The evolution of modern business by Microsoft has left many customers asking, "is email archiving really better in the cloud?" In most cases, yes, when you look at three important factors.

Affordability- savings on hardware, software to include maintenance and labor with hosted email and archive solutions

Preservation- Infinite or selective retention is easily achieved while providing feasibility to access your critical email.

Scalability- Easily add or remove users as your business requires.

While these sound ideal many organizations still have concerns regarding cloud archiving. The term “cloud” has blown up the internet throughout the last five years. It applies to many different facets of business which Microsoft has simplified into bundles of cloud based solutions, products and services. With Office365 cloud based email and archiving given to organizations along with Office16 and Exchange 2013. Many of these businesses are still debating on fully adopting Office365’s archiving solution due to the below three concerns.

E-Discovery and Compliance - Legal holds and searches in the cloud are a common concern. The truth is many cloud solutions including Office365 include the most important abilities your legal team requires. If there is a certain level of complexity that your organization requires most E-Discovery tools will work cohesively with your new cloud solution.

Budget - While switching to the Cloud will save on time, labor, and hardware costs the upfront costs and preparation for the move may not be in the current budget. Additionally their may be concern about renewing current maintenance contracts, migration costs, and starting to pay the per seat costs for the cloud during the same fiscal year. This may seem unrealistic for your organization but it should not be. With the right planning and understanding the savings in the long term of the initial investment for the move makes complete sense.

Migration- Most IT admins immediately associate migration with a long bumpy road. With a trusted advisor and the right team planning the migration, even though it may encounter bottlenecks, will go smoothly and efficiently. Email and archive migrations can even happen simultaneously saving time and money and reducing any impact to the business users.

Speaking with a cloud archiving expert and migration solution provider can ease any apprehension an organization may be facing. Don’t lose out on the many benefits a cloud solution can offer. Click the link to setup a call with a migration specialist.