Is Office 365 right for you?

This is really a philosophical and political question, not a technical one, but it includes a number of factors. Cloud services can offer great benefits, but they also offer unique challenges and potential failure modes. The decision to move some or all of your operations to the cloud is not one to take lightly. The factors that influence this decision are the same for any hosted service, not just for Microsoft offerings.

The big bet

Whenever you adopt a cloud service, you are essentially betting that the service provider will do something you cannot. You may be betting that the service provider will give you better uptime or security than your current environment, or that it will deliver similar performance and service ...

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