Is the Cloud Right for You? A Real-World Case Study on Ardent Mills
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Is the Cloud Right for You? A Real-World Case Study on Ardent Mills
Jeff Schreiner, CIO - Ardent MillsEric Van Heel, VP UC and Data Solutions - Avtex
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INTRODUCTIONSWho are Jeff and Eric?
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Who is Ardent Mills?Brand new company born from three industry pioneers, ConAgra Mills®, Horizon Milling® and CHS to form the Joint Venture called Ardent Mills.
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Ardent Mills + Office365
• Bridging two separate companies that, until the final days, were unable to collaborate
• Coast to coast network of 43 plants with a HQ in Denver CO
• Needed to be up and running by a set date in May of 2014
Challenges
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Ardent Mills + Office365
Ardent Mills enlisted Avtex to deploy Office365 which includes:• Exchange Online• Lync Online• SharePoint Online• Voice-Integrated
Conferencing
• Avtex manages levels 1, 2 and 3 support, from Help Desk to Architect level
Solution
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Ardent Mills + Office 365
• Resources: – Deployment Team, Business Team, Parent Transition Teams
• Timeline:– Moving End Date
• Special Considerations:– Two Infrastructures– Two Security Practices– Two End-User Computing Environments– Regulatory Controls– Change Management
Go-Live and Preparations
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Ardent Mills + Office365
• Up and running at full function on their first day with all IT structures in place, including e-mail
• Ease of adding users with no planning necessary
• Unlimited scale in O365
• Cost – no surprises; each user costs a fixed amount
• No physical servers to maintain; also cuts costs
• Avtex manages support, so Ardent Mills can focus on the real tasks at hand, not admin tasks
Benefits
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Ardent Mills + Office365Approach
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Ardent Mills + Office365
Silver Lining Planning Services
Avtex Silver Lining Planning Services is at the core of our Cloud practice and allows your organization to fully understand the Microsoft Office 365 or CRM Online offering.
Deliverables:• Assess readiness• Privacy and Security• Review Network, AD,
Workstations, etc.• Deliver basic TCO/ROI
Analysis• Project Requirements• Proposal for next two
phases
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Ardent Mills + Office365
Silver Lining Identity Services
Design and implementation of a seamless end-user experience for authentication
Solution Options:• Cloud Identity• ADFS• DirSync with Password Sync
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Ardent Mills + Office365
Silver Lining Migration Services
Migration • Email Addresses• Data (user and shared mailboxes, public folders, etc.)• From Exchange, non-Microsoft platforms (Google, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, etc.)
Rich Coexistence • Same experience for uses On-prem. and Cloud – Short or Long Term• Free/Busy Schedules• Address Books• Secure Message Delivery• Outlook Profile Preservation (OST, Rules, Views, OOO, Sig. Block)
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What’s Next?Setting the stage for the future