Software without the hard costs

Say goodbye to large up-front software costs and hello to innovation that can drive your business’ productivity.

The Microsoft® Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) lets you connect your staff to world-class business software for a simple monthly fee – whether they log on in the office, off site or at home. BPOS  means that your staff will always have easy access to up-to-date applications and business critical information.

EMPOWER PEOPLE. ENABLE IDEAS AND EFFICIENCIES

BPOS is a fully hosted enterprise communications and collaboration solution that gives your business access to corporate-style networked communication. It includes integrated messaging and time management, as well as valuable collaboration tools and web conferencing facilities.

Microsoft Online Services delivers:

Streamlined communications
Team members can work with the same rich applications they already use, for one integrated experience from virtually any device, in almost any location with internet access.

Simplified management
Provide the tools your organisation needs without having to manage ongoing upgrades or installations. With BPOS from Data^#3, our IT experts work to do this for you.

World-class security and reliability
Enjoy the confidence of knowing that your Online Services from Microsoft are run from a network of world-class data centres, with multi-layered security and operational best practices, to ensure maximum uptime.

Plus, you can bring people together as you need to, without the typical costs for software, infrastructure and IT that normally come with such powerful business abilities.

FEATURES AT A GLANCE

Exchange Online
	Employee access to email, shared calendar, shared tasks and contacts from virtually anywhere they have internet access, on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices with internet access. Lower cost ‘deskless worker’ licences available for workers who use email on a limited basis Ability to be rapidly deployed, flexibly expanded and securely administered.
Sharepoint Online
	Provides a central online location to share documents, locate resources, manage workflows and maintain project oversight which can be accessed via almost any compatible broadband enabled device. In-built collaboration capabilities to enable teams to flexibly and efficiently collaborate – microsites, portals, team workspaces, emails, presence awareness and web-based conferencing. Lower cost ‘deskless worker’ licences available for workers who need to access company information but who don’t need to create or edit information.
Office Live Meeting
	Employees can connect and engage with individuals for online meetings or large groups of up to 250 users for large scale events with just a PC and an internet connection. Easy integration with Microsoft Office, including internet access, to enable remote meetings. Interactive application/desktop sharing and whiteboard tools add dimension to online meetings.
Office Communications Online
	Instant messaging with text based chat. Presence awareness , enabling users to check another user’s availability on the network.

Microsoft® Office Live Meeting:
REACH FURTHER, ENGAGE BETTER, ACHIEVE MORE

Microsoft® Office Live Meeting is a hosted web conferencing solution.

It gives you the power to bring groups of people from all over the world together online – simply, successfully and inexpensively. It gives your organisation the power to better connect and engage with employees, suppliers and customers via online meetings, training sessions, seminars and events for two people or as many as 250.

Being able to communicate effectively, interact immediately and share a wide range of integrated audio, video and integrated media, means attendees can build stronger relationships without incurring travel costs. All activities can be performed from any computer using any broadband connection.

THE POWER TO HOLD ONLINE MEETINGS, TRAINING AND EVENTS

Talking together is just the beginning. From small team meetings to large events, Live Meeting helps optimise the value of every gathering.
Improve attendance by using calendar invitations, automatic confirmation emails and reminder emails when arranging meetings.

Facilitate interaction with interactive whiteboard and annotation tools for adding content, recording key points and managing action tasks. Virtual Breakout Rooms allow separate group or one-on-one discussions. Attendees can roam between rooms and hosts can make announcements to specific rooms or the entire conference.

Engage the audience by integrating movie clips, flash animations and audio files into your meetings. Presenters can easily upload and distribute their media clips. Measure communication effectiveness before, during or after meetings by incorporating surveys and questionnaires.

SAVE TIME AND TRAVEL COSTS

By conducting online meetings, training and events, Live Meeting offers an impressive return on investment compared to business travel on any scale.

With attendees participating from their PCs you can deliver presentations, kick off projects, brainstorm ideas, edit files, collaborate on whiteboards and negotiate deals without the cost or hassles of travel.

Microsoft® Office SharePoint Online
VIRTUAL SPACES FOR REAL TEAMWORK

COMMUNICATE, COLLABORATE AND SHARE

Microsoft® SharePoint Online is a hosted communication and collaboration solution that delivers more efficient workflows and a real business edge. Your staff will gain a central online location that they can access via almost any compatible broadband enabled device, and which they can use to share files, store resources, manage workflows and maintain project oversight.

Productivity, consistency, agility, decision making and time to market can all be enhanced, because you can instantly bring together people, documents and information from different offices, cities and even countries.

UNITE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS ONLINE

SharePoint Online enables  staff to:

• Publish, update and maintain standardised document templates online so that the current version is always available and accessible
• Create worksites where stakeholders can collaborate in real-time
• Access documents and information from any computer using any broadband connection
• Provide a central resource for brochures, forms, reference materials, etc.
• Publish information quickly and easily, thanks to standard templates and management features for documents or online content
• Work through microsites, portals, team workspaces, emails, presence awareness and web-based conferencing, using in-built web tools

SHARE MORE FOR LESS WITH THE DESKLESS WORKER OPTION

Microsoft® SharePoint® Online Deskless Worker makes it easy to give more staff access to read-only documents and interactive forms for less. It’s an ideal way to provide access to your SharePoint resources for staff that won’t need to create, manage or load the content.