As regular visitors would already know I mostly write technical articles here on Exchange Server Pro and tend to stay away from writing content that might be considered to be “sales and marketing” material.
By that I mean I do not dedicate pages of this website to promoting one particular product over some other competing product*. In fact, as I’ve discussed with Microsoft staff in person, I see my contribution to the Exchange Server community to be one of assistance for people who have already decided to migrate to, or are already operating, an Exchange Server environment.
So I read with great interest two blog posts (part 1 and part 2) by Cloud Sherpas, a cloud services company that is partnered with companies such as Salesforce and Google.
The articles exist to debunk the myth that “Google is too big of a change for my users, Office 365 is easier and more familiar.”
I disagree with some of the statements in the article and have left a comment on one of the articles pointing out in particular the infographic used in the article. When my comment emerges from moderation it will be interesting to see their response and whether others agree.
Aside from that a healthy rebuttal has already appeared from fellow MVPs Tony Redmond and Sean McNeill. I could add to the debate but I think another single voice isn’t what this discussion needs.
I would rather hear from you actually.
I’m sure many of you have points of view based on personal experience, or the experiences of your customers, on how good/bad the transition from one service to another was, or how confusing/simple your end users find one service compared to another.
Please feel free to leave a comment below, or if you’re especially keen by all means join the debate on Cloud Sherpas’ blog as well.
* To the best of my recollection, and a search of this site, the only previous “comparison” posts I’ve written were this one in 2010, and my recent move from Google Apps to Office 365.
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