Office 365 vs Google Apps?

I wanted to share a recent guest post by the CEO of Champion Solutions Group on behalf of Sanjeevini Mittal on how customers find Office 365 vs Google Apps. What is your experience?  
Today’s
guest blogger is Chris Pyle, president and CEO of Champion Solutions Group, an award-winning Microsoft Gold partner that helps
small and medium enterprises develop cloud strategies and deploy cloud solutions. Founded in 1979, Champion has 22 offices in 11 states and is the parent company for MessageOps, which focuses exclusively on helping customers move seamlessly to the Microsoft
Cloud. The two companies have helped hundreds of customers migrate to Office 365.
At Champion Solutions Group, we focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that range from about 250 to 2500 seats. We have helped hundreds of business, education and government customers migrate a total of about 700,000 seats to Office 365. As part of our
work, we have helped many customers migrate to Office 365 from Google Apps, including several who previously had left Microsoft for Google.
In working with our customers, we focus on operational efficiencies, making sure the organizations that adopt the Office 365 platform really make the most of it. Just because you migrate to Office 365 doesn’t mean you’re done. That’s Day One. There’s still
Day Two (how you set everything up) and Day Three (how you collaborate and leverage the power of Office 365). We help our customers with all three stages.
Why customers choose Office 365 over Google Apps:  For organizations that switch from Google Apps to Office 365, the number one reason is that they find Office 365 is easier to use
and offers greater productivity than Google Apps. Because it is enterprise-grade and much more business-focused than anything Google can offer, customers also say that Office 365 is more robust than Google Apps.
As an example, one of our customers is a large grocery chain on the East Coast, with more than 10,000 users in many different locations. When the company decided to abandon Google Apps and adopt Office 365, the top two reasons were the usability and robustness
of Office 365. In fact, one of the main reasons the company finally decided to switch to Office 365 was that employees complained so much about Google Apps. They said it was very cumbersome and didn’t work for them. They just didn’t find Google Apps as productive
as Office 365.
Choice is another important factor for many organizations when they are considering different cloud solutions. When we ask our customers why they choose Microsoft over Google Apps, many say that having a choice of cloud, on-premise or hybrid solutions gives
them the flexibility to meet their business needs. With Google, the cloud is the only option. Customers like having a productivity solution they can tailor to their business.
Office 365 is more cost-effective than Google Apps:  There’s an immediate cost benefit to customers who choose a cloud solution. They save money on the initial capital outlay, and they
can convert those savings to operational investments, but the cost-effectiveness of any solution is about more than the initial price tag.
When customers are choosing a cloud solution, they ask questions about productivity, security, and how well it works. Microsoft provides positive answers to all of those questions. In our experience, the productivity suite that Microsoft delivers with Office
365, compared to Google Apps, makes it the “right way” for most organizations.  Over the long term, Office 365 is often the most cost-effective choice.
The bottom line:  What we offer our customers when we help them migrate to Office 365 is a way to transform how they work, to innovate, and to come up with better ways to make a difference
to their customers. Once our customers begin to understand and use the full capabilities of Office 365, they report a significant increase in productivity,
with their employees doing a tremendous amount of work from almost any location, on any of their devices, and being much more collaborative.

I am grandfathered into a Google Apps account with 50 seats. I also pay for a 5 user seat Office 365 account. My personal domains are on Google Apps and my business domains are on Office 365. How both services are great, I prefer Office 365 to Google Apps
any day of the week. Now, I am a huge Google user. But my eco-system is so Microsoft heavy, I will stick with Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 OS's for now. But that is not the only reason. Google Apps is simple. That is what makes Google Apps so strong is
that it is simple to use. Office 365 is robust. That is what makes Office 365 so strong is that it is robust. Now, the major difference. Office 365 is a little harder to use and set up than Google Apps is. A small company of 5 users may benefit with Google
Apps if they do not have an IT department. With Office 365, if you have 20 users, I will suggest some kind of geek working there to handle some of the IT because Office 365 is a little too robust. For me, my business, I like robust. I prefer the features of
Office 365 over Google Apps. I like the control I have over Office 365. Google Apps does not give you control, it is straight forward. For some companies, Google Apps may be great for them. For large large enterprises, they may want to consider Office 365.
Though, there are a lot of large enterprises settling with Google Apps. Either way, it all depends on the needs of the company. Both services are good. I just prefer Office 365 and my opinions are just as valid as someone who prefers Google Apps.

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    InUse                                InUseByCurrentUser
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    EnabledGlobally
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    Spreadsheet Compare 2013                                                                                                                       
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    Excel 2013                                                                                                                                     
    False
    OneDrive for Business 2013                                                                                                                     
    False
    InfoPath Filler 2013                                                                                                                           
    False
    Lync 2013                                                                                                                                      
    False
    Access 2013                                                                                                                                    
    False
    Telemetry Log for Office 2013                                                                                                                  
    False
    Telemetry Dashboard for Office 2013                                                                                                            
    False
    Office 2013 Upload Center                                                                                                                      
    False
    Publisher 2013                                                                                                                                 
    False
    Lync Recording Manager                                                                                                                         
    False
    Microsoft Outlook Mobile Service                                                                                                               
    False
    OneNote 2013                                                                                                                                   
    False
    Send to OneNote 2013                                                                                                                           
    False
    Organization Chart Add-in for Microsoft Office programs                                                                                        
    False
    Outlook 2013                                                                                                                                   
    False
    PowerPoint 2013                                                                                                                                
    False
    Microsoft Office 2013                                                                                                                          
    False
    Office 2013 Language Preferences                                                                                                               
    False
    SharePoint Designer 2013                                                                                                                       
    False
    Visio 2013                                                                                                                                      
    True
    Project 2013                                                                                                                                    
    True
    Word 2013                                                                                                                                      
    False
    Office XML Handler                                                                                                                             
    False
    Internet Explorer                                                                                                                              
    False
    Notepad                                                                                                                                        
    False
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    here is some reference, hope it's helpful.
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2915745
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219422(v=office.15).aspx
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852466.aspx

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