When you consider transferring your organisation to a cloud service, you must trust the service provider.
No if, buts or maybe’s.
A trustworthy and easy to use interface combined with the right care-taker of sensitive information is what you should be looking for when considering upgrading to the cloud.
Greendata works with Office 365 to provide a cloud-based service that’s designed to meet your organisation’s essential needs and more.
It has specialised features such as security, reliability and productivity to help save you money and time.
Moreover, with the evidence that data security is becoming more important, Microsoft’s robust policies and systems built into Office 365 help with keeping you and your information safe.
In simple terms, the data you put in Office 365 completely belongs to you and you can control how it’s used.
The software gives you extensive control of your information, it can tell you who has access to it, where it resides, its availability status and more.
Here are more reasons for you to read and learn why Office 365 is like no other and also why you need an Office 365 subscription sooner than later.
Physical Security on Office 365 Servers
Microsoft runs a standard policy of not disclosing the location of its data centers and currently operates over one hundred of them that are situated all around the world.
Entry into these data centers can be only authorised personnel and they have to get through multiple layers of physical security as well.
Encrypted Data while at Rest and Transmission
If you’re communicating using the Office 365 tools or even if your data is at rest, either way you can relax because your data is always encrypted.
They use BitLocker encryption and IRM on document libraries that makes sure that there are no unwanted eyes that are peeking in on your data.
No Access of Information for Marketing Purposes
In the case of Office 365, they don’t resell your or your user information for advertising or any other reasons.
Many cloud platforms can use your information for targeting ads on Facebook, Gmail and more, but it is not something to worry about when using Office 365.
Microsoft has many safeguards, assuring you that none of your information or data gets into the hands of a third party for any reason.
Regular Data Backups
Microsoft has multiple ways of extracting backups of your data.
Greendata can help you find a simple solution that works to ensure that, even if there is a chance of your data getting lost or corrupted, it is still may be possible to restore it.
License for Five Devices
Office 365 is armed with one of the most significant advantages over much of its competitors.
It allows installation of Office 365 on up to 5 PCs or Apple Macs, five tablets and also five phones.
This is a great start and also good for small businesses to cover all of their devices.
Immense Cloud Storage
Since Office 365 can integrate with OneDrive and Sharepoint, it brings a significant amount of space to store and share files for you.
You can choose one of the three business plans, namely, OneDrive for Business Plan 1, OneDrive for Business Plan 2 or Office 365 Business Premium.
Each one of these comes with different set of capabilities and perimeters that are great for businesses of many different sizes.
Again, if you need help with any of this we are happy to help you decide what is best for you, your business and your future plans.
Skype for Business
The application Skype for Business allows individuals to connect with their team and even bring the remote participants within its meeting spaces.
The features such as screen sharing, online presentations and the robust meeting capabilities can make a difference to your experience indeed.
Also, Skype for Business brings improved call and video quality too which we certainly use and know about here at Greendata.
The journey from Skype for Business into Teams
The capabilities of Skype for Business are moving into Teams.
The deployment of Teams tightly weaves communication for easy collaboration, revolutionised calling and experiences of business meetings.
However, Skype for Business is not getting removed anytime soon in Office 365.
Depending on the need, the customer can start using Skype for Business within Teams or continue using Skype for Business as a stand-alone app.
Microsoft 365 Business helps support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy
There are many employees who prefer using their own mobile phones and tablets for accessing personal work, rather than using the business devices.
Microsoft 365 Business offers customers a simple but powerful means of enabling employees to use their own personal devices for work while providing the business with the ability to prevent those devices from accessing, retaining and/or sharing business information.
More specifically, it can offer:
Protection for Office Mobile App
It helps in protecting the office data which includes calendar, documents on iOS and Android, and contacts with the enforcement of different policies.
When there is no longer a connection to the service, it can then delete business data after a specified amount of time.
Copying business data becomes near impossible too as the information is stored in OneDrive, thereby preventing data transfer to other applications if requested.
Device Management for Windows 10 PCs
The features allow all the businesses to choose and enforce capabilities such as Windows Defender Protection to combat malware attacks and turn off the screens after a specific time frame.
Also, it can perform wiping the lost or stolen Windows 10 devices through the means of an Admin center.
So, do I need an Office 365 Subscription?
Yes!
We understand that security still may remain your biggest concern when making the decision to move your business into the cloud, but when you learn more about it over time, the positives far outweigh the negatives.
Microsoft puts everything into place right from the start with a set of amazing business tools for you to use all in one place.
To gain more insights on Office 365 and also to see if we can help you with any other areas of technology in your business, contact us here at Greendata.
We are always here to help!
Contact us through our “Lets Connect” page or just give us a call on 07 5526 0278 and book an appointment for us to meet.
