Microsoft - An Overview With Pros & Cons
Whilst in a meeting recently, I was asked how good our online security is now that we are a cloud-based, predominately homeworking company. I looked at the chap, Justin was his name, and proudly proclaimed that we had everything we could in place to make sure our data and, more importantly, our customers data was secure. I’d had an awful experience in 2018 with a trojan getting through an email account, via a member of staff, that destroyed the machine and took weeks to sort out. He looked at me quizzically and said ‘Excellent, although you don’t have multi factor authentication and that is a weak spot….’ The meeting concluded and I immediately got in contact with my IT Service Contractor (Microsoft Service Partner) who switched it on within seconds. The moral being, however good you think you’ve got it, there is always room for improvement. I asked Justin, a consultant in SME IT, if he could give the Business Owner Magazine a brief overview on Office 365.
Covid19 has changed the way businesses operate forcing IT strategies to change to embrace more cloud technology to enable remote working for your workforce. Microsoft o365 provides a line of subscription services depending on your business needs. The plans can be purchased on a monthly or annual basis and allow the use of the Microsoft Office software suite over the life of the subscription. The Office 365 service
consists of several products and services which can be managed and configured through an online portal.
