery and audit
We map what you have today: mailbox count and sizes, current provider, DNS, devices, shared calendars, public folders and every line-of-business application that sends email. You get a written migration plan with a fixed date and a rollback position.
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Build and pre-stage
We build your Exchange organisation, add your domains, create every mailbox and pre-seed the historic mail while your existing system carries on running. Nobody is disrupted and nothing is switched over yet.
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Cutover out of hours
On the agreed evening we lower DNS TTLs, run the final delta sync, move the MX records and reconfigure Outlook profiles. A 25-mailbox organisation is typically finished well before midnight.
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Morning-after support
An engineer is on the phone from 08:00 the next working day for mobile reconnections, signature tweaks and the inevitable questions about why it looks slightly different. We stay hands-on for the first fortnight.
Compared
Hosted Exchange against the alternatives
We also resell Microsoft 365, so this table is not written to make one option look silly.
| Feature | MyExchangeServerYou are here | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Shared POP / IMAP hosting |
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| Mailbox size | 50 GB, extendable in 50 GB blocks | 50 GB | Typically 1-10 GB |
| Price per mailbox, ex VAT | £8.00 per month | £10.30 per month | £1-£3 per month |
| Where your data lives | UK data centres only, contractually | Microsoft global estate | Varies, often unclear |
| Who administers mailboxes | You, in SolidCP, or us | You, in the Microsoft 365 admin centre | A support ticket |
| Shared calendars and free/busy | Full Exchange, included | Full Exchange, included | Not available |
| Push sync to phones | Instant ActiveSync push | Instant push | Manual polling |
| Attachment limit | 150 MB | 150 MB | Usually 10-25 MB |
| Public folders | Included | Included | Not available |
| Migration | Free, planned and run by us | Self-service or a paid partner | Do it yourself |
| Support | Named UK engineers, direct dial | Global ticket queue | Email only, best effort |
| Minimum term | None, monthly rolling | Annual commitment for the best price | Usually annual |
| Desktop Office apps | Optional £9.40 add-on | Included | Not available |
Questions
Hosted Exchange FAQs
How much does hosted Exchange cost per mailbox in the UK?
A full Exchange mailbox with MyExchangeServer is £8.00 + VAT per mailbox, per month. That includes 50 GB of storage, shared calendars and contacts, instant push sync to every device, anti-spam and anti-virus filtering, and self-service administration through SolidCP. There is no set-up fee, no minimum term and no minimum mailbox count. Paying annually saves 10%.
What happens when a 50 GB mailbox fills up?
You extend it. Extra storage is £2.50 + VAT per 50 GB block, per mailbox, per month, and you can stack as many blocks as you need. If the mailbox is mostly historic mail, an in-place archive at £3.00 + VAT per 100 GB is usually the cheaper answer, because it keeps the primary mailbox small and Outlook fast while everything remains searchable.
Where is my email actually stored?
In UK data centres, and only in UK data centres. Your mailbox databases, their replicas and their backups all sit on infrastructure we control on British soil, and that commitment is written into your contract. Support is delivered by our own engineers in Birmingham, so nobody outside the UK handles your data.
What is SolidCP and why does it matter?
SolidCP is the control panel we give every customer. It lets your own IT team create, edit and delete mailboxes, manage distribution groups and contacts, set delegate and send-as permissions, apply mailbox plans, enforce password policies, wipe a lost phone and see live storage usage, all without raising a ticket or learning Exchange PowerShell. Most hosted Exchange providers keep that behind their support desk. We do not.
How long does migration take, and will we lose email?
No email is lost. We pre-seed your historic mail into the new mailboxes while your existing system keeps running, so the final cutover only has to move the last few hours of messages. A typical 25-mailbox organisation is migrated in a single evening, out of hours, and an engineer is on the phone from 08:00 the following morning. Migration is free with every mailbox you order.
Which version of Exchange Server do you run?
Exchange Server Subscription Edition, the current supported on-premises release, deployed in a Database Availability Group so every mailbox database is replicated across multiple servers with automatic failover. We keep the platform on current cumulative updates and apply security updates on a managed schedule.
Where to go next
Ready to move your email to a UK Exchange platform?
Tell us how many mailboxes you have and who hosts them today. We will send a written quote, a migration plan and a fixed cutover date — usually within one working day.
- Free assisted migration
- No set-up fee, no minimum term
- UK data centres, UK engineers