BY DORIAN ARENA

Install and Evaluate MS office Suite 365 for the Star Gazer

video store

Why MS Office Suite 365

Because it designed and determined to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes There are tens of thousands of people around the world backing this cloud product. It is based on Microsoft traditional software which has global familiarity It has Share Point online, Lync online, Exchange online and other productivity tools which rival

other cloud solutions like Google Docs/Apps

Website linkshttp://www.liberianobserver.com/node/8865http://office365.microsoft.com/en-US/online-services.aspx

Benefits-

Anywhere-access to email, documents, contacts, and calendars on nearly any device*

Work seamlessly with Microsoft Office and the other programs your users already count on everyday

Business-class features including IT-level phone support, guaranteed 99.9% uptime, geo-redundancy, and disaster recovery

Pay-as-you-go pricing options which give you predictability and flexibility for all or part of your organization

Latest version of Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), which has millions of business users today

Advantages and Disadvantages

No limit of storage-any number of files can be uploaded

Storage can be used as a backup Includes Exchange, share point and Lync Can use MS Office Professional 2010 on

MS Office 365 You can access your emails from

anywhere in the world using any device that has Internet connectivity.

You can access your calendars and schedules while creating and sharing schedules for meetings, etc.

No FTP facility available so you have to use the normal GUI of Office 365 to upload files

You have to pay $24 (per person) to get Office Professional 2010 on 365

You have to pay per month

MS Office 365 Google Apps

Only pay for the features you use You have to pay per user in MS Office

365 Because you have to pay per user it is

can become more expensive Better functionality with your

documents

Cost factor covers all factors of Google Apps

In Google Apps you pay a fixed yearly amount for an account

Google Apps is therefore cheaper because it has a fixed yearly price, usually $50 per account

Less functionality because you are restricted to google docs

Comparison

Pricing and Plans

Office 365 for small businesses Organizations with 1-25 users (max 50) who

have minimal IT resources. Organizations who have more advanced needs such as Active Directory federation, archiving for legal compliance, hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server or 24x7 phone support should consider Office 365 for enterprises. Price: $6 (USD) / €5.25 / ¥600 / $7 (CAD) / £4 per user per month.

Office 365 for enterprises Existing customers of Microsoft’s Business

Productivity Online Suite receive the same services with new enhancements. List Price: $10 (USD) / €9 / ¥1000 / $11.75 (CAD) / £6.50

per user per month.

Quality Plan

Acceptance Criteria Easy to use, more features, easy to train staff with and is backward compatible

Quality Assurance We would ensure that the upgrade realizes real improvements in features and tasks available

while providing suitable staff training during the transition from the desktop software to the online version. All stakeholders would be updated as required with the upgrade.

Project Monitoring and Control Gantt Chart Software Tools Risk response audits Periodic reviews

Disaster Recovery

Purpose of DRP

The purpose of this DRP for the Star Gazer Video Store is to provide a contingency plan for the business, to be able to maintain a minimal level of service while restoring Star Gazer to its normal level of business during a disaster.

Mission Critical IT functions

Critical data software and hardware

Possible risk to Star Gazers system

Floods, accidents, fires, storms, power failure or surges

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