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Product Brief · 2026
The Exchange Alternative
FXRM Email Hosting. Same protocols. Your data.
Professional email hosting with EWS and ActiveSync — so Outlook, iPhone, and Android connect exactly as they would to Exchange. Built and operated by FXRM engineers since 1992, on infrastructure we own and control.
Exchange protocol compatibility — Outlook, iOS, and Android connect without any reconfiguration
Operating UK email infrastructure at scale since 1992 — Demon Internet through to FXRM Email Hosting
Your team won't need to change anything
FXRM Email Hosting implements EWS — the Exchange Web Services API — and ActiveSync, the same protocols that Outlook and mobile devices use to connect to Exchange. From your users' perspective, the experience is identical. Outlook connects. The iPhone syncs. The calendar updates. No training, no new apps, no disruption.
What changes is where the data lives, who controls the platform, and who you call when something needs attention — and those are the things FXRM does differently.
Protocol compatibility
EWS — Exchange Web Services
FXRM Email Hosting implements Microsoft's EWS API. Outlook for Windows and Mac uses EWS to sync calendar, contacts, and free/busy status — exactly as it does with Exchange. Connect Outlook to FXRM Email Hosting the same way you would to any Exchange server.
ActiveSync
The industry-standard mobile sync protocol. iPhone, iPad, and Android connect via ActiveSync — email, calendar, contacts, and tasks, all pushed in real time. If it worked with Exchange, it works here.
CalDAV & CardDAV
For teams using Apple Mail, Thunderbird, or any non-Microsoft client. Standards-based calendar and contact sync without vendor dependency. Works alongside EWS so mixed environments are fully supported.
FXRM Webmail
A full-featured webmail interface — calendar, contacts, tasks, file sharing — accessible from any browser. Equivalent to Outlook Web App (OWA), without the Microsoft 365 dependency.
What your team continues to use
Outlook (Windows & Mac) — via EWS — email, calendar, contacts, free/busy
iPhone & iPad — via ActiveSync — full push sync
Android mail apps — via ActiveSync — Gmail, Samsung Mail, and others
Apple Mail & Thunderbird — via IMAP + CalDAV/CardDAV
Any browser — FXRM Webmail — full OWA equivalent
Shared mailboxes — Multiple users, one address — fully supported
Shared calendars — Team and resource calendars, room booking
Distribution lists — Group email addresses, managed in-platform
Email aliases — Multiple addresses per user or domain
Out-of-office & auto-reply — Per-user rules, internal and external
Full email security — included
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured correctly from day one. TLS enforced. Virus scanning, DNS block lists, and honeypot-driven phishing detection — included with every mailbox. Not sold as extras.
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The Exchange Alternative · 2026
Why buy from an independent ISP?
Microsoft 365 is a capable product. It is also a subscription to Microsoft's terms, licensing cycles, infrastructure, and support tiers. FXRM offers the same protocols and a comparable feature set — with your data on hardware we own, at a price that doesn't change every 18 months, supported by engineers who pick up the phone.
Your data
UK infrastructure, not Microsoft's
Your email stays on hardware FXRM owns, in UK data centres, governed by UK law. Not on a global CDN with Microsoft's SLAs.
Fixed price
No licensing cycles
Microsoft 365 pricing has risen three times in three years. FXRM pricing is fixed. No surprise uplift emails, no per-seat renegotiation.
Direct support
Engineers, not chatbots
When something needs attention, you reach the engineers who built the platform — not a tiered helpdesk with a 48-hour first-response SLA.
FXRM Email Hosting vs Microsoft 365 — feature comparison
Feature
FXRM
Microsoft 365
Outlook desktop (Windows & Mac)
EWS — full calendar, contacts & email
Native MAPI
Mobile push (iOS & Android)
✓
ActiveSync
✓
CalDAV / CardDAV
Limited
Full webmail client
FXRM Webmail (Zimbra)
Outlook Web App
Shared mailboxes
✓
Resource & room calendars
✓
Distribution lists
✓
SPF / DKIM / DMARC — day one
Manual setup required
Virus & malware scanning
Included
Defender (licence dependent)
UK data residency
Always
Optional — extra cost
Data owned by you
Microsoft's T&Cs apply
Price stability
Fixed
Subject to licensing changes
Direct engineer support
Tiered helpdesk
Migrating from Exchange or Microsoft 365?
We handle IMAP mailbox migration, calendar and contact export, DNS cutover coordination, and ActiveSync profile transition. Your users' phones and Outlook clients reconnect automatically after DNS propagation. Most migrations complete within a working day with no end-user disruption.
Ready to make the switch?
Talk to our team about email hosting, migration from Exchange or Microsoft 365, or a free assessment of your current setup. No sales script — just engineers who know email.