Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Here are seven simple reasons why Office 365 makes sense for Enterprise customers with Volume Licensing agreements with Microsoft – EVEN IF they aren’t interested in moving their existing files & mail data to the cloud or taking full advantage of the Online Services below:

1. SOCIAL NETWORKING
   Get immediate access to Yammer’s social media benefits for all your users, complete with enterprise security and controls.
2. OFFICE LICENSING FOR 5 DEVICES
   Install Office on up to 5 devices at no additional cost, increasing productivity and reducing costs / compliance issues.
3. SIDE-BY-SIDE USE WITH OFFICE 2003/07/10
   Ability to run the new version of Office side by side with earlier versions, eliminating the need for lengthy and costly compatibility testing.
4. REDUCE DEPLOYMENT COSTS
   Simplify Office deployment by delivering ‘click to run’ capabilities – either through the cloud or behind your firewall, on premises.
5. SECURE FILE SHARING
   Reduce risk, cost and network traffic by sharing documents easily and securely, both inside & outside your company, with Skydrive Pro & 7GB/user storage.
6. RAPID PROVISIONING
   Accelerate collaboration by using SharePoint Online to augment existing on premises collaboration tools. SharePoint Online can be instantly accessible for new projects or new team collaboration needs that can’t wait for the delays involved in setting up traditional collaboration capacity.
7. ENTERPRISE CAL
   Get immediate access to full enterprise functionality on premises or in the cloud (for CORE CAL users stepping up to E3).