SharePoint Online vs OnPrem

SharePoint Online and On-Premises: a Comparison

Compare: cloud or on-premises? What SharePoint version is more suitable?

Lets compare MS SharePoint Online and MS Office 365

What SPO offers:

1. Range of functions – mobile first, cloud first

2. Modern collaboration tools

3. Updates

Microsoft manages the installation and deployment of updates for SharePoint Online.

4. Availability

OnPrem: We have control of availability if you operate a dedicated datacenter.

SPO: MS guarantees 99.9 percent availability of services (including Exchange and SharePoint), provided you have an SLA.

5. Backups

OnPrem: Up to U

SPO: Microsoft creates regular backups of the entire farm for SharePoint Online.

6. Connection of external users

OnPrem: You need to create your own infrastructure (and it’s quite a lot!) to connect external users if you run SharePoint On-Premises. If that weren’t enough, you will have no choice but to set up security features (e.g. logging and multi-factor authentication) yourself.

SPO: comes with the ability to connect external users. This feature can be expanded simply with a variety of Azure services, so that features such as two-factor authentication and others can be implemented quite easily.

7. Scaling

8. Management

Quick View of SharePoint On-Premises vs SharePoint Online

Range of functions
New tools are made available at a later date
Ported initially by MS to the online version

Modern collaboration tools
You are responsible for implementation
Microsoft works intensively on these tools

Updates
Managed and installed by you
Managed and installed by Microsoft

Availability
You are in charge of availability
SLA with 99.9% availability

Backup
You need to create backups
Microsoft ensures backup and redundancy

Connection of external users
Infrastructure required on your side
Already included

Scaling
Responsibility for detecting and rectifying bottlenecks lies with you
Microsoft looks after scaling

Management
Central Administration and PowerShell
SharePoint Admin Center and PowerShell

Ask:

When is SharePoint Online the better option?

• If you want to get things up and running quickly: in most cases it will only take minutes to set up an Office 365 account. SharePoint will be at your fingertips in no time at all
• If you are keen to reduce the costs of your dedicated infrastructure
• If you want to collaborate with external employees, partners or customers
• If you would like to use new technologies like Office Delve and Sway
• If you want to provide your employees with state-of-the-art tools for mobile deployment as well

When is SharePoint On-Premises the better option?

• If you already have a dedicated infrastructure for SharePoint
• If you have integrated external employees and customers in your infrastructure already
• If you require so-called farm solutions – so programs that penetrate deep into the system
• If you are required to do so for data protection reasons
• If your Internet connection does not have sufficient bandwidth

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