Here at Parative we are very pleased to announce the release of our new ‘Packed Services’ for Office 365. We’ve created 5 tiers of service to suit clients of all sizes and requirements. Read more here -> www.parative.com/cloud/Office365-Migration-Services.html

We have completed the migration of our whole company from the old BPOS platform onto the new Office 365 cloud platform and I can say we have been very impressed.

Lync 2010 has been the best new feature for our business. With our consultants working from literally anywhere we have embraced Lync for it’s rich collaboration. We can now see who’s online and if they are available for a quick chat or whether they are on site with a client thanks to the calendar integration. A quick instant message can turn into a screen sharing session with a VOIP call to quickly check settings and sign off documents.
Until you have Lync 2010 you won’t realise what a productivity boost it is for your business!

As a CIO I can honestly say that the benefits we have seen of moving to Microsoft’s cloud have been tangible. Not having to worry about hosting a Distaster Recovery copy of our email server means it’s one less thing to monitor to ensure it’s working perfect as well as removing the cost of hosting our DR servers. And now with the extra features we get from our E3 subscription like Lync 2010 and copies of Office Pro Plus for home, the upgrade from BPOS to Office 365 has been the best thing we’ve done this year IT wise.

Tim Eichmann, CIO, Parative