San Francisco's Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 Specialists
Businesses are moving to SaaS platforms viz. Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) because they give you:
Close to 100% uptime
Easy access to emails, calendars, and contacts from anywhere and any device
Increased control over your organization’s communications
Rapid scalability - your company can grow without the fear of outgrowing your IT infrastructure
Availability of many add-on tools, extensions that improve efficiency
Cloud based file sync and storage
Improved security for your data
Easy file sharing and live document collaboration
Switching over to cloud based applications is going to be the best thing you ever do! It's always online, accessible from everywhere, and integrates with everything. It may seem scary at first but don’t worry we will be there to support and guide you each step of the way. You might already be using the applications offered by Microsoft, such as Outlook (email, contacts, and calendar), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or their equivalent offered by Google - Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, etc.
Advantages of using Google Workspace / g suite
Google Workspace (G Suite) offers a 99.9% SLA but usually exceeds it.
The Admin console for Google Workspace / G Suite allows you to manage everything from one place- from adding new users and groups, configuring security settings (2-factor authentication), adding new custom domains, to enabling features such as Inbox by Google for your employees.
Google Workspace / G Suite is built on Google Cloud Platform that boasts the highest security on the market.
Google Workspace / G Suite provides email encryption in transit.
Gmail offers better integration with third party apps.
Most of your employees are probably already using Gmail and many of the other tools such as Google Drive, Calendar, and Keep. So the time taken to learn will be much less. All things considered, Google Workspace / G Suite offers a one stop shop for email hosting, storage, and file collaboration that is perfect for any modern day business.
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Advantages of Microsoft Office 365
As Microsoft 365 / Office 365 is integrated with Microsoft Office, it offers greater functionalities across all of the commonly used applications.
It offers robust security, compliance, administration functionalities as well as integration with other services.
Microsoft 365 / Office 365 offers handy collaboration capabilities with tools like Microsoft Teams, Groups, Yammer, Delve, Planner, and Power BI.
It also comes along with advanced virus protection, rights management, and performance monitoring tools.
Microsoft 365 / Office 365 is a natural fit for businesses that mostly use Windows-based systems.
While Google Workspace is designed as an exclusively cloud based suite of tools, Microsoft 365 offers the desktop version of their products that are a temptation for many business users. The desktop version of tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. are feature packed and the corresponding ones offered by Google Workspace appear pretty basic in comparison. Despite the availability of cloud, many businesses prefer to create, edit and share files locally, which makes having desktop applications necessary and hence Microsoft 365 becomes the default.
Why Jones IT is the preferred Cloud Migration Specialist in the Bay Area?
Jones IT has extensive experience in migrating businesses to Google Workspace / G Suite and Microsoft 365 / Office 365. Both the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms - Google’s Workspace / G Suite and Microsoft’s Office 365 have some significant differences. Consequently, migrating data from or to Google and Microsoft requires careful planning that may not be explicitly addressed in the official Microsoft Office 365 or Google’s Google Workspace Onboarding Guides.
To ensure your data isn’t lost in translation, we draw upon our extensive experience in similar migrations. We have created a set of best practices for managing the migration to or from Google Workspace / G Suite and Microsoft 365 / Office 365. No matter the size of your company or the extent of your data, we will guide you to avoid the common pitfalls and problems associated with Workspace or Microsoft 365 migrations. All the common problems and questions are also addressed in our training material for Workspace and Microsoft 365.
During the migration, we can also be available for off-site as well as on-site support.
We take care of moving all of your emails including aliases, distribution lists, contacts, and calendars
We offer training sessions for your employees and send you regular emails with our tips and tricks that'll help you prepare for the transition
We go over the timeline of the migration, reference online training material and videos that we've curated