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5 steps to choose the right Microsoft 365 plans

In Microsoft 365
August 5, 2020
3 Min Read
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Microsoft 365 plans are readily adopted by companies that go for the cloud-first approach. Businesses must find the Right M365 plan for better productivity.

Deciding which M365 plan to choose for business is a common business decision. However, there are so many options with Microsoft 365 plans that might perplex you.  Managers and CSPs often find it too difficult to decide which Microsoft 365 plan to go with.

A basic Tip: Keep your cool and analyze your business requirements first.

With that said, let’s dive into the basic steps to ease the decision-making process for choosing the Right M365 plan for your business.

1.      Assess things properly

It is essential to know the type of computers the employees are working on, what the business’s core applications are, and what are the current issues with the systems. Further, you must know what are the areas for which you’ll have to adopt Microsoft 365 Migration.

2.      Know your needs

Answer the following questions to get a basic idea of your needs:

  • Why are you making the shift to the cloud? ( Increase security, increase productivity or it’s a nice-to-have thing for your business)
  • Do you fulfill specific compliance needs?
  • What are the critical business features that will benefit from a cloud-first approach?
  • Do you want an improved internal collaboration?

Amongst employees and departments, needs vary across the company. Your salespeople will have a few different needs than the dev. department.

3.      Plan a budget

For the company, it is required to take up a business plan that falls under the budget.  It is important to know that Microsoft 365 plans are flexible and billed per-user, month-by-month basis, or even based on a yearly contract.

In action to this, you need to have to cater for the migration costs. If you have an IT Team at hand, you might save some bucks there.

4.      Pick your plan

There are many Microsoft 365 plans to choose from. It is always great to get a comparison. Microsoft assists businesses with its comparisons of Business Plans and Enterprise Plans. You can choose from plans like Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, and Microsoft 365 Apps. In addition to this, there are other plans for nonprofits, first line workers, government, and education.

5.      Reevaluate the licensing and business requirements

Once you have adopted the plan and gone along with it for a year or so, you might want to reconsider opting to another option based on your changing business requirements. It is never too late to assess and start over the process again based on changing market trends.

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MachCloud is a comprehensive and cross-functional business communication platform. Born in the cloud, MachCloud has got all it needs for the latest digital business communication provisioning for the businesses of today. It provides Microsoft 365 Business plans and Enterprise plans. You can select what is suitable for your business according to the number of employees and other factors.

Get started with MachCloud for a smooth Microsoft 365 experience and expert advice on selecting the plan suitable for your business.

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A look into business collaboration | OneDrive for Business

In Professional Services
October 17, 2019
3 Min Read
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Having a wide variety of Office 365 business collaboration tools, often customers get confused when to use what. Especially, after the rollout of Teams in 2017, the number of collaboration tools that Microsoft is providing has increased up to 9. With collab tools at hand, customers are bound to ask, “Where to use what?”

Let’s analyze things one by one. Out of 9, the most important collab tools are: Microsoft Teams, Yammer, SharePoint and OneDrive for Business.  And out of these, we focus on Microsoft OneDrive for business today.

Where do we need OneDrive?

Heck, everywhere where we are dealing with content; both outside and within workspace. Collaboration between Teammates, colleagues and multiple departments is based on one common thing: Content. Microsoft 365 or Office 365 offers OneDrive for Business benefits to its customers for better business collaboration.

Heard about Dropbox? Well, OneDrive is exactly the Microsoft version of it, just a bit better because it enables business collaboration through Teams, SharePoint and even Skype for Business.  It is a one-stop-shop for all personal and work files related to a project or a team or group.

Major OneDrive for Business benefits

OneDrive for business benefits include providing easy file sharing options, being integrated with Windows File Explorer for all time access (even if the system is not connected to internet) and providing accessibility from mobile devices. May it be a presentation that you are working on for your manager, or a business plan that you plan to present to your cloud business partner, OneDrive is the tool for you.

While you can share documents with anyone, there are many options that you can share the files with. Let’s say, you have made a presentation and need your manager Alex to approve it. You can share it with Alex, specifically. If you need a word from Tim you can make the file shareable (anyone with the link can access the file) and share the link with Tim. You can even share the whole presentation with everyone in the team, once it’s done.

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MachCloud is a complete Digital Communications and Service Delivery Solution. Its Office 365 Service Provision is updated according to the latest trends in market. It offers Exchange online, a best-in-line application rich office suite and business collaboration solutions. It allows for Microsoft Partner businesses maximization of benefits and productivity with cloud automation being the top priority. Experts at MachCloud can guide you well which plan to opt for Office 365 out of Business Plans or Enterprise Plans. At MachCloud, there’s a plan for everyone.

Get your hands on MachCloud and take the benefits of Office 365 business collaboration tools for best-in-line collaboration within your business team.

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