Originally designed as a personal information manager, Microsoft Outlook is commonly used to send emails, store contacts, and manage calendars and appointments. When it comes to sending files or directories as email attachments, Outlook is severely limited. Only the smallest files can be sent effectively. As the size of the attachments grows, the user experience quickly degrades. Important emails are delayed due to longer transfer times, and the heavy processing load placed on the Exchange server causes other business-critical activities to suffer. Email attachments often exceed the allowable size limit set by the Exchange administrator, preventing the emails from being sent at all.

Aspera technology and solutions were designed from the ground up to move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. With a complete portfolio of software products built on its patented fasp™ transport protocol, Aspera provides high-speed file transfer solutions that are ideally suited for a variety of applications and use cases.

Aspera Add-in The Aspera Add-in for Microsoft Outlook is a client software option for the Aspera faspex™ server, which extends Aspera’s global person-to-person file delivery and collaboration capabilities to Outlook users. This lightweight software add-in completely integrates with the Outlook client — no software is installed on the Exchange server. High-speed Aspera transfers are initiated using the standard Outlook workflow. Users simply compose an email and attach files or directories of any size; no additional steps are necessary. When the user clicks on the "send" button, the Aspera Add-in automatically sends the attachments at high speed using the Aspera faspex™ server.

High-speed fasp™ transfers

• Transfers are powered by fasp™ — attachments are sent at high-speed, regardless of file sizes, transfer distance, or network conditions.

• Precise bandwidth control ensures the entire allocated bandwidth is utilized to achieve maximum transfer speeds, while being fair to other business-critical network traffic.

• Complete security with built-in endpoint authentication, encryption, and data integrity verification.

• Reliable with end-to-end transfer progress reporting and detailed performance statistics for monitoring.
  

No limits on email attachments

• Email attachments can be any size — there is virtually no limit since the attachments are sent using Aspera's unique fasp™ protocol, using the faspex™ rather than the Exchange server.

• Entire folders and directories can be sent, of any size, without requiring any compression.

Interoperable with faspex™, Aspera Connect, and Cargo

• Aspera faspex™ is fully supported — attachments to emails originated from a faspex™ server can be downloaded at high-speed by the recipient directly from within Outlook using the Aspera Add-in. 

• Email recipients running Outlook without the Aspera Add-in receive a standard faspex™ email with a download link. Users simply click on the download link to start a high-speed download of the attachments with the Aspera Connect browser plug-in.

• Standard web-based email clients are also fully supported using the Aspera Connect browser plug-in.

• Recipients with a faspex™ account and Aspera Cargo, can have attachments automatically downloaded to their desktop.
  

Complete Security

• Email attachments can be encrypted over the wire, in transit and at rest.

• Attachments remain encrypted in the faspex™ server and are decrypted on the fly when downloaded by the recipient using the Aspera Add-in for Outlook, Connect browser plug-in, or Cargo downloader.

• Built in data integrity verification protects against man in the middle attacks.
  

• The Aspera plug-in for Outlook is installed on the client computer. No software is installed on the Exchange server.

• Senders compose emails and attach files using the standard email workflow. No additional steps are needed.

• Attachments are sent directly from the Aspera client to the recipient using the Aspera faspex™ server, offloading processing from the Exchange server.

• Once the transfer is initiated, the sender can return to their work while the transfer continues unattended in the background.

  
  

Configurable Options

• Threshold for file sizes - all attachments below the threshold are sent using Exchange, while attachments above the threshold size are automatically sent using Aspera.

• Download location - downloaded attachments can be automatically saved to a specified folder, or the user can be prompted for the directory location on each download.