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Office 365 is the most popular Cloud Services Platform for Microsoft users, but what makes it different from other cloud services? Office 365 gives you access to various productivity applications and services that can help your business stay connected. The Online Services platform also allows you to transform how you service consumers and small business customers. With such a wide variety of applications and capabilities available, there may be several problems in the testing environment in Microsoft Office 365 tenant configurations that you might have to face.

How to set up a Microsoft 365 test environment?

With a Microsoft Office 365 Developer Program, you can use test data in your Microsoft Teams app to see how it works.

Preconditions:

• If you are a developer without a test tenant, you can join the Microsoft 365 Developer Program.
• Create a subscription to Microsoft 365 for Developers.
• For the User’s content pack, you can use the sample data packs that come with your Microsoft 365 developer membership.
• The Teams PowerShell module should be installed.
• Add the Azure Active Directory module to PowerShell.

Note: To execute the scripts, you must be a global tenant administrator.

What is a test environment?

In a Test Setting. Testing teams in Microsoft Office 365 dev/test environment evaluate an application’s or software’s quality. This also helps developers find and fix any issues that may prevent the application from running smoothly or negatively affect the user experience.

Any small firm should carefully consider moving all data to the cloud. Microsoft Office 365 has many benefits, but not all businesses need it. Here are some reasons for and against using Microsoft Office 365 at your company.

What are the benefits of using Test or Development Microsoft 365 Tenant for testing?

Here’s a checklist of the benefits when running your tests through it:

Make a living from any location with an online connection

Cloud-based systems make all work appliances remote-accessible. People used to utilize programs on PCs and servers. Microsoft Office 365 allows users to access files and programs anywhere on any compatible device. Work anywhere with the internet because everything is in the cloud.

Some Office 365 plans let you install full desktop versions of the products so you can work offline and sync when you reconnect. This makes Office 365 ideal for distant workers and frequent travelers.

Increases security with complex features

Office 365’s security is a significant problem. Microsoft has taken great strides to safeguard cloud data. Not simply passwords with mixed letters, numbers, and characters.

Office 365’s most famous and popular features are:

• Data Loss Prevention
• Threat Intelligence
• Mobile Device Management
• Advanced Security

What are the downsides of using Microsoft 365 for testing?

Office 365 is a powerful tool that can be used for testing, but it has some downsides.

Up-to-date files require an Internet connection

Its strength and weakness is Office 365’s ability to let users work from anywhere. Office 365 publishes its data to the web so you may view your work remotely.

However, you cannot retrieve recent files if your company has poor internet or downtime. Certain subscriptions let you download Office 365 desktop versions to work offline and upload later.

Compatibility problems

After years of using slow, outdated software, you may be excited to try Office 365, but it could be incompatible. Microsoft releases upgrades with new features, but only for select devices.

Compatibility with Office 365 can be expensive and time-consuming: you may need to upgrade or buy new Windows computers. Additionally, you may work with clients or third-party organizations that don’t use the cloud.

Conclusion

Simeon Cloud is a development partner of Microsoft. It is a cloud-based server platform that can compete with the other prominent players in the managed service provider market, even if it lacks some functionality and options for clients. Simeon Cloud is a cloud provisioning tool that provides a configuration-as-code solution to let you seamlessly manage multi-tenant Microsoft 365 enterprise configurations.

Author’s Name – Jeff Nevins, CTO of Simeon Cloud, a provider of a multi-tenant Microsoft 365 configuration management platform for MSPs. Nevins gives his take on cloud management and the MSP tool sets that are currently available.                     

Site info: Simeon Cloud is the leading cloud configuration solution for implementing governance and automation for Modern Digital Workplaces using Microsoft 365. With its friendly user interface, Simeon Cloud enables teams to easily manage configuration as code, establish baseline configurations for multiple tenants, deploy non-production environments, monitor and document drift, and back up and recover configurations.