Office 365: How to Get a Foothold in the Cloud
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Office 365 provides a suite of cloud-based productivity and collaboration applications including Exchange Online for email, Lync Online for instant messaging and conferencing, and SharePoint Online for document management and intranet capabilities. The presentation compared Office 365 to Google Apps and discussed key features, identity options for integrating with on-premises Active Directory, pricing plans, and strategies for meeting diverse customer needs.
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Office 365: How to Get a Foothold in the Cloud
- 1. Office 365: Get a foothold in the cloud
- 2. Quick Facts About Us • 24th Year • Grand Rapids & Detroit • 30 Staff Approach • Vendor Independent • Non-reseller • Professional Services Only Partnerships • Microsoft Gold • VMware Enterprise • Citrix Silver • Cisco Premier • Novell Gold
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- 5. Your Presenter Gil Lalo Director of Client Services: Enterprise Architecture MSc, CPEHR, CPHIT, CPHIMS [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/gillalo
- 6. Agenda • Overview of Office 365 • Technologies • Identity options • Versions • Solutions comparisons
- 7. • Email • Contacts • Calendaring • Task Management • Instant Messaging • Presence Awareness • PC to PC audio / video • Unified Messaging • Word Processing • Electronic Spreadsheets • Presentation Software • Document Management • Web Conferencing • Intranet Sites • Cloud Storage
- 9. • 25 GB mailbox • Resource and shared mailboxes • Deleted item/mailbox recovery – 14 days / 30 days • Exchange Online protection – Hosted mail hygiene • Outlook Anywhere, ActiveSync, Outlook Web Access • Blackberry Internet Service • Rich Co-existence
- 10. Hybrid • On-premises with hosted • Seamless co-existence • Free/busy sharing • Unified global address list • SMTP routing
- 11. • Instant messaging – Internal – Federation • Presence • Conferencing • Hybrid Enterprise voice for Lync Online on 18-month roadmap.
- 12. Lync Conferencing • PowerPoint, whiteboard, desktop sharing • Gallery view – Multiple video streams up to five participants – HD Video up to 1080P in multiparty conferences • Presenter only video mode / video spotlight • Video preview • OneNote
- 13. • Document management – Versioning – Workflows • Project or team sites • Discussion boards, wiki, calendars • Business intelligence • Public web • Office web apps
- 14. Identity Options Cloud ID Cloud ID + DirSync Federated IDs + DirSync Pros • No servers required on- premise Cons • No SSO • Separate credentials, different password policies Pros • Users accounts administered on-premise • Allows for co-existence scenarios Cons • No SSO • Separate credentials, different password policies • Single server deployment Pros • SSO with corporate credentials • Accounts administered on-premise • Users on-premise password policy • Allows for hybrid scenarios Cons • Additional server infrastructure
- 15. Single Sign-on • AD username and password • Hybrid scenarios • Requirements – Active Directory DirSync – Active Directory Federations Services
- 16. Office Web Apps • Browser-based versions of Office – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote • View and edit documents from devices • Store and share documents – Local Office not required • SharePoint Online and SkyDrive
- 17. • Cloud storage • Sharing files • Multiple devices – Computer, tablet, phone • Automatic uploading from OneDrive folders • Web Apps
- 18. Academic Pricing
- 19. Solution Comparison Office 365 vs. Google Apps Office 365 Exchange Online Gmail Lync Online Google Talk SharePoint Online Google Sites Office Web Apps Google Docs SkyDrive Drive
- 20. Office 365: Value Proposition and Differentiators Richest Software Microsoft Google Apps Richer set of capabilities, including Office, providing the best experience across the PC, Phone & Browser SaaS providing basic capabilities Microsoft Google Apps Seamless integration with On-premises solutions taking advantage of existing technologies (e.g. RMS, Active Directory) No On-premises options; integration provided through 3rd parties or custom coding Choice & Flexibility Microsoft Google Apps Full suite of offerings serving low cost, basic needs up to and including Enterprise Information Workers needing the richest capabilities. Single offering with a “one-size-fits-all” approach for every type of user Offering Strategy
- 21. Office 365: Strategy for Diverse Needs Microsoft Google Apps Full suite of offerings Single offering with a “one-size-fits-all” Offering Strategy • Messaging • Collaboration • Basic productivity • Virtual meeting • Fidelity with Office documents • Option for Office Pro Plus • Messaging • Collaboration • Basic productivity • Virtual meeting • Fidelity with Office documents • Option for Office Pro Plus • 24x7 Support & financially backed SLA • Advanced Collaboration • Unified Messaging • Finer Grained IT Control • Kiosk Offerings • Messaging • Collaboration • Basic productivity • Virtual meeting • Fidelity with Office documents • Option for Office Pro Plus • 24x7 Support & financially backed SLA • Advanced Collaboration • Unified Messaging • Finer Grained IT Control • Kiosk Offerings • Voice (PBX, Call Control) KEY: Also provided by Google Apps
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