Microsoft Online Services offers Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), which provides cloud-based versions of Microsoft productivity applications like Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communications. BPOS reduces IT costs through a predictable subscription model while improving agility, simplicity, quality and security through features like geo-redundant data centers, 24/7 support, and 99.9% uptime guarantees. It also simplifies administration through tools that sync on-premises Active Directory with the cloud and provide a unified interface for managing subscriptions and users.
12. Gives users access to the newest features“Enterprise e-mail is a complex but essential utility…Offloading this burdensome operation allows IT organizations to focus on solutions that can offer business advantages.” – Larry Cannell, Burton Group
20. Backed by 99.9% uptime SLAFiltering Routers Firewalls Intrusion Detection System System Level Security Application Authentication Application Level Countermeasures Virus Scanning Separate Data Networks Authentication to Data
22. Microsoft Online ServicesEnterprise software delivered via subscription services and hosted by Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite “With Online Services, we are able to reduce our IT operational costs by roughly 30% of what we’re spending now.” – Ingo Elfering, VP of IT Strategy, GlaxoSmithKline “Microsoft Online Services gives us the reliability our employees and customers demand.” –DerkRietveld, CEO, annatommie
23. SharePoint Online Standard Key Features Deskless workers are able to access SharePoint site collections designated for them and can do the following: • Access and view documents and other content (based on permissions). • Save a document, library or list item to their computer. • Post items such as announcements, contacts, discussion board entries, links, calendar items and tasks. • Fill out and save Web-based and Microsoft Office InfoPath® forms. Deskless workers cannot do the following: • Access collaboration sites or site collections not designated for deskless workers. • Upload documents. • Edit documents.
33. Simplified ManagementActive Directory synchronization Directory Sync tool installed on local server Synchronizes on-premises Active Directory with Microsoft Online Simplifies user provisioning Powers unified global address list
34. Simplified ManagementActive Directory synchronization Operating system at least 32-bit Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 installed Domain-joined computer account in the Active Directory forest where you plan to synchronize with Microsoft Online Services Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 installed Windows PowerShell 1.0 or higher installed At least 1 GB of space available for initial installation, additional space needed for DirSync database
40. Online Resources Desmond’s Bloghttp://sgwindowsgroup.org/blogs/desmond/http://linkdesmond.spaces.live.com Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite:http://www.microsoft.com/online/business-productivity.mspx What is Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite:http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/onlineservices.aspx?tab=Videos&seriesid=128&webcastid=7515
Microsoft is very conscious of the importance of data security and availability. Customers must be confident that Microsoft is protecting their data and that the service is highly available.To provide this level of service, Microsoft provides data centers managed by a central organization within Microsoft. This organization has invested in dedicated data center locations and capabilities.Microsoft Online Services deploys software on the latest hardware and network equipment in an N+1 architecture to enable failover. Microsoft Online Services saves data to geo-redundant locations to provide service continuity.Microsoft protects data through nine layers of security, leveraging the latest security capabilities from the Microsoft® Forefront™ Security Suite product group.To ensure that the hosting infrastructure is safe and secure, an independent third party, CyberTrust, conducts regular tests.Operational processes follow best practice guidance from ITIL and MOF, and Microsoft Online Services is currently gaining accreditation in SAS-70 audit to provide strict levels of control.Microsoft Online Services provides round-the-clock IT professional support and a 99.9% uptime SLA with defined financial penalties for failing to meet the SLA.
RequirementsThe server used to run the directory synchronization tool must be joined to a domain in the Forest that will be synchronized. Directory synchronization requires a version of Windows 2003 SP2 or later, and performs a prerequisite check during installation to ensure that the operating system is supported. Directory synchronization leverages the .NET and PowerShell framework when performing synchronization crawls and imports into the Online company, so .Net 2.0 or later is required.During the installation and configuration of DirSync, the account performing the installation must be a member of the Enterprise Admins Group. This level of permission is required to create the MSOL_Active_Directory_Sync user service account. This account is used to collect all users, contacts, and groups that are stored in the DirSync MSDE database. This database is used to synchronize objects with Microsoft Online Services.The MSDE database will not work if there are more than 50,000 objects in the Active Directory forest. To migrate a directory with more than 50,000 objects in an Active Directory forest, you must use a full version of Microsoft SQL Server. To learn more about using DirSync with a full version of Microsoft SQL Server, you must telephone 866-MSONLIN. Support staff will instruct you on how to install DirSync with a full installation of SQL, running either locally on the same computer or on a remote computer.
