Microsoft 365 Business Premium provides a cost-effective alternative to secure on-premises solutions. Because Business Premium is a cloud-based solution, your customers can purchase the service level that makes the most sense. And you can easily scale them up or down anytime they want.
Every Managed Service Provider (MSP) has customers who are only looking for essential productivity services. But they also have customers who need something more. Those customers want a solution that keeps their remote or hybrid workers productive and connected and also provides enterprise-grade security.
Offering your customers that kind of premium service used to mean building some pretty serious on-premise infrastructure. This would also put these types of security solutions beyond the budget of many of the SMB customers that MSPs work with.
This article will explain what is included with Microsoft M365 Business Premium and exactly how you, the MSP, and your customers will benefit from switching to it as their primary productivity platform.
What You Get in Microsoft 365 Business Premium
For starters, Microsoft 365 Business Premium includes all of the productivity apps that come in the Business Standard package. That includes the Microsoft apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Exchange. Standard and Premium also both come with collaboration tools, like Teams and SharePoint, to keep remote workforces on track and productive.
What sets Business Premium apart are the advanced security features for managing data, workers, and devices. Among other security features, Premium includes powerful mobile device management tools, multifactor authentication, and security tools to protect against malware and other threats.
That combination of productivity and security tools is good both for your customers and for you. If you can leverage all of the plan’s features to their fullest, Microsoft 365 Business Premium can be one of the most powerful productivity platforms on the market.
Key Benefits of Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Here are some of the key benefits you and your customers will gain by switching to Business Premium as their productivity platform.
1. Customers can access files anywhere
The Business Premium plan includes file storage for individual users in OneDrive and teams in SharePoint. In addition, users can access and share files from any device with a network connection
When your users keep everything online, it simplifies teamwork and makes them more productive. Nothing gets lost. Nothing gets left on an offline device back at the office.
2. Enhanced security for cloud storage
Those file storage services—OneDrive and SharePoint—are more secure under a Microsoft 365 Business Premium Plan. You can protect your customer’s data with tools like multifactor authentication and advanced threat detection right out of the box. That capability is important because research has shown that as much as 60 percent of all SMBs wouldn’t know how to deal with a cloud security breach on their own.
3. Centralized communication tools
The core of Microsoft 365’s communication toolset is Teams. Teams pull together voice, video, chat, calendaring, and file sharing, all in a single app. As a result, users can stay in a single app, switch less, and stay productive.
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