This document compares and contrasts SharePoint Online and on-premises SharePoint Server. It discusses the licensing and pricing models between the cloud and on-premises options. It also examines the feature differences between the two platforms and considers advantages and disadvantages of using SharePoint in the cloud versus having it on-premises.

1. Loryan Strant
Mark O’Shea

2.  What is SharePoint in Office 365?
 Comparison between SharePoint Online &
Server
 Licensing from the cloud
 SkyDrive Pro – cloud or on-premises?
 SkyDrive Pro desktop experience
 On-premises & the cloud

3. Office 365 MVP & vTSP
Founder of Paradyne
@TheCloudMouth
lstrant@paradyne.com.au

4. Windows Expert MVP
Online Services vTSP
@IntunedIn
markos@paradyne.com.au

6. A shared
environment
Run by
Microsoft
Several
variants &
plans

7. Why use it? Why not use it?
 Storage space!
 Stay ahead of features
 Focus on the solution
 External access
 File size limitations
 Site collection
limitations
 No server control
 Data residency /
privacy issues

8.  BI – scorecards & dashboards
 BCS: Profile Pages
 BCS: Rich Client Integration
 Custom Site Definitions
 Custom Site Provisioning
 Full-Trust Solutions
 Alternate Access Mapping
 Analytics Platform
 Claims-Based Authentication Support
 Configuration Wizards
 Distribution Cache
 Host Header Site Collections
 Managed Accounts
 Patch Management
 Quota Templates
 Read Only Database Support
 Remote Blog Storage
 Request Management
 Request throttling
 Resource throttling
 SharePoint Health Analyzer
 Shredded Storage
 State Service
 Streamlined Central Administration
 System Status Notifications
 Unattached Content Database Recovery
 Upgrade evaluation site collections
 Usage Reporting and Logging
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60
80
100
120
140
160
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Features
Missing vs Available
No Yes

10. • Normal user
• Office Web Apps
• SkyDrive Pro + 500MB pooled storage
SharePoint
Online Plan 1
• Advanced User
• Office Web Apps
• SkyDrive Pro + 500MB pooled storage
SharePoint
Online Plan 2
• Light User
• Office Web Apps
• No SkyDrive Pro, no contributed
storage
SharePoint
Online Kiosk

11. • Plan 1 = Standard
• Plan 2 = Enterprise
What you
get
• Server licences
• Rights from SMB or Midsize
SKUs
• External User Access
What you
DON’T
get

14.  Consumer grade service
 7GB default storage (paid upgrades available)
 Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Web Apps
 File hosting (300MB/2GB limit)
 File sharing
 Windows 8 Settings Sync including
 Office documents history
 IE history, passwords, favourites
 Themes
 Windows Settings

15.  SkyDrive Pro lets you:
 Store and organize your private documents and
other files in a secure location in the cloud or on
your company’s SharePoint servers.
 Share files and folders with other people in your
organization and give them permission to review
or edit the content.
 Synchronize files and folders in your SkyDrive Pro
and other SharePoint libraries with your computer
or mobile devices, so you can access your content
offline.

16.  SharePoint Online provides 7GB per user for
SkyDrive Pro, which is not configurable, even
for a fee
 Kiosk customers have no Personal Site, and
can only use SkyDrive Pro to sync SharePoint
document libraries and access documents
offline.
 File sizes and bandwidth will help to
determine the right solution

17.  External Access
 Sites or documents can be shared with external users
 External users sign in using Microsoft Account or Office365 Account
 Once inside, external users are treated just like internal users
 Guest Links
 Documents can be shared using Guest Links
 View or edit Guest Links
 Whoever gets the link can access the content
 Documents will open in Office Web Apps

19.  Demonstration

20. Automatic, adaptive sync
Word, Excel, PowerPoint - differentials
Syncs SkyDrive Pro and site document libraries
Office Hub integration on Windows Phone

22.  Federated search
 Business Connectivity Services
 Single sign-on
 Directory synchronisation
 One-way or two-way server-to-server trust

23.  Data sovereignty / residency / security
 Archive / backups
 Loss of server access – absolute control

25.  Sign up for an Office 365 Developer Site:
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/fp179924.aspx

26.  Loryan Strant  Mark O’Shea
Loryan Strant
lstrant@Paradyne.com.au
http://thecloudmouth.com
@thecloudmouth
Mark O’Shea
markos@Paradyne.com.au
http://intunedin.net
@intunedin

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