Once you understand what Office 365 has to offer, the next logical question is whether it is right for your firm. What common questions and challenges have firms experienced? Gain insight into what you can do to evaluate the various parts of Office 365 in light of your current systems, how to prepare for a migration, how to handle change management, how to promote adoption and how to handle security and document management.

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3. Determine What To
Buy
Getting AD
Integrated
Exchange Migration
Outlook & Office
Migration (Pro Plus)
Skype For
Business
Intranet
Learn To Trust The
Cloud
Optional: Social
(Yammer)
Extranet
OneDrive For
Business
SharePoint For
Document Management
Team Site
Deployment
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING
WITH OFFICE 365?
Every organization’s journey is a little different, but often follow a similar
path to getting more out of Office 365.
Mandatory
Popular
Situational
Strategic Few

4. HOW AND WHEN SHOULD
IT BE INTEGRATED?
Office 365 can be integrated with financial management systems like
Elite or document management systems like iManage.
Client & Matter Dashboards
(Intranet & Extranet)
Process Integration
Document Management
Integration
Enterprise Search

5. WHEN SHOULD SEARCH
BE INTEGRATED?
When many organizations approach search they are looking for an
Enterprise search platform. Can Office 365 help make this a reality?
Cloud Connectors Such As…

6. Stuff
That
Matters
VS
3 to 1
“We had 3 (FTE) Exchange admins and now only
need one. The freed-up resources are now working
on projects that deliver more value.” - Forrester
HOW CAN IT CHANGE
STAFFING FOR THE FIRM?
In many assessments, surveys and follow ups with customers we see
a trend of decreased FTE admins or refocused effort.
40%
Implementation cost are significantly less than for
a comparable on-prem solution

7. HOW DO WE TRAIN UP
STAFFING AND TALENT?
We need to train I.T. & we need to train our users. Understanding when
to use what becomes more important as we get more options.

8. HOW DOES IT
CHANGE HOW
I.T. OPERATES OR
ENGAGES?
Office 365 is a service and is constantly being updated with new
capabilities that a modern professional services worker needs.
ADOPT
UNDERSTAND
Office 365 Video
Delve
Planner
IT Has More Available
Than They Are Ready To
Roll Out…

9. HOW DO WE GET LAW FIRMS
AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS TO
ADOPT THIS?
Developing a roadmap for adoption where we plan activities before launch,
during launch and after launch is important.

10. 75% or
More
“Orgs cited ‘better in
the cloud’ spam
management, security
reporting, less
disruptions, more up to
date antivirus,
compliance, recovery,
and efficiency keeping
up to date.”
HOW DO WE HANDLE SECURITY?
Much like it always has been. With new capabilities powered by the cloud
such as machine learning security risk detection, multi factor authentication,
rule based groups, and much more… see the Office 365 Trust Center.

11. HOW DO WE HANDLE
PRIVACY AND COMPLIANCE?
MSFT has over 22 certifications and attestations for their cloud.
Encryption at rest, in transit and upon authentication w/ BYOK?
For more insight see the Office 365 Trust Center.
300+ P
“Over 300 people focused on
data privacy, including:
Software Engineers, Scientists,
IT Pros, Marketing and
Lawyers.” - Microsoft

12. DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?
Is Office 365 Right For My Firm? Do we really have a choice?