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Old Aug 2, 2016, 6:32 pm
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Originally Posted by javabytes
Can I ask why you need/desire to run an Exchange server out of your home?

I used to do it too, but with cloud Exchange running a total of $10/month for the two mailboxes I needed, it is much cheaper than hardware + electricity + licensing... if you're licensing Server 2012 R2 and Exchange properly, the cost of those alone exceeds $1k.
Started a long time ago, when I used it as a lab environment for the most part. Then moved into it personally, started hosting other services for various functions I needed/wanted, and it stuck. I am ok with the cost when I control the entire environment from AD to IIS to VPN to Exchange, etc.

I long since moved on from netadmin stuff, but I still tinker.
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