[djcapelis]

The contract was for Microsoft's cloud products. Not locally hosted Exchange.

[Elepsis]

The suite of products in question includes, among other things, remotely hosted Exchange.

[beagle3]

For which there are perfectly adequate alternatives that do not involve Microsoft -- e.g. Google Apps.

[Elepsis]

Anyone who thinks that Google Apps are a "perfectly adequate" alternative to Exchange has never worked at a company of over 100 users with different needs and desires.