As companies look at migrating to the cloud, it can seem intimidating. But many companies already use cloud computing without even thinking about it through Microsoft’s Office 365 suite. However, by paying more attention to how you use Office 365, you can get the most out of it and unlock real business value.
Microsoft 365 empowers organisations to ensure streamlined employee collaboration, productivity and creativity in a secure environment. But the value lies less in the technology and more in better ways of working it makes possible.
Here are a few of the benefits:
- Collaboration: Office 365 can connect teams across locations and even time zones seamlessly.
- Communication: Decision-making can happen more quickly than ever before, along with important updates, people engagement and other forms of communication, whether written, audio or video.
- Productivity: Individuals and teams can be more effective when armed with the latest tech tools, available across all their devices.
- Flexibility: Your people can be more agile than ever before, working from any location, securely.
If you’ll allow us to get geeky for a little bit, we have to highlight that another big benefit of Office 365 is that it offers the familiar Microsoft Office experience, but with expanded collaboration capabilities. It’s robust, but also easy to scale and extend, and “plugs and plays” well with other integrations. Plus, it offers advanced security as well as admin and compliance features. But the very best thing is arguably that it requires minimal maintenance and flexible licencing, meaning that it can help you reduce and manage your IT costs.
Office 365 not only gives you access to the full Office suite but also top-tier email and file-sharing capabilities, HD video calling and conferencing, as well as the convenience of remote access, no matter where you are in the world.
One of the most overlooked benefits is reducing reliance on third-party tools (known as shadow software, which employees turn to if company-endorsed options are not readily available).
If you haven’t yet considered Office 365 or if you’re using it but not yet realising all the benefits it can offer, now’s the time to investigate it as a solution for your business.
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