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Cloud on your terms


Office 365

Microsoft compared with Google.

Do not limit your business with a product like Google Apps. Google Apps is oversimplified and will burden your business with limited support, experimental features, and roadblocks to enterprise security. In fact, Google’s own executives admit they do not believe that their tools can replace Microsoft Office.

Businesses of all sizes have relied on Microsoft innovation for the past 25 years. And as they look to the future, these businesses are facing a world that is less about one delivery model over another and more about how content and information flow across a wide range of services and devices. This shift has led software providers to take different approaches, some better than others. So while Google offers only a single delivery model in the cloud, Microsoft lets you move to the cloud on your terms for the best productivity experience across PC, phone, and browser platforms

Compare and decide

Google

Is Google Apps ready for your business?

  • Google Apps is an ever-changing solution with experimental features that can increase complexity and the need for change management and training.

  • When your business needs help, Google Apps support falls short of delivering the type and level of support you demand.

  • Many Google customers, including the City of Los Angeles, have encountered  security roadblocks.


Microsoft

The enterprise-proven solution

  • Your organization has diverse needs. With Microsoft, you can provide the right set of tools for the right users—all with appropriate layers of security and compliance. 

  • Microsoft Online offers a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee with a financially-backed Service Level Agreement. And our 24 hours a day, 7 days a week IT-level phone support is ready to provide help whenever you need it.

Limited and incomplete functionality

  • Google Apps is oversimplified and is not familiar to most information workers. In fact, Google’s own executives admit that they do not believe their tools can replace Microsoft Office.

  • Using Google Docs often leads to frustration with loss of document integrity and loss of formatting. The lack of support for images in documents is just one example.




An unsurpassed productivity experience

  • Microsoft products are familiar and easy-to-use, so that all of your people—whether they are power users or casual workers—can use the same tools to work together more efficiently.

  • Confidently share information with your customers and colleagues knowing that Office documents are commonly accepted inside and outside of your organization.

  • Access your content anywhere across PC, phone, and browser platforms.

One size fits none

  • Google Apps for Business is the only offering targeting businesses, but the name doesn’t tell the full story since it does not meet the diverse needs of organizations in today’s marketplace.

  • Google customers are given an ultimatum when it comes to delivery options and licensing availability. And because Google Apps only provides their solutions online, clients are left with no choice but to move to the cloud immediately.

Delivering the cloud on your terms

  • Microsoft offers licensing options designed for organizations of all sizes so that you can select only the features that you need and control your costs.

  • If you are not ready to fully embrace the cloud, Microsoft provides the flexibility to build a hybrid solution so that your people can share information on-site or in the cloud.