Unlock the Power of the Microsoft 365 Ecosystem
Empower your workforce to do their best work – while driving culture change.
At Xgility, we know that rolling out new technologies – especially Microsoft 365 and its business applications – is no easy task for both the IT Team and end-users.
And when new technologies and applications aren’t rolled out correctly, it can lead to low adoption, shadow IT, unsecured data, and frustration all around.
That’s why our Strategy & Advisory team takes a different approach – fusing both technology and user-centric decisions – to help our clients truly change the way their employees collaborate and communicate with the right Microsoft 365 tools while setting their IT teams up for future success.
Barriers to Microsoft 365 Adoption
When it comes to rolling out Microsoft 365, many organizations often overlook one of the most crucial steps to adoption – upfront planning and clear, consistent guidance for how and when you want your employees will use each business application (for email, online chats, sharing or storing documents, Teams versus SharePoint, and more) with consistency.
When this step isn’t taken, not only are your end-users confused but it is much more difficult to manage and govern their usage from an IT perspective.
Another often overlooked step – involving employees themselves in the decision-making process. Your employees are the ones who will be using the applications throughout the day – so ensure they are involved when it comes to selecting the right tool for the right purpose. Not only does it give them a vested interest but it empowers them to become more self-sufficient.
Accelerate from Confusion to Clarity
As Microsoft 365 continues to evolve and new applications and functionalities are released at a rapid speed, we often hear questions like “What do all these apps do?” and “How do they work together?”
Today, we find our clients are looking for a strategic partner to help unravel the complexities and capabilities of the tools and applications within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem including Microsoft Teams, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint Online to empower their employees and optimize operations.
Our strategic approach to Microsoft 365 – along with change management and adoption activities – can help connect your people, applications, and processes in a way that drives higher employee engagement, productivity, and innovation – and real culture change.
How Our Microsoft 365 Strategy Team Can Help
Experience has taught us that strategic planning and change management are key for a Microsoft 365 successful implementation, rollout, and higher end-user adoption.
That’s why our Strategy & Advisory team has developed a specialized methodology for rolling out Microsoft 365 and to help empower your end-users with the tools that they want to use.
We will engage with you and key stakeholders for critical planning and decision-making, then develop a strategic plan and actionable roadmap that fuses both technical solution decisions with traditional change management and adoption activities for all stages of your new technology initiatives to reduce the barriers to adoption and drive real change across your organization.
How? Our team will:
- Help you decide your organization’s overall approach to Microsoft 365 as it meets your business goals.
- Demonstrate the capabilities and functionalities of the tools and applications in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem – including Exchange, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams – and explain how they work together using real-world scenarios.
- Help select the applications that best fit your organization’s goals to support productivity, collaboration, and business processes across the organization.
- Develop your organizational story and messaging to explain your Microsoft 365 strategy plus concise definitions of why, how, and when each application will be used across the organization.
- Perform technical, environmental, governance, compliance, security, and risk assessments to develop a plan for your Microsoft 365 upgrade, implementation, and end-user rollout.
- Develop a comprehensive Communications Plan and Change Management Plan for adoption activities, end-user rollout, and messaging.
- Fuse all the final decisions, findings, recommendations, and steps into an actionable strategic Microsoft 365 Roadmap & Implementation Plan.
- Engage your key stakeholders and end-users while building excitement around new changes.
Once the strategic roadmap has been developed and approved, our team can help with all stages of your implementation and rollout along with ongoing change management, IT and end-user training, and adoption activities.
By leveraging our people, proven methodologies, agile processes, and deep knowledge, we can help you maximize your investment in Microsoft 365.
Take the Next Step
Learn how Xgility can help your organization accelerate your Microsoft 365 journey while driving business value and innovation.
We provide strategic advisory services for key areas including:
- Microsoft 365 Strategic Planning & Roadmap
- Collaboration & Productivity Strategic Planning & Roadmap
- Change Management & Adoption Strategy + Support Services
- Microsoft 365 Implementation and Rollout
As a Microsoft Gold Partner with vast experience under our belts, we are ready to help. Contact Us Now »
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