Manage ITaaS in the Cloud Era
Designed for virtualization, Zimbra delivers faster provisioning and easier administration with built-in support for high availability, disaster recovery, backup and lifecycle management using VMware vSphere. Zimbra simplifies all of those critical functions through an easy-to-use, web-based administration console, that enables administrators to easily access the applications anywhere, anytime and manage access and policies for a diverse set of users.
Simplified Administration
Zimbra has an easy-to-use web-based administration console enabling administrators to securely access the application anywhere, anytime. Plus, a full complement of migration tools makes the transition from legacy systems to Zimbra seamless.
- Real-time mailbox backup and restore; native hierarchical storage management (HSM)
- Cross-mailbox discovery and archiving for regulatory compliance
- Integrated anti-Spam, antivirus, and directory services (LDAP, Active Directory)
- Open Web service APIs / REST interface
- Full Admin Scripting Tools are also available for large scale / batch operations.
Secure, Web-based Management
Through the web-based administration console, IT administrators can easily manage access and policies for a diverse set of users, including:
- Manage class of service
- Create and edit new accounts
- Create and edit distribution lists
- Manage email queues
- View and manage systems status
- Start system backups
- Manage Zimlet deployment
Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise Migration Tools
VMware Professional Services provides a complete set of services to plan and execute customer migrations from Exchange, Domino, GroupWise, or other legacy email systems to Zimbra. The Zimbra Team will work directly with you to determine the best strategy for your migration.
Our tools and team can help with scenarios ranging from a small business up to a large service provider for full enterprise migration strategy. (See Service Provider migration PDF for more information on capabilities).
For general migration scenarios:
- Consulting, best practices, sample scripts, and documentation provided
- Supported migration formats include IMAP (email), CSV (contacts), iCal (calendar)
- Multi-threaded for parallel mailbox migrations and improved scalability
- Stage and schedule data migrations with improved visibility into real-time statistics and error logging.
- Migrate out-of-office settings to reduce migration scheduling conflicts
- For more information on migration visit our Migration Wiki
For Exchange / Domino / GroupWise migration scenarios:
- Consulting, best practices, sample scripts, and documentation provided
- Wizard applications that perform direct server-to-server migration at the individual or batch level
- For Outlook / Exchange a PST importer application is also available
ZCS Migration Wizard for Microsoft Exchange
