Office 365 is Microsoft’s fastest growing

commercial product ever

80% of Fortune 500 companies use Office 365

60 million Office 365 monthly active users

Here are 10 high level considerations we will help you withwhen deploying an Office 365 solution:

1. Research:• Advise on the pros and cons of Office 365• Explain what the migration will entail for you and your employees• Advise on which purchase model will suit your needs• Work closely with you to produce a full migration plan detailing

2. Inform and engage with users (and continue to do so during the roll out):• People are key to a successful migration and adoption of 365• Advice on holding workshops & training sessions, utilizing 365

• Make sure end users are regularly updated throughout the migration

3. Advice on answering the big 3:• How is content going to be moved to Office 365?• How is content and customisation going to be maintained

• How are user accounts within Office 365 going to be

4. Audit current systemsLook at which content and custom functionality

needs to be migrated to the new system

5. Audit current application compatibility

Catalogue the applications that are used currently tosee if they meet the requirements for Office 365

7. Acquire hardwareYou may need to obtain the necessary hardwarefor the on-premises components of Office 365,

our sales team will assist and advise withwhat is best for you

8. Develop a project plan strategy & schedule

This includes assigning resourcing to initiate,monitor and manage migration activities andcreating a timeline of Office 365 deployment

events and progress

9. Plan and coordinate all end user support and training plans

Training of admins and users how to workwith office 365

10. Prepare for a dataimport bottleneck

Data migration to Office 365 will mean movinglarge amounts which will subsequently causeperformance issues to your bandwidth – this

needs to be considered

Pre-Planning

Deployment Planning

The State of Office 365

Key Considerations forOffice 365 DeploymentPlanning for success

Sourceswww.cio.com/article/2873952/microsoft-office/microsoft-office-365-adoption-takes-off-war-with-google-apps-rages-on.html

www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/pp-o365-infographic.pdf

Get more out of Office 365 with Extech

Let us remove the burden of implementing, managing and supporting Office 365. We helpyou understand Office 365 and its benefits, smoothly migrate and deploy the solution

and provide on-going management, monitoring performance and billing, alldelivered with a personal touch, so you can focus on your core business.

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6. Evaluate your networkEnsure your on-premises network meetsbandwidth requirements and implement

changes or upgrades as needed

timescales, dates and requirements from both sides

champions, demonstrating the new functionality and how thesolution aligns with business requirements

with pre planned communications

and managed

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