{"id":12428,"date":"2020-08-14T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/?p=12428"},"modified":"2022-08-23T08:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T12:34:50","slug":"office-365-services-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/office-365-services-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Key Areas to Focus on
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<\/span>What is Microsoft Office 365?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"OfficeOffice 365\u00a0(O365) is an increasingly popular line of\u00a0subscription\u00a0services offered by\u00a0Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Microsoft Office<\/a>\u00a0product line. With Office 365, end users and organizations can use Microsoft Office software suite of products (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.) over the life of the subscription. They also get access to hosted services, such as Exchange Online for email, Teams and\u00a0SharePoint<\/a> Online, among others. The cloud functionality makes these services available anytime, anywhere. All Office 365 plans include automatic updates to their respective software at no additional charge, as opposed to conventional\u00a0licenses<\/a>\u00a0for these programs\u2014where new versions require purchase of a new license.<\/p>\n

Recently, the consumer and small business plans of Office 365 were renamed\u00a0as Microsoft 365<\/a>, which emphasizes productivity features and services outside of the core Microsoft Office software suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>Monitoring Microsoft Office 365 Services<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Microsoft Office 365 is designed to be easy to use and manage. As it is a hosted service, Microsoft takes responsibility for security and reliability of the servers providing the service. Administrators do not have to worry about patches and updates. In fact, they do not even have direct access to the servers hosting Exchange or SharePoint. At the same time, performance and security are among the top 3 challenges to widespread adoption of Microsoft Office 365 services.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft\u2019s SLAs are based on service uptime. There are no performance guarantees and recent outages have been related to certain functionalities of the service not being available or being slow. Administrators need to have ways to determine when Office 365 services are working well and when they are not. From a security standpoint too, administrators need to be able to safeguard their mail access and SharePoint portals. Microsoft is not responsible for these aspects.<\/p>\n

Consistent Office 365 monitoring is necessary to keep an eye on functionality and productivity. Read below to find information on\u00a0the top five areas to focus on as you monitor your Microsoft Office 365 services.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Source: ITPro Today <\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>5 Key Areas to Focus on While Monitoring Microsoft Office 365 Services<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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  1. How Many Licenses Are Being Used?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. How Much Storage is being Consumed? <\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Is My Mail Service Facing a Malware or Spam Attack?<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. How Fast Are the Office 365 Services?<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Could there be an Issue in the Local Infrastructure?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    <\/span>How Many Licenses Are Being Used?<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Every license costs your business. Tracking license usage is important to avoid overpaying for unused subscriptions and to ensure software compliance.\u00a0Hence, common questions that administrators have are:<\/p>\n