Zimbra Email and Collaboration Server

Zimbra Server is the core of Zimbra Collaboration Server; it is designed with an extremely stable and modular architecture using proven open source technologies. Zimbra Server provides tremendous flexibility because it contains all of the components necessary to run your Linux or Mac based email and calendar messaging infrastructure out of the box; it also connects to just about every popular end-user client through the many standard protocols it supports.

Zimbra Server Feature Overview

A key advantage Zimbra Server has over many other systems is that it works well across a wide variety of deployment scenarios. This can be attributed to it's inherit stability, scalability, and modern feature set which appeals to both on-premises and hosted service customers using Zimbra in education, business, government, and financial services environments.

Simple, Familiar, and Cost-Effective

  • Fast, easy install - all dependent components are packaged together in one simple installer
  • Proven open source - built with Linux, Apache Tomcat, Postfix, MySQL, OpenLDAP, Lucene
  • Efficiency and horizontal scalability - Zimbra server is 3-5x faster than comparable systems, plus each server has its own data store, message store, and set mailbox accounts. To scale simply add more servers.
  • Easy to administer and maintain - familiar open source components, robust migration tools, key feature advantages like real-time backup and restore; intuitive Ajax-based web Admin Console

Mission Critical Features for Larger Organizations

  • High availability - through clustering, application level journaling / clustering
  • Backup and recovery - Live online move and restore of individual or a group of mailboxes without a service disruption; supports full and incremental backup
  • Microsoft Active Directory integration - and easily add LDAP directories for authentication and Global Address Lists
  • Built-in security - integrated anti-spam and anti-virus out of the box (SpamAssassin, ClamAV, plus add 3rd parties)
  • Archiving and compliance- support to meet growing regulatory requirements in today's enterprise with Zimbra Archive and Discovery

Software as a Service (Saas) Ready

  • Native hierarchical storage management - allows for cost effective multiple GB mail boxes by seamlessly moving off older messages to commodity storage
  • Class-of-Service (COS) - easily manage features and storage quotas with COS.
  • Multi-domain support - multi-tenancy domain-level administration and domain-level re-branding
  • Service provider tools - such as limiting number of mailboxes per domain or allowing domain administrators to set their own storage quotas and security policies

Open and Flexible for Integration

  • Uses industry standard open protocols - SMTP, LMTP, SOAP, XML, IMAP, POP, iCal, CalDAV
  • Extensible with web services - connect other inter / intranet applications and data source via complete set of SOAP / REST web service APIs and Zimlets
  • Native integration with popular clients - server syncs with Microsoft Outlook (via MAPI), Apple Desktop (iSync), Novell Evolution and popular mobile devices with no additional server needed

Complete ZCS 7.0 feature list (PDF)