After nearly a year in preview, Amazon’s WorkMail hosted email and calendar service for enterprises is now generally available for $4 per user per month.

Along with 50GB of mailbox storage for each user, the service includes features such as encryption of stored data, message scanning for spam and virus protection, and policies for controlling mobile devices.

Many of those features were outlined when the product was first announced, but several new ones were added during preview as well.

Of particular note is regional data control, which makes it possible for companies to choose where they want to store their mailboxes and data. In light of the recent death of the Safe Harbor agreement, that could be especially important for users in Europe.

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