Microsoft Office 365 for Yorkshire Charity RB Mind

Rotherham and Barnsley Mind approached Eitex as they wanted to simplify and consolidate their IT with the aid of Cloud Computing.
Mind work from 3 geographic locations in Yorkshire and originally operated as 2 separate charities. They had a File Server and Exchange Servers at each site, all on different domains.

As the charities were merging into one charity they wanted a solution to allow everyone to have the same email address, and work from the same platform.

Microsoft Office 365 was the answer!

The Cloud Computing technology allowed each site to work together on one single system, and without the need for re-investment in servers and IT. What’s more the charity receives a healthy discount from Microsoft which reduces costs further.

IT Manager Angela said that cloud computing was the way forward for Mind and they are looking forward to getting started with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Lync.

What are your thoughts? Do you think Microsoft Office 365 could save your charity money? Please feel free to leave your comments below.

How to add a domain to Office 365

When setting up a Microsoft Office 365 subscription you may wish to add your company domain name to the system instead of using the default *@onmicrosoft.com domain.

We have produced a short video detailing how to do this:

A basic knowledge of DNS is required, alternatively you may ask your ISP, domain host, web developer or IT Support provider to make these changes for you.

We will carry out this work for you free of charge for your first domain if you set Eitex as your Microsoft Office 365 Partner of Record. Instructions on how to do this are here provided here:

How to set Partner of Record in Office 365

If you need help administering your Office 365 account please just get in touch.

We are also publishing more How-To video's on the Eitex YouTube Channel