End-User Performance Optimization for O365 Deliver a Faster Office 365 Experience High-Performing Applications for Highly Productive Employees Migrating applications to the cloud gives organizations better agility and flexibility for delivering collaborative solutions such as Microsoft Office 365. But when transitioning from an on-premises platform to a cloud-hosted solution, the trade-offs are often degraded performance levels and unsatisfactory end-user experiences. You won’t have to compromise performance. Not with the End-User Performance Optimization Service. Riverbed Professional Services can design and implement a customized WAN optimization solution for Office 365 that will enhance the end-user experience while reducing WAN or Internet link utilizations. Leveraging the latest Riverbed® SteelHeadTM technology, the service supports OPEX and CAPEX models as well as the complex, technical challenges of designing a solution around the Office 365 product. Key Service Benefits • Accelerate delivery of Office 365 applications and data to your users everywhere • Reduce operational costs associated with Office 365 by reducing bandwidth usage, errors, and network overhead • Increase end-user productivity and satisfaction by optimizing Office 365 performance • Tailor the service by comparing various SteelHead solutions, • Accelerate time to value, adoption, and utilization of support models, and financial models like OPEX and CAPEX SteelHead technologies • Mitigate implementation risk by leveraging Riverbed’s expertise, proven methodologies, and best practice configurations • Lower support costs by building in-house proficiency and skill sets for managing the SteelHead solution Service Overview Upon completing a pre-engagement consultation and confirming a start date, your assigned Riverbed consultant and delivery lead will perform five phases of activity. Phase 1: Analyze • Collect details of the current infrastructure, including existing WAN optimization • Collect details on the proposed Office 365 deployment, including server locations, migration plans, and application usage Phase 2: Design • Create a set of implementation options for SteelHead deployment, incorporating hardware, license, and hosting costs for decision makers to evaluate • Document a detailed design plan based upon the approved architecture approach • Produce a proposed deployment schedule for the solution Phase 3: Enable • Install and configure the SteelHead-based solution in the customer’s sites and/or cloud locations Phase 4: Operate • Validate end-user optimization as users migrate to Office 365 Phase 5: Evolve • Upon completion of the End-User Performance Optimization Service, the RPS consultant will deliver a report that summarizes the engagement and quantifies the bandwidth savings and end-user performance improvements. The consultant will also identify opportunities for follow-on services to drive additional efficiencies for Office 365, including the Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting Service Riverbed Professional Services 2 Scope and Pricing The End-User Performance Optimization Service is a fixed-price design and implementation offering. Contact your Riverbed Professional Services sales representative for pricing information or send your inquiry to proserve@riverbed.com. Learn more about our other Professional Services offerings at www.riverbed.com/services-training. Related services The End-User Performance Optimization Service is one of three Riverbed Consulting Solutions for Office 365 designed to support enterprise customers throughout the migration process—from planning into production and beyond. The other services include: Migration Planning and Readiness Service • Uses live application traffic to establish performance baselines • Determines how Office 365 applications will perform during and after deployment • Provides projections for end-state capacity, usage, and end-user response times • Incorporates predictions for SteelHead optimization during migration and post deployment Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting Service • Utilizes Riverbed® SteelCentralTM instrumentation to monitor networks and end-user experiences during and after migration • Provides network and application troubleshooting, including diagnosis of root causes and recommendations for correction actions Riverbed Professional Services 3 About Riverbed Riverbed, at more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is the leader in application performance infrastructure, delivering the most complete platform for the hybrid enterprise to ensure applications perform as expected, data is always available when needed, and performance issues can be proactively detected and resolved before impacting business performance. Riverbed enables hybrid enterprises to transform application performance into a competitive advantage by maximizing employee productivity and leveraging IT to create new forms of operational agility. Riverbed’s 26,000+ customers include 97% of the Fortune 100 and 98% of the Forbes Global 100. Learn more at riverbed.com/services-training. ©2015 Riverbed Technology. All rights reserved. Riverbed and any Riverbed product or service name or logo used herein are trademarks of Riverbed Technology. All other trademarks used herein belong to their respective owners. The trademarks and logos displayed herein may not be used without the prior written consent of Riverbed Technology or their respective owners. 0557_PS_EUPOO365_080715