It is not uncommon to find IT admins ponder over whether to switch to Office 365. An ever-increasing number of organizations are shedding their fear and moving to cloud. This process has been accelerated over the recent times, thanks to increase in accessibility of information regarding the potential benefits of switch to Office 365. Apart from the obvious cost benefits of not having to maintain infrastructure like you would when on an on-premise deployment, the security and productivity enhancements are what pushes the fence sitters to take the leap.
Scalable and High performance Office 365 migration
EdbMails – Office 365 Migration can accomplish your existing Office 365 tenant to another Office 365 tenant migration project effortlessly.
Let’s have a look at some of the ways in which a switch to Office 365 can be advantageous for your organization:
Cost effective
Say goodbye to local servers and their upkeep as well as administration costs. Microsoft takes care of the infrastructure and it is therefore guaranteed to meet all industry standards and certifications you would come to expect.
Access from anywhere
Gone are the days where you would have to be in constant worry of finding a PC so as to be able access even basic functions of your mailbox. Office 365 is accessible via smartphones, tablets etc. across a variety of different platforms.
Data Loss Prevention
But what about your data? Is it safe in cloud? Yes absolutely! Your information is treated with utmost care – there are elaborate data protection and backup mechanisms built into Office 365. This along with an improved security architecture that gets updated frequently means that you no longer have to be worried about data security.
Slew of Add ons
There are plenty of add-ons and associated applications that you can subscribe to, easily. These add ons can provide functionality that might otherwise be not natively supported, depending on what you are looking to do.
Easy Collaboration
Achieve seamless collaboration for various work groups in your organization thanks to Office 365 groups. Be it Instant messaging, large mailbox sizes, easy sharing of documents etc Office 365 has you covered.
Switching to Office 365
So far, we have discussed the various benefits that you could get from moving to Office 365. But once you decide to take the plunge, how will you do it? Well this is where things get a little tricky. There is no easy way to do it. Depending on the version of on-premise Exchange server you have installed, it could either be a single stage or multistage process spanning over weeks or months.
Exchange 2010 to Office 365 Migration
But this is no reason to give up on the benefits that cloud has to offer. There are plenty of professional utilities out there which can do the migration effortlessly reducing the overheads. One such professional utility that can ensure no downtime and move all the mailboxes from your existing source Exchange server to target Office 365 tenant is the tool to switch to Office 365 from EdbMails.