Key Features | ||
True Enterprise-Grade software | ✓ Designed from the ground up for management by MSPs | X Designed for End Users. It’s called “for Business”, but it’s really a consumer grade product |
Management & Control | ✓ Advanced policy profiles, allowing full, granular control over the features and functions available to users. Better security of your data on users’ personal devices | X OneDrive has no controls over what functionality is available on mobile devices - Workplace allows full control over what users can do via Mobile devices |
Storage | ✓ Customisable Metered or Unlimited Storage Plans | X 1TB per user + additional storage costs |
Dedicated Technical Support | ✓ Dedicated Support | X Generic Microsoft Support |
Profitability | ✓ Greater margins when selling to your customers | X Razor thin margins that require you to add services and fees to make it worthwhile |
File restrictions | ✓ No limits on individual file size | X 15GB individual file size limit |
Roaming Profiles | ✓ | X |
Ransomware Detection | ✓ Identifies encrypted files and reverts within minutes. We’ve caught 25 ransomware events this year already, without a single false-positive | X Encrypted files are immediately synced to all devices and before you know it the entire workforce is crippled for hours while you revert |
Public Sharing | ✓ Advanced, feature-rich, intuitive public sharing mechanisms (including password protection, email validation, expiration, O365 editing, upload only, direct download, etc.) | X Rudimentary Public Sharing capabilities |
Server Agent | ✓ | X |
Version data retention period | ✓ 6 months | X 3 months |
Custom URLs | ✓ | X |
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Created by: Andrew Johnson
Modified on: Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 at 2:13 PM
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