microsoft vs. google: which is the right fit?
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The majority of K-12 schools use either Google or Microsoft. Are you aware of how to avoid being locked into one strategy? Do you understand the potential cost add-ons? Do you recognize and know how to combat potential security gaps? Find out the top five things that neither Google nor Microsoft will tell you. Learn how to make the most out of your cloud account.TRANSCRIPT
Google or Microsoft:
Which is right for your educational organization?
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Paul HillmanRetired Partner & K-12 Zealot
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Today’s Webinar
• Focused on EDU
• Short & Sweet: Not an Exhaustive Analysis
• Opinions Are of the Presenter: Your Mileage May Vary
• Focused on Presenting “What the Other Guy Will Never Say”
• Feedback Expected & Required
Agenda:
• Microsoft: The Basics
• Google: The Basics
• What Microsoft won’t tell you about Google
• What Google doesn’t want you to know about Microsoft
• Which is right for you?
Microsoft: The Basics
• EDU Cloud Offering Since 2009
• Exchange & Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Office 365 or Your Own Implementation (On-prem)
• Lync, SharePoint, OneNote, Publisher, Access
• Other Freebies*: Visual Studio, Skype, SQL Server, Windows Server
Office 365 for EducationE1 E3
User Maximum Unlimited Unlimited
Full Office Applications * (Installed locally)
Office for iPad, Windows Tablets, Smartphones
Office Online (Word, Excel, PowerPoint Web Apps)
1 Terabyte Storage Per User
Email, Calendar, Contacts, 50 GB Inbox, Shared Calendars
Unlimited Online Meetings, HD Video Conferencing
Intranet Team / Department Sites
Legal Hold, Email Compliance, Rights Management, eDiscovery
Voicemail
Price per Student Month/Year Free $2.50/$30.00
Price per Faculty Month/Year Free $4.50/$54.00
Google Basics
• Google Apps Established in 2006
• Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive
• Calendar, Sites, Vault, Google Apps for Education: All are Free!
• Hangouts for Video, Desktop Sharing, Mobile
• Large and growing education content sharing community
• 30GB storage for each Google Apps user at school
• Works on PC’s, Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets
What Google Won’t Tell You
a) Google takes a minimalist view of software, Microsoft is the benchmark to which they compare themselves
b) Everyone uses Word, Office 365 has Word, Google Doesn’t
c) Chromebooks aren’t better than a Windows 8 Surface
d) Google says it supports offline, don’t believe them
e) Conversion to and from Microsoft products might be good enough, but it will never be “right”
f) Applications and offerings can and will change without notice
g) Support is mostly FAQ’s and email. Good luck talking to a Google support person
What Google Won’t Tell You
h) Over 90% of their $54B in Revenue is advertising, 1.4% is Google Apps, what does that tell you?
i) Google slow to adopt ESN & UC. Recently dropped out of Gartner Leadership Quadrant, AWS and Microsoft only
j) The suite is criticized for lack of administrative control, customization, and lifecycle services
k) As late as April 2014, Google was scanning student and teachers email to target for ads outside of Google Apps
What Microsoft Won’t Tell You
a) Education is a tiny industry segment of what Microsoft cares about
b) Google is easy to license, Microsoft purposely makes it confusing
c) Google is loved by more teachers than Microsoft, by far!
d) Google is more innovative in education than Microsoft
e) There are only 23 solution offerings in the MS Edu partner store
f) You’ll end up paying Microsoft and their partners more money than you will Google
g) Only Microsoft has a hybrid model, but few people utilize it and it isn’t as transparent and seamless as they’d like you to believe
What Microsoft won’t tell you
h) Most people don’t need all the features in their software. At most, about 20% of your population needs it (but which ones?)
i) SharePoint is overkill for most education organizations. It is too cumbersome, too complicated, too hard to deploy
j) Setting up Office 365 should be easy, and it is, just not as easy as Google Apps
k) Office for iPad is good, Office for Smartphones is terrible! Basically good for read-only
Which is Right for You?
• Is minimalist software ok?
• Internet connection is assumed
• Lowest $ acquisition important
• Desire rich educational community support
• Support via email, FAQ and collaboration is acceptable
• Require available feature set
• Connected / non-connected solutions necessary
• District expects to prepare students for business
• Existing knowledge / experience / solutions in MS ecosystem
• Organization requires professional support options
References
• InfoWorld: Microsoft Office 365 vs Google Apps
• Microsoft: Windows 8 Devices vs Chromebooks
• Microsoft: Office 365 vs Google Apps
• Microsoft: Office 365 Education Solutions
• Microsoft: Office 365 Education Plans and Pricing
• TechCrunch: Google Stops Mining Educational Data