The process of studying which cloud based system we will deploy next summer continues. Our tech crew has been testing both Google Apps and Microsoft 365. The high school has some working groups using Google Apps. At this time no decision has been made, but to keep everyone in the loop we will give occasional updates. BJ has given us the following update:
“As of right now I cannot endorse 365 over Google apps. Office 365 is not as intuitive and easy to use as Google apps. The biggest problem is there is no easy way that I am seeing to just create a new document. Everything has to be run through SharePoint. It basically seems that MS is trying to tie in the desktop products with the online products. Whereas, Google is pushing to be able to use everything through the web browser.”
Intuitively one would think that a conversion to 365 would be easier, but based on information so far, that does not seem to be the case. We are attempting to contact Microsoft to get some of our questions answered on concerns seen so far. The research continues …
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