Three Things About VoIP Phone Systems for Office 365 You Should Really Know

three things about voip phone systems for office 365 you should really know

ae-voip If you’re considering a voip phone system for office 365, then you’ll want to make sure you know these three things:

Integration with Microsoft Lync:

VoIP is about to make a huge stride in terms of popularity because of its support by Microsoft Lync. The software makes it convenient and easy for businesses to integrate VoIP. The most important aspect of this is that it uses a Microsoft-styled interface which just about everyone is comfortable with. It’s not a difficult transition for employees since they don’t have to get used to a completely new interface.

Collaboration:

Once they open the program for the very first time, employees will notice one thing immediately: many features of Microsoft Lync have to do with collaboration. Whether messaging or calling, the software makes it easy for employees to communicate with each other. This is especially useful for hosting meetings online. Again, because the interface is rather straight-forward, employees won’t need extensive training to learn how to set up or attend meetings on Microsoft Lync.

Cost-effective communications solution:

On top of all this, businesses will save a lot of money after they switch to VoIP. Although a lot has changed since VoIP was initially developed, one thing holds true for small businesses: it’s an extremely cost-effective communications solution. It’s not uncommon for businesses to have their phone bill cut in half once they leave their landline phone provider and switch to VoIP. This benefit isn’t going to change anytime soon.

If you were thinking about VoIP in the past but decided your business wasn’t ready for the transition, now is the time to reconsider. Unlike in the past, VoIP can now be integrated with office 365. The benefits are still the same, but a lot of the hurdles have been taken away.

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Office 365 Features

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Office 365

It’s no surprise that Microsoft is setting it’s sight on the cloud. Office 365 is a perfect example as it provides an online SharePoint platform, for example.

According to the October 2013 research from Forrester,  158 IT decision- makers said that 28% are planning on implementing the software sometime in the next twelve months.

Office 365 features:

Site Mailboxes

Let’s say you’re project involves team input and collaboration. Users can simply ‘drag and drop’ docs. right from the desktop to a Site Mailbox—it’s done thru Outlook. Remote access is assured and it even syncs with SharePoint.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

It happens: the wrong data, the sensitive stuff, can be sent to the wrong people. But sensitive data is only exchanged if the analysis says its ‘ok.’ These standard meet those critical PII, HIPPA and PCI requirements. Furthermore, a ‘Policy Tips’ feature in Outlook is there to let you know if you might violating these standards.

Social Media and Office 365

This is what Microsoft wanted to achieve with this platform, allowing users to track documents, the sites and the people who are involved with a project, or have input to provide. This is made possible through the Activity Feed.

Connecting with vendors/people outside the company

Key suppliers and partners can access ‘read only’ documents that are project-specific. Always, such contact is wholly authenticated and encrypted per the company’s policies.

Today’s successful businesses understand how important it is to use the right technology to maintain their competitive advantage. Contact us to learn more about implementing cloud-service tools Office 365. You’ll discover why more and more clients are coming to rely on us as their managed service provider.

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Source:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/office365/jj542456