is office 365 right for my firm?
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Is Office 365 Right For My Firm?Paneled By: Joe Davis, Patrick Sklodowski, Richard Harbridge & Kanwal Khipple
Our twitter hashtag is: #ILTASPS and our names are @JosephPDavis, @PSklodowski, @RHarbridge & @KKhipple.
JOE | PATRICK | RICHARD | KANWAL
OUR PANELISTS…
Determine What To Buy
Getting AD Integrated
Exchange Migration Outlook & Office Migration (Pro Plus)
Skype For Business Intranet
Learn To Trust The Cloud
Optional: Social (Yammer)
ExtranetOneDrive For Business
SharePoint For Document Management
Team Site Deployment
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING WITH OFFICE 365?
Every organization’s journey is a little different, but often follow a similarpath to getting more out of Office 365.
Mandatory
Popular
SituationalStrategic Few
HOW AND WHEN SHOULD IT BE INTEGRATED?
Office 365 can be integrated with financial management systems like Elite or document management systems like iManage.
Client & Matter Dashboards (Intranet & Extranet)
Process Integration
Document Management Integration
Enterprise Search
WHEN SHOULD SEARCH BE INTEGRATED?
When many organizations approach search they are looking for anEnterprise search platform. Can Office 365 help make this a reality?
Cloud Connectors Such As…
StuffThat
Matters
VS
3 to 1“We had 3 (FTE) Exchange admins and now only need one. The freed-up resources are now working on projects that deliver more value.” - Forrester
HOW CAN IT CHANGE STAFFING FOR THE FIRM?
In many assessments, surveys and follow ups with customers we seea trend of decreased FTE admins or refocused effort.
40%Implementation cost are significantly less than for a comparable on-prem solution
HOW DO WE TRAIN UP STAFFING AND TALENT?
We need to train I.T. & we need to train our users. Understanding whento use what becomes more important as we get more options.
HOW DOES IT CHANGE HOW I.T. OPERATES OR ENGAGES?
Office 365 is a service and is constantly being updated with new capabilities that a modern professional services worker needs.
LISTEN
Signal vs. noise
Feedback
Measure and improve
PLAN
Capture
Classify
Discuss
DEPLOY
Rings
First release
Telemetry
COMMUNICATE
Policy
Playbook
Resources
ADOPT
UNDERSTAND
Office 365 Video
Delve
Planner
IT Has More Available Than They Are Ready To Roll Out…
HOW DO WE GET LAW FIRMS AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS TO ADOPT THIS?
Developing a roadmap for adoption where we plan activities before launch, during launch and after launch is important.
75% or More“Orgs cited ‘better in the cloud’ spam management, security reporting, less disruptions, more up to date antivirus, compliance, recovery, and efficiency keeping up to date.”
HOW DO WE HANDLE SECURITY?
Much like it always has been. With new capabilities powered by the cloud such as machine learning security risk detection, multi factor authentication, rule based groups, and much more… see the Office 365 Trust Center.
HOW DO WE HANDLE PRIVACY AND COMPLIANCE?
MSFT has over 22 certifications and attestations for their cloud.Encryption at rest, in transit and upon authentication w/ BYOK? For more insight see the Office 365 Trust Center.
300+ P“Over 300 people focused on data privacy, including: Software Engineers, Scientists, IT Pros, Marketing and Lawyers.” - Microsoft
DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?
Is Office 365 Right For My Firm? Do we really have a choice?