Get the benefits of M365 and avoid deployment disaster: How to achieve effortless deployment and adoption of M365 for Education

Implementing new technology on a large scale and achieving effective integration within the existing digital infrastructure, in combination with ensuring staff and students are onboard and informed of new IT solutions can be an intimidating chore to face. And such, when not managed properly, the processes for deployment and end-user adoption can become unnecessarily arduous, complex and timely. Without appropriate planning and deployment strategies, introducing new tech across any organisation can cause a fair amount of headaches in the best instance, or end in calamity in the worst.

The idea of tackling a task that can potentially create such difficulty and disruption can almost be enough to want to avoid implementing the technology that can bring so many benefits altogether. As technology is critical in education, by helping schools increase student engagement, deliver greater learning experiences and improve performance outcomes, they shouldn’t be put off by the fear of deployment disaster. By following the methods of best practice and obtaining the right help, implementing new technologies can be relatively hassle-free, undeniably rewarding and incredibly worthwhile.

Technology in education: The benefits of M365

With the technology landscape so vast, it can be hard to know where to begin. A great place to start is with M365 for Education, an all-encompassing solution that helps schools, academies and colleges overcome a plethora of challenges, and equips users with the things they need to work smarter and thrive in education. Combining Office 365, Windows 10, Intune for Education + added Security in a simple and budget-friendly package, M365 has everything needed to transform learning experiences and enhance the education environment. Offering endless productivity, creativity and collaboration features with superb security built-in as standard, M365 has been designed to empower educators and help students to reach their potential, effectively and securely.

With M365 for Education, your staff have access to the tools that enables them to simplify their processes and work with greater efficiency, so they can spend less time on tedious back-office jobs, and more time on the things that really matter. With M365, staff can easily manage users, data and devices seamlessly from one dashboard, making monitoring their students and keep them on task and safe online easy. And with the features of Office 365, teaching staff can stay productive, plan lessons, share resources and co-create with other team members.

Students can benefit from the extensive range of immersive and engaging apps with M365. With 3D design and visualisation apps, students can make their ideas into a reality, promoting creativity and new ways of thinking. And in our evermore connected world, M365 allows students to embrace teamwork and collaborate effectively in real-time across a range of devices, keeping them productive and preparing them for the future. And with Minecraft Education Edition, students can combine logical thinking with imagination, helping them to practically develop their problem-solving abilities and engaging them in their learning. Though the thought of implementing this toolkit across a school with hundreds of end-users and devices can seem daunting, it doesn’t have to be – you just need the right assistance.

How achieve simple and successful deployment and adoption of M365

To avoid an abundance of headaches and overcome and deployment barriers, you need the right help to ensure success in your implementation of M365. Luckily, by working with Microsoft, Stone can offer UK Education Assistance for the deployment of M365. A brand new and valuable service, this offering provides your school with expert support and practical guidance for planning, deploying and adopting of M365. This service includes gaining remote access to Microsoft engineering expertise, their methods of best practise, tools, and resources, giving you trusted advice and step-by-step guidance straight from the source. By utilising this offering, your school effectively plan the implementation, accelerate M365 deployment and gain end-user adoption of Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 10, removing any hassle for your technical team and seamlessly migrating your end-users to the M365 platform.

UK Education Assistance Offering with Stone for effective implementation of M365

As a leading provider of technology to the education sector with years of experience and expertise, we can handle all licensing and project design, removing any hassle on your school and making sure you get the best value. This, combined with the knowledge and resources from Microsoft supported by our longstanding partnership, together we can ensure you experience an effortless and successful deployment of M365. This means no difficulties for your technical team and simple integration with your existing infrastructure. Additionally, underpinned by the engagement with thousands of customers, Microsoft have identified the critical success factors for driving end-user adoption, so we can make sure both your students and staff are onboard and obtaining all the benefits of M365.

The UK Education Assistance service enables you to:

Deploy new cloud capabilities:

• Onboard to Microsoft 365 services and migrate your data
• Deploy chat-based collaboration and productivity apps
• Enable identity, device management and modern security

Access engineering expertise:

• End-to-end guidance built by Microsoft engineering
• Access self-serve tools and resources
• Guidance delivered remotely by Microsoft engineers

Gain user adoption

• Create a holistic plan to accelerate user adoption
• Proven methodologies for a successful implementation
• Resources to increase capacity for change management

To find out more about M365 and how you can access the help to effortlessly accelerate deployment and end-user adoption for your school, contact us today and we will be happy to help.