Microsoft is keeping integration tight between cloud hosted and on-premises solutions. The Skype for Business Online voice feature brings enterprise-grade communications to the cloud. In the last year Microsoft launched several new “Office 365 only” services that aren’t available on-premises (Delve, Office Graph, Office 365 Video, Groups, Yammer, and others). Some features of SharePoint, such as BI and search, have different on-premises capabilities and features than those found in Office 365. Don’t just look at user-facing services, but also consider how you will administer, manage, monitor and automate your environment. Although Microsoft has adopted a cloud-first strategy, there are functional differences between on-premises, cloud and hybrid deployments. Whatever your strategy, plan to evaluate and standardize backup, high availability and DR capabilities consistently-whether online, on-premises or in a hybrid environment.įunctional Parity. On-premises features versus Office 365? In making this decision, consider functional parity. We encourage customers not to compromise on data protection and not to assume that data is safe simply because it is hosted. Current RTO and RPO should drive the requirements. A hybrid environment may require multiple tools, but if you employ the right tools, you’ll be able to ensure the same levels of data protection you have now. If you require something more robust, consider a third-party product (for example, Spanning by Dell EMC)-especially if you need to keep a longer history of data.īy staying on-premises, you can just use existing backup tools. You’ll rely on the features within each product such as database availability groups, deleted item retention and single item recovery. Natively, Office 365 doesn’t really perform daily backups of SharePoint or Exchange data. Hardware failures, natural disasters and, most commonly, simple human error can impact service availability.
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And what happens if you can’t access your cloud-based environment, and you need urgent access to email, SharePoint sites or content? While Office 365 has reasonably high uptime (99.9%), that’s not the same as having a DR plan in place. Disaster recovery (DR) is another thing you’ll need to consider. More things to considerīackup & Recovery. Access to critical data becomes an issue when that data is in the cloud, and there is uncertainty about RTO/RPO. But there are things to consider in making the best placement decision. You may, as the majority of enterprise customers already have, choose a hybrid implementation.
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But there are 3 additional areas to look at that will impact your placement choices-on-premises, online with Office 365 or a hybrid solution. We examined security, management and support issues, and custom and third-party application considerations. In my last blog, I wrote about some things you’ll want to consider as you formulate and execute against your cloud strategy.
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