This document discusses best practices for deploying Office 365. It recommends identifying a pilot group and considering workloads like OneDrive for Business or Office 365 ProPlus to get started. It warns against common mistakes like excluding important groups from planning or lack of understanding of product functionality. The document also discusses identity and authentication as first steps, specifically leveraging existing directories to reduce management overhead and providing single sign-on without new passwords. It highlights Centrify Identity Service as a solution that simplifies and secures Office 365 deployment through automated provisioning, mobile management, multifactor authentication policies and support for thousands of applications through single sign-on.
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PERFICIENT PROFILE
Founded in 1997
Public, NASDAQ: PRFT
2014 revenue ~$456 million
Major market locations:
Allentown, Atlanta, Ann Arbor, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fairfax, Houston,
Indianapolis, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York City,
Northern California, Oxford (UK), Southern California, St. Louis,
Toronto
Global delivery centers in China and India
>2,600 colleagues
Dedicated solution practices
~90% repeat business rate
Alliance partnerships with major technology vendors
Multiple vendor/industry technology and growth awards
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Perficient has consistently been recognized by
Microsoft as one of the software giant’s most
valuable partners– and especially in regards to
the cloud.
With nationally-known experts on the Office 365,
Azure and Yammer platforms– as well as a deep
and rich history in SharePoint, Lync (now Skype
for Business), and Exchange– we are well
positioned to partner with you as you transform
your business.
www.perficient.com/microsoft
Perficient & Microsoft
A rich relationship that has made us a
Premier Cloud Partner, Nationwide
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Why Office 365?
Aging On-Premises Infrastructure
• Exchange 2003 / 2007 environments
• Storage constraints
• Eliminate the burden of upgrades
Lack of Security / Compliance Functionality
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Rights Management Services (RMS)
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Encryption
Need for Mobile Enablement
• Support for laptops, tablets, phones
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35% of Exchange install base is on Office 365
Nearly 80% of the Fortune 500 have Office 365
Over 80% of Office 365 Enterprise customers have two or
more workloads
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Best Practices
Get Started… Now
• Acquire licensing (trial, EA)
• Identify an appropriate pilot group
• Consider workloads such as OneDrive
for Business or Office 365 ProPlus
Accept Changes
• Network
• Security
• Provisioning
Seek Support & Experience
• Look for certified vendors
• Leverage Microsoft documentation
and training
• Work with a deployment partner
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Common Mistakes
To Avoid
Organizational
• Excluding groups such as IT Security
• Lack of buy-in from the necessary parties
• Insufficient resource planning / prioritization
Project Execution
• Executing a pilot without a good cross-section of users
• Lack of understanding of product functionality
• New feature overload
User Impact
• Lack of communication
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First Step to the Cloud:
Identity & Authentication
IDENTITY
Questions
• What is our source of user identities?
• How do we manage the lifecycle of these identities?
Goals
• Leverage existing directories we have in place
• Reduce the required IT management of directories
• Don’t ask our users to manage another account for every cloud
application
• Implement cloud solutions without adding additional on-premises
dependencies
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First Step to the Cloud:
Identity & Authentication
AUTHENTICATION
Questions
• Is it secure?
• How fast can I have it?
Goals
• Fast deployment
• Achieving “Single-Sign On Zen”
• Ensure high-availability of authentication services
• Implement cloud solutions with minimal additional on-premises
dependencies
• Provide a consistent login experience across devices and platforms
• Deploy a solution that supports all of our cloud services