Any reason why you would choose Google Apps over O365, or vise versa?
The Action Pack deal looks pretty enticing, especially with the discount. I assume that in the future, if I didn't want to renew the full action pack. I could just continue the O365 on its own?
Plus if I want to support O365 it will be good to learn how to migrate to it for when it comes up as a service request. Though I suppose the same could be said for Google Apps.
My view might anger some as the Office 365 vs Google Apps battle lingers on lol, so I apologize in advance. IMO you should really learn both since there are lots of clients that use both. Also, it depends on your business model and how you make your money per se. By that I mean it breaks down into this:
Google Apps - Super easy to setup and administer. Very little issues. So little that it's 'harder' to sell/service as a tech as some customers can really do it themselves and you get Google enterprise support with your subscription. The way we use it we still support it for our clients so it's a huge win-win in that area for us. Solid, robust system. I like the Google mail philosophy waaaaay better than Microsofts approach. Labels vs folders, not dealing with PST files etc. Same calendar sharing and enterprise features but they are much simpler and and just seems so elementary to setup and support.
O365 - What can I say.... It's Microsoft Office / Outlook. So.... it's going to be used by a ton of clients. It's going to have the common Msoft issues that Outlook has always had which is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing if you support by the hour and all your clients have Msoft products across the board, you'll make more money. It's a curse if you use it yourself and your the one stuck with those issues.
There are tons of training videos etc, O365 is so Msoft like in terms of stability that there are a ton of companies dedicated to just supporting O365 issues. With Google apps, the needed support is almost laughable in comparison.
They both have their place of course and we do support both products daily so I certainly don't wish either one goes away any time soon as we are making money from both of them. But for our shop use and my own personal use it's GA all the way.
The real money maker is when you are doing the support for GA for clients. Administration stuff, calendar sharing, Google drive file / folder sharing etc. You wind up providing enterprise grade solutions that take minutes as its so simple, so your profit is pretty solid.
On the other hand, if most of your clients are using O365 then it may be a good idea to use it yourself so you'll be up to speed on it's features and be able to support it efficiently.
