Part 2: Superhero story Real Microsoft SMB Showcase: How JCC Consultancy improves their business productivity and lower the costs using Office 365

This part 2 of the SMB Superhero story of Microsoft partner JCC Consultancy. Part one can be read here.

 

How JCC Consultancy improves their business productivity and lower the costs using Office 365

A year ago I started out my company http://www.jccconsultancy.com and since our long term vision is to grow the company organically it was important to keep the starting costs low. So I subscribed for an annual Office 365 subscription with the following functionalities: SharePoint Online, Lync online, Outlook online, One drive and Enterprise Social functionality Yammer.

 

1.        Corporate website on SharePoint Online

Our corporate website www.jccconsultancy.com is built on SharePoint Online and many of our customers tell us that they did not see or notice that it was SharePoint Online.

2.        Our email access anytime, anywhere thanks to Exchange Online

Furthermore, as I have been traveling quite a lot the last 12 months, it was very important for me to have access to my private and business e-mails and important documents everywhere, anywhere. Exchange Online offers this functionality and possibilities for me to work anywhere in the world. Besides this, we did not have to invest money in a Exchange server and license anymore.

 

3.       One drive saves and shares our documents to our customers anytime anywhere

With my One drive (it is like a USB stick, but only in the cloud) I can save up to 1 TB of important private and business documents and pictures which I can access from anywhere and anytime in the world. For example, when I was in Toronto last week, I could download a proposal from one my Dutch customer from One drive on my Windows Nokia Phone and edit the proposal and saved it on One drive and shared the link to the document to my customer so he can have access to the proposal in a few seconds. Besides this, we did not have to invest money in a SQL server database and license anymore.

 

 

4.        Lync online for our international calls and customers

When I have a conference call with Microsoft China or Microsoft Germany, Office 365 offers me the Lync online phone functionality. With Lync online, I can see the availability of my customers and they can see my availability and can chat with me if they want to pose a question. Besides that I can also have conference calls with my customers and Microsoft subsidiaries worldwide and we did not have to invest money in a Lync server and license anymore.

5. Yammer group for Non Managed SMB Partners worldwide

I also have created a special Yammer group where Microsoft Non managed SMB Partners can come together and share their thoughts and experiences in the SMB market and vertical. https://www.yammer.com/microsoftnonmanagedpartnerworldwide/#/Threads/index?type=my_all    Besides this, we did not have to invest money anymore in a Enterprise Social solution and license.

 

A year ago and look now

So looking back on 2013, I can definitely say that Office 365 has enabled JCC Consultancy in a technical way to make our unique concept a success and it is starting to spread her wings. We kept our total costs of ownership very low and the extra revenue we realized we invested this into improving our product services and marketing activities.

 These wings can make JCC Consultancy fly as a superhero and fly her anywhere in the world to help out Microsoft Non managed SMB Partners to be successful in the Cloud in the long run.

So who are you going to call if our a Microsoft Non Managed SMB Partner? JCC Consultancy!

Jean-Claude Chan

For more information, please contact us or visit our website www.jccconsultancy.com

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