Reducing IT costs: Especially in challenging economic times, organizations need to cut costs wherever possible—but without reducing capabilities.
Increasing predictability of IT costs: Replacing or upgrading on-premises IT systems can require significant one-time capital expenditures.
Increasing user productivity: Users face growing volumes of email, and need tools to help them manage it more efficiently.
Enhancing collaboration: Increasingly mobile and distributed workers need technology that helps them work together wherever they are.
Reducing IT administration: IT can be stretched thin and spend too much time managing hardware, updates, and upgrades.
Increasing reliability and availability of email: Email is a business-critical application, and many organizations face challenges keeping it running—especially with shrinking IT budgets.
Staying up-to-date with the latest technology: To stay competitive and recruit the next generation of talent, businesses need to have the latest functionality. But, upgrading on-premises software can be a significant undertaking.
1 Simplified Administration
Managing corporate email can be complex. With exchange Online, many of the most time-consuming tasks are taken care of by microsoft, including the management of hardware, updates, and upgrades. Additionally, exchange online delivers a streamlined administration experience, making it easier for IT administrators to configure and manage email services in ways that benefit the business.
2 Conclusion
The benefits of moving email to the cloud are clear; including lower costs, increased agility, simpler management, and higher-quality services. Exchange Online meets these expectations by delivering a wide-range of features and capabilities that support anywhere access, protection and compliance, and simplified administration.
But now the real world experience with Exchange Online
If your organization is using google dns servers. You will be redirected to the Exchange Online servers in America not Dublin if you live in The Netherlands.
Exchange Online works the best if you use cached mode.
The Question is do you want is you using Microsoft Remote desktop Services or Citrix XenDesktop or VMware horizon (view)
Cached Exchange Mode in a Remote Desktop Session Host environment: planning considerations
Limits to using personal folders (.pst) files over LAN and WAN links.
My Conclusion:
Exchange Online is great for most organizations. Lower costs, increased agility, simpler management, and higher-quality services.
But is your organization using Microsoft remote desktop services or Citrix XenDesktop or VMware Horizon (View). You need think twice for you migrate.
As IT admin you don't want ost files locally on Remote Desktop or XenDesktop or VMware View Servers & Desktops or on your file server.
Saving money can mean angry & complaining customers….