We performed a comparison between HCL Connections and Microsoft 365 Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Atlassian, Liferay and others in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"Microsoft Teams is the feature that I am currently leveraging for meetings, conferencing, and search-based functionalities. We've been able to extend some applications to Microsoft Teams."
"The solution is stable and easy to use."
"Microsoft 365 Business applications are very used to use and have a good interface."
"It's great that one user can log onto many different devices."
"The most valuable features have been the performance and ease of use."
"The good feature with the cloud is that you can access Microsoft Office from anywhere. It's integrated with Outlook, so you can edit a file in Excel, Word, or any other application and just attach it in the mail. It makes the business easier."
"The best thing about 365 Business is its availability."
"Microsoft 365 Business is stable."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"Its price could be better for companies that are not using it massively."
"The downside of Microsoft 365 Business stems from the fact that it is a bit of a pricey product."
"Microsoft Teams can be improved. It is a bit taxing on resources and is resource-heavy on the devices. When you install it on a PC, it uses a lot of memory. They should look for a better price model for educational institutions, and it should be free. We are also using Google Suite, which is free for educational institutions. They charge business people, not nonprofit institutions."
"Lacks ability to deploy on more than two devices per license."
"It would be better if Microsoft supported more integrations."
"The solution needs to offer more integration capabilities with other systems and applications."
"Microsoft 365 Business needs to improve its price."
"Teams is, in some respects, lagging behind Skype for Business in some telephone-related features"
HCL Connections is ranked 6th in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 55 reviews while Microsoft 365 Business is ranked 2nd in Mobile Device Management (MDM) with 240 reviews. HCL Connections is rated 8.2, while Microsoft 365 Business is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft 365 Business writes "Improves productivity and allows team collaboration in organizations". HCL Connections is most compared with Skype for Business, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and Yammer, whereas Microsoft 365 Business is most compared with Google Workspace, Microsoft Intune, ManageEngine Endpoint Central and Windows Autopilot.
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