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Loryan Strant Office 365 MVP Paradyne Apples to Apples: Comparing Office 365 to the competition

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Loryan StrantOffice 365 MVP

Paradyne

Apples to Apples:Comparing Office

365 to the competition

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WHO AM I? Office 365 MVP & vTSP

Business owner

Blogger

Speaker

http://thecloudmouth.com@thecloudmouth

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WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

Hosted Exchange is not new!

Google Apps as an alternative

What is so special about Office 365?

Who cares?

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HISTORY LESSON 1: EXCHANGE

1996

• Exchange Server 4.0

2003

• Exchange Server 2003

2011

• Office 365

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WHY HOSTED EXCHANGE?

Avoid lifecycle issues

OPEX vs CAPEX

Disparately located workforce

Not in the business of running Exchange

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HOSTED EXCHANGE OPTIONS

Mailboxes only

Dedicated servers

Outsourced

management

Office 365

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WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT A HOSTED EXCHANGE PROVIDER?

Less levels of support

Local contact / account

management

More customisable

Cheaper dedicated server

Bundling / integration with apps

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH HOSTED EXCHANGE?

Many players only offer a few GB per

month

Generally still on

Exchange Server 2010

Features end at

the mailbox

Relatively

technical

Slower to update

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SOME OF THE PLAYERS

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THE OTHER PLAYERS

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LOCAL EXAMPLE IN OZ - WEBCENTRAL

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LOCAL EXAMPLE IN OZ - TELSTRA

About to go to market with an “Office 365-like” service featuring Exchange Server 2010!!!

GET WITH THE TIMES!!!

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HISTORY LESSON 2: BPOS

Business Productivity Online Suite Energizer wanted Microsoft to run their

Exchange Built on Exchange Server 2007 Included:

SharePoint Online

Office Communications Online

Live Meeting

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HISTORY LESSON 3: OFFICE 365

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HISTORY LESSON 4: GOOGLE APPS

2004 •Gmail launched2006

•Google Apps launched

2009

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GOOGLE APPS VS OFFICE 365

Feature Set

Google Apps Office 365

Market Business/Edu/Gov’t Business/Edu/Gov’t

SLA 99.9% 99.9%

Support Yes Yes

Mail Gmail Exchange Online

Storage Drive SkyDrive Pro

Intranet Sites SharePoint Online

Social Google+ Yammer

Apps Docs/Sheets/Slides Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Etc Etc Etc

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SO WHY OFFICE 365?

Microsoft

running Microsof

t softwar

e

Scale like

nothing

else

Global datacentres for

services

Faster featur

e releas

es

They’re not

going anywhe

re anytime

soon

It’s easy!

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OFFICE 365 IS EASY!

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OFFICE 365 TECHNICAL ADVANTAGES

Feature Set

Voicemail & Archiving

Protection & Compliance

Apps

Administration

Exchange Management

Console (hybrid)

Exchange Control Panel

PowerShell

Development

Exchange Web Services

(EWS)

Office 365 Reporting

Web Services

Graph API

Support

Advanced dashboard

Rich community of

experts

Product engineering

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DEMONSTRATION

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OFFICE 365 IS EASY!

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NON-TANGIBLE FACTORS

Having access to the serverSingle throat to chokePersonal comfort levels

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MAKING HARD CHOICES

What are the business requirements?

Is control absolutely necessary?

Price considerations

Other solutions

Hybrid / integration support

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RESOURCES

Office 365 Service Descriptions www.office365sd.com

TechNet content http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200580(v=exchg.15

0).aspx

MSDN content http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/gg490662.aspx

Office 365 reporting web service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj984325.aspx

Cogmotive www.Cogmotive.com

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THANK YOUQuestions?

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