Microsoft Office 365 - Pros And Cons
Traditionally, Microsoft Office has been a software application that you
download and install onto one or more PC's under a single or multiple user
license agreement.
First come in 2010 and extended in 2013 to incorporate new plans,
Microsoft Office 365 is a pay-more only as costs arise membership adaptation
giving ONLINE admittance to different programming and administrations
eliminating the need to have your own Microsoft Small Business Server. Normally
the plans can include:
. Typically the plans can include:
· Microsoft Office
Suite (word, publisher, excel etc)
· Microsoft
Exchange Online (hosted email)
· Microsoft Lync
2010 (communications server)
· Sharepoint
Document Management (document server)
· Skydrive Storage
· Malware
Protection
So is MS Office 365 appropriate for you and your business?
The Pros of Office 365
· Your applications
can be accessed via any device (including mobile), through any web browser as
long as you have the correct permissions and access to an internet connection,
(even wi-fi).
· Reduced capital
expenditure
· Instead of paying
for new versions, Office 365 upgrades are automatically included within your
subscription
· Numerous clients
can approach similar reports, for instance you can store archives in Sharepoint
2010 and be able to make changes, survey forms or even leave notes for
associates..
· Greater server
stability, with a high uptime Service Level Agreement. (assumes network
reliability)
The Cons of Office 365
· Your data is
stored in 'the Cloud' in Microsoft Data Centres so you are reliant on both
network and bandwidth. If you loose your internet connection
in middle you will lose access to your software and data until it is
restored
·
· You have almost
no power over this 'cloud' climate your information is put away in, while there
are uptime ensures any datacentre framework disappointment can directly affect
the accessibility of Office 365. If Microsoft or other high end Data
Centre provider outages do occur, small businesses have no leverage
· You may consider
there to be higher security risks associated with 'online' data storage. If
this is a key factor for your business, there are upgrade options available but
they could be cost prohibitive.
· Application
performance may be slower over an internet connection, especially if you have
home based users with inferior internet connectivity and broadband speeds. This
could have reduce your productivity
· There is a limit
of email recipients in a particular day
With any IT decision it's always better to seek help to identify the
impact on your business and how to minimise any potential risk.
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