If you’ve been switching off Office 365 because you “already have Office,” prepare for a real eye-opener! We’ll break down the benefits, what they mean, and what you’ve missed.

What’s the Big Deal with Office 365?

Many businesses feel their Office solution is good enough and don’t upgrade. They’re missing out. Office 365 provides vast improvements in those versions, including new features, ways of working/communicating, and cost savings that improve each year.

Switching to Managed Services brings instant relief to both budget and problems, beginning with putting cash flow back in your control.

1. Near-zero learning curve

Whether you’ve got Office 2013 or 2010 on your systems, it’s fair to say your business has become extremely comfortable with your processes. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel & OneNote are default apps used worldwide across almost every workplace (and home).

Even with all the improvements, accessibility, and productivity features of Office 365, your employees can still get straight to work. That familiarity also comes with the ability to use the Office 365 collaboration and task management tools without needing to go away for re-training. Everything works as expected, even when they’ve never seen it.

2. Scale your solution up and down

Traditional Office licenses lock you into that version, paying hundreds of dollars per workstation, even if that workstation is no longer in use. It’s not uncommon for small businesses to have over ten wasted licenses just sitting there. On the other hand, Office 365 always works in your favor. Rather than license a single installation, you subscribe to users on a pay-as-you-go model, with each user covering multiple PCs, tablets, or mobile devices. Essentially, their license goes with them wherever they go, whether at home, at work, or on the go.

If your business is experiencing a boom and adds more staff, you can add more users. As the boom winds down or roles are merged, the number of users is reduced.

3. Collaborate and innovate

Collaboration is suitable for every business. It takes your employees beyond the mindset of scheduling meetings, email chains that go nowhere, and results that miss the target through innovation and profit. Office 365 ensures your business can increase productivity with no locked files during editing and no accidental overwrites of another’s work. Multiple users can be in the document simultaneously, engaged in text/video chat, and working together to benefit your business.

Plus, since Office 365 is cloud-based, your employees can be located worldwide and still contribute significantly to your business advancement.

When you upgrade to Office 365, you can look forward to:

• Increased workplace flexibility

• Lower stress among employees

• Higher engagement

• Moving faster to market

• Innovation and curiosity

• Faster upskilling of both new & existing employees

4. True Mobility

The same technology that enables collaboration means your employees can work from anywhere, at any time. Wrapping up client emails during their commute or adding final touches to a presentation over breakfast are now normal behaviors, and Office 365 makes it easy. Employees can even attach or reference files they’d normally have to be on-site for.

This mobility also allows employees to work from home and allows your business to stand out as a flexible, valued employer.

5. Cost savings across the board

Microsoft has gradually made Office 365 the obvious choice for small businesses, shifting support resources to those with 365, offering bonuses, data storage, and low prices.

No big upfront costs

With older versions, you’re buying a license per installation at a considerable immediate cost, upgrading each workstation to handle the requirements and repeating the process over and over whenever a new version with desired features comes out. With 365, you escape that upfront cost; you can run it on virtually any device and get all the new features automatically.

In fact, it takes almost three years for a single Office 365 subscription to cost the same as a single purchase license—and you miss out on all the extras!

It comes with a built-in IT department.

Updating your installation can be a hassle, so many employees hit cancel when it pops up. It disrupts their workflow, it takes time, and they don’t understand the security reasons why they should. Office 365 updates automatically, and your employees won’t notice it happening.

Because it’s cloud-based, Microsoft technicians are on call at their secure data centers to ensure stable updates and uptime for the servers. Your employees simply have to open the app and keep working.

Since there’s no delay, as soon as new features and Microsoft innovations are released, you have them too.

You can be sure they’ll also fix any security flaws as soon as they find them, making your business more protected than ever.

Save on storage and email.

Each user in your 365 subscriptions has plenty of included cloud data storage—up to 1TB at no extra cost. If you’ve been paying for storage, either with on-site server racks and the associated costs or a dedicated cloud solution, this is a great opportunity to streamline your expenses.

Another significant data expense is email. Inboxes are usually the first to overflow and bounce out new emails, but your subscription can also include business-class email with 50GB storage per user—quick enough for cat memes AND critical business communications!

It’s a Smart Decision

Office 365 was designed to meet the needs of businesses like yours. The cost savings, collaboration, and streamlining allow you to focus on moving your business ahead and staying competitive. Our technicians are here to help with migration and setup and provide extra support at every step.

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Discover the advantages your business could be missing! Office 365 offers next-level productivity, seamless collaboration, and cost savings—all customized to grow with you. Upgrade today with Simple Solution Tech and unlock natural flexibility, mobility, and innovation for your team.

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