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Office 365 increases Productivity and Collaboration
Increase the productivity and efficiency of your employees.
Below is an actual case from one of our IT Support clients detailing how they utilize Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Services.1. Introduction
It’s important to note that not all IT hosts are created equal. There are big differences between the features, reliability, and security. And there are three major things to consider. They are cost, updates, and accessibility.2. Trends
As cloud computing matures, a growing number of organizations are moving to the cloud. This lowers IT costs and increase efficiency and flexibility. Well, many organizations benefit from timely trends analysis. Simple, well-organized information about their IT environment helps them understand their current IT state. Also, where they will be if they adopt a particular cloud service.3. Problem
The key difference between Office 365 and all third party hosting providers is simply, Microsoft. Microsoft designed, developed, and distributed the software. There are many providers that have hosted these products successfully. But they are not the developers of the products they host. Why is this important? First, no third party hosting company can claim to match level of expertise in these products. Second, Microsoft’s products are in a constant state of development to improve. And the improvements made flow directly into their Office 365 and CRM Online offerings. Often they come online before their client-server apps. So you will automatically have access to them. However, updates may be available to third party hosting providers. But, you may be charged for them. Or the provider may not elect to deploy them at all.4. Solution
Office 365 takes the familiar Microsoft Office desktop suite. Then, they combine with powerful cloud-based communications and collaboration services. So this allows web and mobile accessibility. Collaborate easily with anywhere access to email, web conferencing, documents and calendars. Office 365 enables your employees to work together effectively. This enables your IT team to focus on more business-critical tasks. And you can have peace of mind knowing that experts are managing your IT. Your services will be available when you need them. This includes business-class security. Also, this is backed by technology's most-trusted company. Office 365 includes:- Office Professional Plus 2013
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- Lync Online
5. Benefits
Here are just a few key benefits of Office 365 we're most excited about:- Enterprise-class security and reliability. One of the best aspects of the cloud is the enterprise-class technologies. And they available at a price that smaller companies can afford. For instance, numerous layers of security help protect Office 365's data centers. Furthermore, stringent privacy policies help keep your data safe.
- Additionally, the data centers provide first-rate disaster recovery capabilities. Also, they are fully redundant. And, they are global to help ensure your data is available. So this means no more worrying. You are backed guaranteed 99.9% uptime.
- IT control and efficiency. On any given day, basic IT management tasks like retaining security updates and upgrading back-end systems occupy a great deal of your IT workers' time, preventing them from focusing their energy on business priorities. Office 365 will handle tasks like these, while still giving your IT staff control over user management and service configuration.
- User familiarity and productivity. Creating an Office 365 workspace doesn't necessarily result in a large learning curve. If your business already uses programs like this, your employees will merely be transitioning to a similar. But this would instead be a cloud-based experience. Moreover, since these programs are hosted on the cloud, employees can access information while on the go, from any laptop or device.