Office 365 Adoption eGuide

Executive Summary

Microsoft Office 365 is the most popular application used by Okta’s customers. This eGuide starts with data from the Okta Integration Network on the trends we are seeing around Office 365 and some interesting insights. It moves on to describe some of Okta’s unique value additions that result in simple, speedy, deployments of O365 and other cloud applications. Finally, there is a discussion on how to leverage the identity architecture to get the lowest total cost of ownership and the agility to modernize IT.

Office 365 Adoption Accelerating Through the Roof

We’ve noticed something quite extraordinary happening in the Okta Integration Network—Office 365 is the #1 (or top) app integrated according to Okta customers. Since Office 365 includes email, collaboration, calendar and more, if you use Office 365, it’s commonly used across all of your users, and it’s used nearly every single day.

Okta consistently sees growth across the board in cloud apps, as more enterprises join Okta and adopt the cloud. Office 365 adoption has grown at a faster rate than other apps amongst Okta’s customers. Office 365 use surpassed Salesforce.com in 2015 and the gap has widened.

Who’s Going to Office 365?

We have found that customers of all sizes and industries, such as Adobe, Toyota Australia, Allergan, and MGM Resorts are connecting their Okta tenants to Office 365. Our customer data also indicates that industries including banking, food & beverage and manufacturing are very clearly choosing Office 365 over Google Apps. Consulting and law firms, and general technology companies are more divided with pretty even adoption. Meanwhile, Google Apps is a clear choice among advertising firms, educational institutions and software companies.

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