The 3 biggest challenges for mid-sized companies are: clutter, discovery, and curiosity. Those that thrive will become experts in streamlining technology while remaining vigilant in following new trends.
6. Office 365 E3 Features
Exchange
50 GB Mailbox
Unlimited Archive
Built-in Filtering
Skype Business
Presence
Instant Messaging
Video Conferencing
Office
Office Web Apps
Office 2013 Pro Plus
Up to 5 devices / user
SharePoint
1 TB OneDrive
15 GB Free Shared
Additional .20/GB
$20 per user per month
16. RemoteApp
iPhone / iPad
Safari / Mac Office
Smartphones / Tablets
Chrome / Firefox
Windows / Surface
Internet Explorer
$39 Per User Per Month
Escape the server
This approach flattens cash outlay and lowers assets, providing more features and benefits without the hidden labor cost of maintenance for a conservative 34% savings over 10 years. See cost comparison handout for details. Note, trend remains when adjusting for inflation over time.
Disadvantage separate password for online services and users must recreate signature, rules, color/classification, and delegation/sharing. Outlook, Smartphones, and Tablets use auto-discover for setup so users should be self-sufficient if they know their e-mail address and password.
Starting in mid-April, Microsoft announced Active Directory synchronization in it’s cloud virtual server environment. After worldwide domain consolidation, this option offers the advantage of escaping multiple directory synchronization around the world with the same equipment/maintenance and redundancy cost savings. There are many new features and services with the next prevalent of Intune for Microsoft updates and anti-malware, third-party updates, and mobile management. The offering above is the most relevant to Archer at the current time.
The current approach is two dedicated servers each with having separate Internet providers for directory synchronization. Going forward if you add domain controllers to Azzure as virtual machines then you’ve eliminated the complexity, equipment, and additional ISP connection.
Things like e-mail, file storage, messaging, and productivity software are now utilities just like running water or electricity. Versus legacy Enterprise Agreement for software licensing at a landed cost of over $300 per desktop, escape the hardware and maintenance too for $240 per USER per year (5 desktops per user).