Office 365 & SMEs
We love working with SMEs, they operate highly efficiently, employ multi skilled staff and adapt constantly. It is only fitting that the IT should match this ever-changing environment, acting as an enabler for business growth and staff.
You may not feel ready for a business tool like Office 365 for your company, however it is a powerful management system, capable of benefitting organisations of any size. The cloud-based suite offers a host of features that can transform the way your organisation operates. In this month’s blog post, we discuss why migrating to Office 365 is a smart move for your business.
Accessibility, Collaboration & Powerful Creativity
Office 365 allows your team to access documents, emails, and applications from anywhere, at any time, on any device. This enables effective and flexible remote work collaboration. Tools like Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint make it easy to share files and work together in real-time, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
Access to the Microsoft Apps means you can create powerful documents using the full functionality of Word, Excel and Powerpoint and share them effectively with customers and other organisations.
Outlook means you have access to a globally recognised managed email service. The desktop App also gives you access to merge and manage your calendars, schedule and categorise emails as well a host of other features.
Scalability & Cost Effectiveness
Office 365 scales to meet the ever-changing needs of SMEs. You can easily add or remove users and services as your business grows or changes. Being a subscription service (not a one off purchase) means you will only pay for what you need, optimizing your IT budget and resources.
Robust Security & Compliance
Security is a huge concern for SMEs, this year already a staggering 70% of medium businesses have reported cyber security breaches. With 50% of organisations overall reporting some level of security compromise.
Office 365 offers advanced threat protection, data loss prevention, and multi-factor authentication. Additionally, Office 365 helps you comply with various industry regulations and standards, eliminating the need for anyone in your team to have go through tedious compliance procedures.
We can help
Moving your current IT over to any new service can be a daunting process and potentially represents a huge time drain on whoever is responsible.
We have developed our Office 365 migration service to incur minimal interruption to your business and team. Succinct communications are sent to your team in the weeks running up to the migration informing them of the process and what is required of them during the migration. All the preparation is completed remotely meaning no one in your team needs to be present or pulled away from their day to day.
Once we have completed your migration, we are on hand to assist your team with any follow up requests or additional information.
Our main aim is for you to have a successful, productive IT environment for your business to thrive. If you think this sounds like something you want for your company – get in touch with us today.