The white paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of delivering Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync using three models: on-premise, public cloud (Office 365), and private cloud over three years for 5,000 users. The key takeaways are:
1) A private cloud deployment is less expensive than on-premise for all three solutions and less expensive than the public cloud when additional enterprise capabilities are required.
2) Exchange is 26% less expensive in a private cloud than the public cloud and 13% less than on-premise.
3) SharePoint is 18% less in a private cloud for basic capabilities but only slightly more (9%) for additional