As compared to its previous Office suite, Office 365 showcases a completely new set of features and applications. Microsoft says that Office 365 will define the next generation of productivity. The cloud-based software platform consolidates Microsoft’s messaging, collaboration, and productivity software—without the issues associated with on-premises deployment. For those companies that decide to take the plunge, here are a few ways to prepare for Office 365.
The below mentioned practices should help you with a smoother migration to Microsoft Office 365. Get support from Microsoft Office help line if you have any further queries or doubts.
Clean House
Before you migrate to Office 365, first you need to clean up your digital house. To do that, you need to fix your Active Directory – run a health check and make sure that your AD objects are all in good shape. It is good to make lists of what content needs to be moved, and what needs to be ignored. Your migration will be much easier if you perform a better clean up. Less content to move equals less migration time. Moreover the chances for the occurrence of errors will also be less.
Learn About the Cloud
Some things just work differently in the cloud. Your users should understand how their daily activities will change as a result of moving to Office 365. Microsoft training videos and extensive training resources are available to help both users and administrators get up-to-speed quickly.
Listed here are few of the things that you should know about Office 365 before you get started:
All of your e-mail is stored in the cloud. You’d think this would be obvious, but people only see their Outlook client and don’t really think about it. This makes it easy to access it from anywhere, but changes the way you manage and access your services.
Recovering accidentally changed or deleted items is different than with an on-premises solution. Users can access the Recover Deleted Items feature in Outlook. Administrators have access to additional tools, but the default retention policy in Office 365 only keeps deleted items for 30 days.
Clean House
Before you migrate to Office 365, first you need to clean up your digital house. To do that, you need to fix your Active Directory – run a health check and make sure that your AD objects are all in good shape. It is good to make lists of what content needs to be moved, and what needs to be ignored. Your migration will be much easier if you perform a better clean up. Less content to move equals less migration time. Moreover the chances for the occurrence of errors will also be less.
Learn About the Cloud
Some things just work differently in the cloud. Your users should understand how their daily activities will change as a result of moving to Office 365. Microsoft training videos and extensive training resources are available to help both users and administrators get up-to-speed quickly.
Listed here are few of the things that you should know about Office 365 before you get started:
All of your e-mail is stored in the cloud. You’d think this would be obvious, but people only see their Outlook client and don’t really think about it. This makes it easy to access it from anywhere, but changes the way you manage and access your services.
Recovering accidentally changed or deleted items is different than with an on-premises solution. Users can access the Recover Deleted Items feature in Outlook. Administrators have access to additional tools, but the default retention policy in Office 365 only keeps deleted items for 30 days.
The Small and Medium Business Office 365 plan (P1 for $6/mo) only offers community-based support. This can be an issue, especially for an SMB that requires assistance during a migration. I recommend everyone look at the Enterprise packages (starting with E1 for $8/mo) for the phone support, if nothing else.
Office 365 offers powerful new tools to customers. Functionality that previously required significant capital expenditures is now available at an operational expenditure. This means that you can buy what you need, when you need it and only as much as you need.
Microsoft Office help line is available to you in case you need any assistance while migrating to Office 365. While performing a migration may be a somewhat daunting task, it really is no more complex than an in-house periodic upgrade and it is the last one you’ll ever need to do.
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