I'm retiring from my full time work where we are using MS Exchange  and I use Office 2011 for Mac.  How do I migrate off the company exchange server and still keep my Outlook email account?  I will be continuing to work for my old firm as a consultant.  

I experience calendar issues all the time, usually the calendar date is one day off the original established date.  I am trying to eliminate this frustrating issue. I constantly have to double check calendar appointments to make sure the date is correct.

Will migrating my exchange account to Mail on my Mac help or should I use google calendar?

Thanks!