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Overview

PROMODAG Reports is an advanced and cost-effective reporting tool that enables Exchange Server administrators and IT managers to obtain valuable information about all aspects of their email system.
With its powerful and easy-to-understand features PROMODAG Reports produces comprehensive reports that you can rely on to ensure better security, business continuity, and to improve Exchange organization performance.

Benefits

Find out how, when and by whom the system is used or misused.
Prevent email and business process-related problems from occurring.
Check compliance with organizational policies.
Optimize system configuration and design in response to changing traffic patterns.
Plan development based on a reliable understanding of electronic mail usage and needs.
Chargeback system usage based on email traffic or storage size.
Ensure you are meeting your Service Level Agreement.

Reports

Mailbox traffic reports let you see in detail with whom your users are corresponding, and the kind of messages they exchange. Mailboxes can be grouped by Active Directory attributes such as server, department, manager...
Traffic statistics reports produce graphs showing traffic breakdown by days, hours, size of messages or number of recipients.
Storage reports show you how your storage capacity is used and how it changes over time.
Mailbox content analysis reports reveal what users are storing in their mailbox, e.g. attachments. You can group items by age to point out what could be archived.
Public folders reports let you get a clear picture of who uses them, when and for what purpose.
Server traffic reports display the type of traffic processed by servers.
Outlook Web Access reports show who is using web mail and when.
Delivery reports help you measure your service level agreement by calculating internal message delivery time.
Billing reports allow chargeback based on mailbox storage size or message traffic for mailboxes grouped by server, department, etc...

Key features

The product is designed for simple, convenient, and effective user interaction.

Reports come in tabular or graphical format with many configuration options to suit specific information requirements.
Reports can be exported to different formats: HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV, RTF, MHT.
Reports can be sent by email, published in a public folder, a Web site or to a SharePoint document library.
Individual mailbox reports can be automatically sent to the user or manager.
Reports options can be saved for instant access using the Favorites menu.
Mailboxes can be selected based on various Active Directory attributes (server, OU, department...).
Reporting period can be restricted to specific days or business hours.
Data collection, report generation, export and publication may be automated and scheduled.
Data repository can be an Access or SQL Server database.

How does it work?

PROMODAG Reports is easy to install and configure. Reports use native Exchange server data sources so there is nothing to install on the server. The product collects and stores the necessary data into an Access or SQL Server database. You can choose from over 80 ready made reports and publish them to various destinations in different formats. All operations can be easily automated and scheduled so you can set up the product and forget about it.

International language support

The product is available in English, German and French. Reports can also be generated in Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.
Software requirements.

Licensing

PROMODAG Reports is licensed per analyzed server. It is available in three editions to meet the needs of all organizations.
See which one best fits your configuration.

Features

This is the list of the main features classified by category and edition. The 45-days evaluation version only limitation is that it can only report on 15 dates.

Licensing	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
The software can analyze more than 1 server.	n/a	X	X
The software can be installed on several workstations.	n/a	X	X
The software is licensed per analyzed server.	X	X	X

Reporting	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
Various graphical reports including histograms, 3-D charts, line charts, pie charts.	X	X	X
Mailbox traffic reports show in detail with whom your users are corresponding.	X	X	X
Mailboxes can be selected based on various Active Directory attributes (server, OU, department...).	X	X	X
Traffic and content reports drill down to the message level.	X	X	X
Traffic statistics reports produce graphs showing traffic breakdown by days, hours, size of messages or number of recipients.	X	X	X
Storage reports show you how your storage capacity is used and how it changes over time.	X	X	X
Mailbox content analysis reports reveal what users are storing in their mailbox, e.g. attachments.	X	X	X
Mailbox content reports include keyword search feature.	X	X	X
You can group items by age to point out what could be archived.	X	X	X
Public folders reports show a clear picture of who uses them, when and for what purpose.	X	X	X
Server traffic reports display the type of traffic processed by servers.	X	X	X
Reports on Outlook Web Access.	X	X	X
Reports on ActiveSync activity.	X	X	X
Reports on connector flow traffic.	n/a¹	X	X
Reports on replication traffic.	n/a¹	X	X
Delivery reports help you measure your service level agreement by calculating internal message delivery time.	X	X	X
Billing reports allow chargeback based on mailbox storage size or message traffic.	X	X	X

Extras	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
Getting Started Wizard.	X	X	X
NEW Report tree navigation with tooltip.	X	X	X
Custom styles for reports.	X	X	X
IMPROVED Reports can be automatically exported to different formats: HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV, RTF, MHT.	X	X	X
Reports can be automatically sent by email.	X	X	X
IMPROVED Reports can be automatically published in a public folder, a Web site or to a SharePoint document library.	X	X	X
Data collection, report generation, export and publication may be automated and scheduled.	X	X	X
Individual mailbox reports can be automatically sent to the user or manager.	X	X	X
Report options can be saved for instant access using the Favorites menu.	X	X	X
IMPROVED Selections of mailboxes, servers, filters, partners can be saved separately and re-used in reports.	X	X	X
Reporting period can be restricted to specific days or business hours.	X	X	X
Time-zone specific reporting.	X	X	X
Daylight Saving Time is taken into account when importing tracking files.	X	X	X
NEW Interface is available in English, German and French.	X	X	X
Reports can be generated in Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.	X	X	X

Administration	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
Import Exchange settings directly from Active Directory.	X	X	X
Send trace file by email.	X	X	X
NEW Console activity history.	X	X	X
NEW Impersonate users for collect process The account can be impersonated Data collection process.	X	X	X
Database management.	X	X	X
Standard Windows scheduler for automation.	X	X	X

Architecture	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
Works with all versions of Exchange Server.	X	X	X
Use native Exchange server data sources.	X	X	X
Low-impact log processing.	X	X	X
Compressed Log files after data processing.	X	X	X
NEW Distributed log collection.	X	X	X
No IIS server needed.	X	X	X
Access database option (limited to 2 GB)².	X	X	X
SQL Server database option (2008 R2, 2008, 2005).	n/a	n/a	X
Multiple databases support.	X	X	X
Can be installed on a workstation.	X	X	X
NEW Implementation in Microsoft .Net.	X	X	X

Support	Std.	Pro.	Ent.
IMPROVED Complete documentation.	X	X	X

¹ Standard edition is for one server organization so replication and connector reporting are not applicable.
² Microsoft have set the maximum size of an Access database to 2 GB.

System Requierments

Workstation requirements:

A 2 GHz Intel Pentium Processor.
1 GB of system memory.
Sufficient disk space to store the database.
One of the following operating systems (32 or 64-bit):
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Vista SP2
- Windows Server 2008 SP2
- Windows XP SP3
- Windows Server 2003 SP2
Messaging API (MAPI) client libraries included with:
- Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI client and CDO 1.2.1
- Microsoft Outlook 2010 (32-bit version only)
- Microsoft Outlook 2007
- Microsoft Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Outlook XP (2002)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Windows Management Framework Core package

Optional SQL Server requirements for Enterprise edition

One of the following Microsoft SQL Server versions (32 or 64-bit)

2008 R2
2008
2005 SP3

SQL Server Express (2008 R2, 2008, 2005) may also be used.

Microsoft Exchange Server requirements

Supported versions (32 or 64-bit) of Microsoft Exchange server are:

2010
2007
2003
5.5
5.0
4.0

There is nothing to install on the Exchange Server, nor is there anything to change in the Exchange organization.

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