Sharepoint v Google!!

[m0bov]

Hi guys, don't know where to start, but we are already using O365, Sharepoint etc... But the school want to consider moving from MS to Google, anyone been in that situation? They prefer G Classroom to Teams for example.

 

I am in the process of getting Classroom up and running and we already sync accounts to Google, with the O365 subscription you get Sharepoint so there is'nt a cost saving unless we totally dump MS, right?

 

Thanks!!

[supportman]

The answer will vary from person to person but I will say having used both that they are both excellent. Google wins on sheer ease of setup and use while Microsoft teams is quite advanced now and has lots of cool features.

 

Both systems are free to schools so cost really isn't a concern, although you can upgrade to higher licenses which might be worth analysing.

 

Basically either is great!

[BKGarry]

We have both running,

 

Gmail is disabled, so all email goes through 365 (the only issue seems to come down to you cannot email a class direct from Google Classroom but we have edulink and salamander for that)

 

We are actually going down the lines that staff stuff is all in Teams and Sharepoint and student stuff in Google (from data location point of view)

[TwistedHelixis]

I have moved a school from 365 to Workspace and the staff were really happy. I also have a couple of schools that use both systems together.

[Michael]

I've setup a number of schools using MS Exchange (O365) and G Suite, primarily for Google Drive and Google Classroom. Users are provisioned from O365 > G Suite from Azure.

 

I still think MS Exchange has the edge over Gmail in my opinion. Everything else is subjective really and down to preference.

[paulkerton]

Both systems are free to schools so cost really isn't a concern, although you can upgrade to higher licenses which might be worth analysing.

 

Unless things have changed since I went fully Google, wasn't it technically that 365 is available for free to schools who site licence?

[free780]

From a Security and Compliance point of view I think Office 365 probably wins. It also depends how hybrid you want to make the approach. Microsoft will always have the edge as they have a foot hold within on premises.

[paulkerton]

From a Security and Compliance point of view I think Office 365 probably wins.

 

Ehhhh... Not so sure about that. There was that one time a few years back where Microsoft accidentally made every tenant publically searchable...

[DGardiner]

Unless things have changed since I went fully Google, wasn't it technically that 365 is available for free to schools who site licence?

 

theres a completely free tier these days, offers an equivalent web based solution - but on that front google wins imo.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans?activetab=tab%3aprimaryr1

Id kill for a teams equivalent.

Edited April 30, 2021 by DGardiner

[paulkerton]

Id kill for a teams equivalent.

 

Well once all the new features for Google Chat and it's full integration into Gmail roll out, then it will be very similar to Teams. Not the same mind, but very similar.

 

I wouldn't use it with students though. I think Classroom is a much better solution than the Teams fudge Microsoft went with for T&L.

[maark]

Having used both in different schools I agree Teams is a fudge and 365 in general can be a PITA to administer.

Given the choice I would use Google - just seems better thought out and cleaner to use.

[KK20]

teams can be a pain but if you are familiar with powershell you can script an awful lot to upkeep and administer. We have been using teams and sharepoint for some time, staff are used to it and it seems to do everything that we like. The hardest part was getting people off zoom and onto teams for webcam and meetings, for some reason our teachers were reluctant to use teams for meetings (even though they use teams for classroom stuff anyway!)

[Sheridan]

We use 365 and Suite - 365 is more complex seems to have lots of disparate parts. GSuite (to me) feels a bit slicker in its integration - especially when using Classroom. Plus GSuite is cloud and cloud alone, where's 365 (I'm looking at you Teams!) also wants to install the local app for every user which is tiresome for a cloud service.

 

But as said before - neither is bad, both are good and have their +'s and -'s

Edited May 5, 2021 by Sheridan