There are many benefits to investing in a hosted Microsoft 365 email system – especially as a small business owner who is interested in growing your company!
Microsoft 365 is a popular option for businesses – because it has key productivity features, including Outlook mail and calendars. OneDrive is also a great file storage option. It’s also easy to manage, schedule and customize. It’s competitive price wise with Google and it offers video conference options.
Here are some additional benefits to a hosted Microsoft 365 email system:
- Each user gets 50 GB of storage
- Robust security features
- Large attachment limits – some are up to 150MB
- Video Conferencing with up to 300 participants
- Communication and collaboration features, including project management and customer relationship management apps
There are a few downsides, including:
- Can be a higher cost, especially if you opt for the month-to-month billing (our clients are on the monthly billing plan with an annual commitment, meaning they get the reduced pricing!). The month-to-month billing plan with no commitment is the one that has a higher cost.
- More advanced features require upgrading your plan
Also, as IT Security Experts, a quick note: We always recommend backing up the hosted email environment. While uptime is improved, Microsoft 365 doesn’t provide redundancy or backups for the data stored in the environment. At AccuNet, we’ve restored quite a bit of data from Microsoft 365 tenants for our clients – some deleted mailboxes, but more often deleted SharePoint site or OneDrive files.
The backups we do for Microsoft 365 run three times per day for plenty of intra-day backups.
Microsoft 365 is a solid option for many small businesses – its familiar and easy to use and it can be cost effective. It offers tools such as Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams as well – and can be used on a desktop or mobile device.
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If you want to talk about the hosted email options like Microsoft 365, we can help. Contact us today!
