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The Best of Both Worlds

By PowerBuy // 1 June 2014 // Related Categories: Product Information

Get the power of cloud productivity while ensuring that your on-site apps and data are under control.

Many small businesses today are focused on providing the flexibility and freedom their employees need to do business anywhere—whether accessing the latest data on a customer visit or quickly reviewing a sales proposal while at the kids’ soccer game. At the same time, businesses need to ensure that their IT environment is protected and under control, providing the peace of mind that everything from mobile devices to on-site servers are well-managed and secure.

Together, Office 365 and Windows Server 2012 offer the best of both worlds—combining the power of cloud productivity with the peace of mind of knowing your on-site data and apps are under control.

The Right Balance of Flexibility and Control for Midsize Organisations

Working together, Office 365 and Windows Server 2012 help businesses who want to empower their workforce with cloud-based productivity, while offering greater control over on-site data and applications.

  • Use Office 365 cloud-based email, plus file sharing and HD video conferencing, all working seamlessly with your familiar and always up-to-date Office apps.
  • With Office 365, you enjoy a predictable and affordable monthly cost for best-in-class productivity tools.
  • With the addition of Windows Server 2012, your employees benefit from a consistent, simplified login experience across PCs and devices by integrating with your identity management system, Active Directory.
  • Windows Server 2012 provides an easy, cost-effective path to virtualizing your infrastructure; enabling you to combine multiple applications on a single server and helping you maximize your investments as you grow.

Together, Office 365 and Windows Server 2012 help you provide fast, easy remote and mobile access to applications and data, with the flexibility to keep your productivity tools in the cloud and sensitive data and business apps on-site when needed.

Why better together?

With Office 365 and Windows Server 2012, your organization can get the best of both worlds—the power of cloud productivity, combined with the control you need for your on-site data and applications.

About Office 365

Office 365 brings together familiar Microsoft Office desktop applications with business-class email, shared calendars, instant messaging (IM), video conferencing, and file sharing in a cloud-based service.

  • Bring together the familiar Office apps with cloud services like email, file sharing, & HD videoconferencing
  • Use Office across your devices—PC, Mac, tablet, smartphone—and know it’s always up-to-date
  • Get robust security with automatic data backup, strict privacy policy, and always up-to-date malware protection
  • Use enterprise-quality tools at an affordable price and no upfront infrastructure investment
  • Rely on a financially-backed, 99.9 percent up-time guarantee

About Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 offers a powerful and flexible server solution that helps simplify IT, protect your data, and get the most out of every dollar you spend on your IT infrastructure.

  • Access all your files and apps from almost  any location, just as if you were sitting in your office
  • Get enterprise-level data protection, including protection from hard disk failure
  • Easily expand the storage capacity available to your users “on the fly” without any downtime
  • Use built-in virtualisation capabilities to run more applications on the same server and get the most out of your hardware investment
  • Run your line of business applications (e.g., accounting, ERP) in a virtual machine so you don’t have downtime.

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