Plan and Implement Office 365

Organizations are faced with the decision to move Microsoft Exchange, Office, and SharePoint deployments to the cloud through the implementation of Office 365.
Microsoft’s push for Office 365 is complicating on-premise and hybrid deployment models of Exchange and SharePoint.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

Matching each user’s needs to the correct licensing scheme is difficult and time consuming. Microsoft’s marketing materials are unclear about which services are included in each version of Office 365.
Office 365 is its own ecosystem with improved integration between services. Hybrid deployments require a significant increase in work for compatibility and ease of use for end users.

Impact and Result

Assess the needs of users in workgroups and departments.
Deploy the needed Office modules to each employee without overspending.
Create a deployment strategy to roll out Office 365.
Create a governance strategy to manage the deployment and continued use of Office 365.

Plan and Implement Office 365 Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should plan and implement Office 365, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

Plan and Implement Office 365 – Executive Brief

1. Plan the implementation

Understand Office 365 implementations.

2. Migrate to Exchange Online

Prepare for the Exchange migration.

3. Implement collaboration and Office applications

Implement Collaboration and Office.

4. Get on the right track for SharePoint Online

Define a SharePoint-based information organization strategy.

Plan and Implement Office 365 visualization

Implementing Office 365 is not just about migrating email to the cloud, or getting the latest in productivity applications, or implementing SharePoint Online. It is about all of the above.

About Info-Tech

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We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

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