How to Optimize Your Microsoft 365 Storage and Save with Thrive

If your organization is using Microsoft 365 for digital collaboration, you may face challenges with managing your SharePoint storage and its associated costs. As your organization grows and generates more content, you may find yourself running out of storage space or paying more for overage fees. You may also have a lot of redundant, obsolete, or trivial (ROT) data that is cluttering your SharePoint sites, making it harder to find what you need.

These issues have many small and mid-market companies like yours wondering how to optimize your SharePoint storage and save costs while ensuring compliance and governance. At Thrive, we have the team and the tools to solve your Microsoft 365 storage challenges.

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What Is Thrive’s Microsoft 365 Platform Services Team?

Thrive’s Microsoft 365 Platform Services team consists of experts specializing in Microsoft 365 solutions, with specialists in strategy and governance, end-user training, development services, and support. They are dedicated to helping clients regain control of their data, from assessments to remediation and managed services.

Our Approach to Control Storage Costs

Our team of experts will work with you to optimize your storage and your budget. Here’s how:

• Microsoft 365 Storage Optimization Assessment: We will conduct an assessment of your SharePoint storage using our Storage Optimization System and provide you with a detailed report on your ROT and inactive data and the potential cost savings you can achieve by optimizing your storage.
• ROT & Inactive Data Reduction: We will help you configure and execute storage optimization policies and provide you with a summary of the changes and the impact on your SharePoint storage.
• SharePoint Retention Consultation: We will help you design and deploy retention policies for your SharePoint data and provide you with a summary of the compliance and governance outcomes.
• Storage Optimization Policies: We will help you implement tailored retention policies to declutter your Microsoft 365 workspaces and establish a clean baseline, including monthly reports and consultations on your storage optimization progress and best practices.

Thrive will work with you to understand your business goals and needs and tailor our services to fit your specific requirements and budget. We will also provide you with ongoing support and guidance to ensure that you get the most out of the Storage Optimization System.

With our storage optimization services, you can benefit from the following outcomes:

• Reduce your SharePoint storage costs by up to 50% by archiving or deleting ROT and inactive data to cheaper storage or the recycle bin.
• Improve your SharePoint performance and user experience by decluttering your sites and making it easier to find relevant and updated information.
• Enhance your compliance and governance by applying retention policies to your SharePoint data and ensuring that it is disposed of according to your legal and regulatory obligations.
• Align your information management strategy with your business goals and needs by using our Storage Optimization System and recommendations to make informed decisions about your SharePoint storage optimization.

Ensuring Compliance and Governance

By helping clients apply accurate classification and disposal policies to their content, Thrive ensures that SharePoint data is managed in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, facilitating compliance for your organization.

Get Started With Thrive

If you are interested in taming your Microsoft 365 storage costs and enabling robust information management, contact us today to schedule a free consultation. We will discuss your current storage situation, challenges, and goals, and how we can help you through our services.