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There are a number of different reasons you might need to restart an Exchange Server it can fall over if resources are limited on your server, something's interrupted one of the services or your mail queue has been overrun and backlogged to name a few. You can find details on Microsoft's Social Technet  but the process I've always followed: Check the following 3 Services (a-c) and the dependent services (i-x) are all running fine: Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Service Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search Microsoft Exchange Transport Microsoft Exchange Service Host Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer Microsoft Exchange Replication Service Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Assistants Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update Microsoft Exchange Information Store Microsoft Exchange System Attendant If they are all running (not stalled or stopped) and emai...

I'm currently in the process of migrating our network to Google Apps in a phased project. We've decided to make the jump from Exchange to Google Apps for Business for a number of reasons: Lower infrastructure costs — All your email will be stored securely on Google's servers, so we'll no longer have to maintain email servers on-site or upgrade to a new server as has been required for a while.  Ability to consolidate our platforms — We can eliminate a large portion of redundancy costs by moving all of our email and calendar platforms to Google Apps  Lower support costs — Because Google hosts the email and calendar services, there's no more email client software to maintain on your computer  Innovative solutions — We can leverage the ongoing creative and technical solutions of the Google Apps platform to provide employees with powerful, easy-to-use tools for getting their work done. In particular we have integration with our CRM to enable smooth and efficie...