Cloud server/Virtual Machine with storage and file share option

[Kdkool]

Good day, noob with this sort of stuff but have been checking some tutorials on web and YouTube, can someone assist with advice if Azure will be an option to be able to allow me to create a cloud/file storage system that a small company can access on their pcs eg. Excel files to edit and read?

I have looked at OneDrive and Dropbox but I think a cloud option/VM would be better for scaling for future.

 

[InvisibleJim]

You could run nextcloud on a VM. There is also Azure file shares which you can optionally sync with an on premise server or Storsimple if your budget allows.

Probably Nextcloud is what you want if you are looking at a cost effective Onedrive/Dropbox alternative

 

[JohnStarr]

Good day, noob with this sort of stuff but have been checking some tutorials on web and YouTube, can someone assist with advice if Azure will be an option to be able to allow me to create a cloud/file storage system that a small company can access on their pcs eg. Excel files to edit and read?

I have looked at OneDrive and Dropbox but I think a cloud option/VM would be better for scaling for future.

Microsoft 365. This is your cloud storage/file server/SharePoint option which will allow you to share data with users and Teams, as well as backing it up.

 

[Kdkool]

Thanks all for your input, it is appreciated,
are they any resellers of Office 365 you guys could recommend that are decently priced for approx 10 user licenses?

Business currently has Microsoft 365 Business Standard( *edited actually M365 Personal*) and does not include OneDrive for Business, Share Point and Teams.

I guess with Microsoft 365 Business Standard/Premium that will be a viable option as the applications included to carry out functions needed.

 

[w1z4rd]

Good day, noob with this sort of stuff but have been checking some tutorials on web and YouTube, can someone assist with advice if Azure will be an option to be able to allow me to create a cloud/file storage system that a small company can access on their pcs eg. Excel files to edit and read?

I have looked at OneDrive and Dropbox but I think a cloud option/VM would be better for scaling for future.

I dont think it will scale well. For R159 you can get 2TB of disk space with Google. You are not going to come anywhere near that with virtual machines.

 

[fish_man]

Microsoft 365 Business Standard has

Thanks all for your input, it is appreciated,
are they any resellers of Office 365 you guys could recommend that are decently priced for approx 10 user licenses?

Business currently has Microsoft 365 Business Standard and does not include OneDrive for Business, Share Point and Teams.

I guess with Microsoft 365 Business Premium that will be a viable option as the applications included to carry out functions needed.

Microsoft 365 Business Standard does have One Drive1TB per user, teams and SharePoint or am I missing something here.

Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365

With Microsoft 365 Business Standard, host email, store and share files, and access apps across devices to manage your business and keep employees connected.

www.microsoft.com

 

[Kdkool]

Microsoft 365 Business Standard has

Microsoft 365 Business Standard does have One Drive1TB per user, teams and SharePoint or am I missing something here.

Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365

With Microsoft 365 Business Standard, host email, store and share files, and access apps across devices to manage your business and keep employees connected.

www.microsoft.com

Thanks alot for pointing that out, wrong info from the company per, it is apparently just 365 Personal per user. Will have to look at getting Microsoft 365 Business Standard.

 

[fish_man]

Thanks alot for pointing that out, wrong info from the company per, it is apparently just 365 Personal per user. Will have to look at getting Microsoft 365 Business Standard.

Ja 365 Personal has 1TB One Drive, but not teams and SharePoint. So since users are already use to O365 rather just upgrade their license for the additional benefits that you need.

 

[rustypup]

The only thing"rolling your own" might give you is full control over the security

Azure file shares are stupidly cheap, if done correctly.

You pay for egress only.

The archive/cold storage is an ingress and egress cost *but* costs nothing at rest.

There is zero requirement for a VM.

The SAS functionality grants granular access.

 

[Kdkool]

Hi guys,
Set to migrate tomorrow, of anyone has personal experiences to share when switching from Office 365 Home to Business Standard, is there any thing that I should back up for each users outlook current email data and address or will the boxes be loaded automatically when the previous email credentials are added in?

 

[PsyWulf]

Microsoft 365 Business Standard has

Microsoft 365 Business Standard does have One Drive1TB per user, teams and SharePoint or am I missing something here.

Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365

With Microsoft 365 Business Standard, host email, store and share files, and access apps across devices to manage your business and keep employees connected.

www.microsoft.com

One little extra nugget here,you can actually do 5TB+ per user once you hit 5 users (just need to change the maximum user storage policy on 365 Admin),technically you can request the limit to be raised too but I haven't had to

 

[Bobbin]

Hi guys,
Set to migrate tomorrow, of anyone has personal experiences to share when switching from Office 365 Home to Business Standard, is there any thing that I should back up for each users outlook current email data and address or will the boxes be loaded automatically when the previous email credentials are added in?

I'm pretty sure Office 365 Home provides you with a singular Microsoft account mailbox on their public domain, as in [email protected], and is individually provisioned and managed. This is very different to what you get with M365 Business, which would be [email protected]/co.za that is facilitated by your very own Microsoft Tenant which is administered as a company on one directory/portal.

Am I wrong in saying this or misunderstanding the scenario?

As far as I'm aware you'd have to migrate PST files from each individual user into their new Tenant mailbox that's using the Business license if that is the case. Everyone would have an entirely new account essentially.

 

[PsyWulf]

I'm pretty sure Office 365 Home provides you with a singular Microsoft account mailbox on their public domain, as in [email protected], and is individually provisioned and managed. This is very different to what you get with M365 Business, which would be [email protected]/co.za that is facilitated by your very own Microsoft Tenant which is administered as a company on one directory/portal.

Am I wrong in saying this or misunderstanding the scenario?

As far as I'm aware you'd have to migrate PST files from each individual user into their new Tenant mailbox that's using the Business license if that is the case. Everyone would have an entirely new account essentially.

Pretty much