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Microsoft 365 is the heart of collaboration tools for customers and the lifeblood of Ascend’s project work. Our team has dedicated hundreds of hours to learning the ins and outs to bring you Microsoft 365 Management services to help you enhance productivity and get the most out of your Microsoft tools.
Since Microsoft 365 inception, we have worked with hundreds of customers on thousands of organizational projects to keep collaboration secure and employees productive. We combine decades of on-prem and Microsoft 365 expertise with our management services for Exchange, SharePoint, PowerBI, OneDrive and more to help organizations get the most out of their Microsoft tools.
Our Expertise Across the Microsoft Collaboration Suite
Teams
Microsoft’s collaboration platform brings together calling, conferencing, documents, chat, and more. Our deep understanding of Voice/Conferencing, use cases, and governance help align your collaboration needs with the right tools.
Office 365
We are security experts, so we surround organizational collaboration needs with governance from expert people, processes, and solutions like Microsoft 365. From securing user identities to monitoring for business email compromises, we help protect, detect, and respond to security incidents.
OneDrive
Are your collaboration needs outpacing file server capabilities? Ascend has helped hundreds of companies implement modern, secure file sharing, including migration from competitive platforms like Box, Google Drive, Notes, and others.
SharePoint
Over 500 customers have leveraged our services for SharePoint’s collaboration tools and extended with Power Platform (Power Apps, Flow, Power BI). Common workloads include intranets, migrations from legacy SharePoint versions, business process improvements, departmental sites, data architecture, or platform shifts from Notes or Google.
Exchange
We have worked with Exchange and other messaging platforms for decades. We’ve seamlessly migrated over 300,000 mailboxes to Office 365, starting with careful planning whether you’re currently on Exchange, Lotus Notes, Gmail, Rackspace, or another platform.
Power Bi
We bring over a decade of experience to help our clients leverage Microsoft’s Power BI for business intelligence solutions. Power BI is a leading tool that offers data preparation, visual-based data discovery, interactive dashboards, and augmented analytics in a single solution.
How Ascend Can Help
- Envisioning & Readiness:
We evaluate your current environment and perform readiness assessments to help you prepare for optimal adoption. - Configuration:
We can configure your solutions to meet your specific needs, including developing integrations and APIs, creating usability and permission settings, setting up devices, and more. - Adoption:
We help companies ensure their adoption and deployment of new collaboration solutions go smoothly. This includes planning, configuration, provisioning, employee training, and more. - Governance:
We ensure your solutions are set up to comply with internal and industry-determined compliance regulations. This includes developing and setting user profiles with appropriate permissions, data loss prevention, and dozens of other controls.
Frequently Asked Questions
What advantages does your Microsoft Solutions Partner Modern Work certification offer, and how does it differentiate you from other providers?
Our Microsoft Solutions Partner Modern Work certification reflects our expertise, customer-centric approach, and commitment to helping organizations thrive in the modern workplace. To earn this designaion we have demonstrated a broad capability to assist customers in enhancing productivity and transitioning to hybrid work using Microsoft 365.
What strategies do you employ for effective data governance and retention policies in Microsoft 365?
We leverage the Microsoft 365 Compliance Center to configure data retention policies. This tool enables us to create retention labels, apply them to content, and automate retention based on business needs. We also use eDiscovery features to search and preserve relevant data for legal purposes.
How can you help us with our Microsoft 365?
We handle organization-wide settings, ensuring optimal performance. Users assigned to admin roles can configure, monitor, and provision resources effectively. Whether it’s optimizing data connections, managing workspaces, or ensuring data security, our expertise ensures a smooth experience for your team utilizing the tools you already have.
Learn More About Microsoft 365 Management
Our team of experts is ready to address any questions and assist you with your Microsoft 365. Contact us now to get started!
