Colloboration in the Public Sector, Local/State Government - and introduction

Hi All. My name is Adam Levithan. I'm a recent MVP in Office Services and Servers and I've been working with Public Sector, Local/State Government customers for over 10 years. I'm located in the cent...

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Brett Williams

Iron Contributor

Nov 28, 2016

Hi Adam,

I work for a large government agency which is in the midst of digital disruption and looking towards a cloud future.

In your opinion what does moving from on-premise to cloud typically mean for employees?

Thanks, Brett

C_the_S

Bronze Contributor

Nov 29, 2016

We are a small Government agency (~100) and the biggest plus that we've seen so far with users has been them being able to access email with multiple devices from outside our building.

The rest of the features (SharePoint, Groups, OneDrive) have not been embraced. I think they find that the options are too confusing and it is just easier for them to use e-mail and network shares. They now have access, via Terminal Services, to virtual desktops from outside our building and that they've embraced.

Granted, my users are typically non-technical and older, so that may be why they don't embrace it. I have a couple users who have, but they and I can't seem to break through to the others.

If we ever get Planner, Sway, or Teams, one of those might be the break through.

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