How Bryan Cole transformed their business with Microsoft 365
Bryan Cole & Associates is a Public Practice Accounting firm. We have been around for over 20 years. We offer our clients a personalised service to suit their accounting needs.
At Bryan Cole & Associates, we take the time to understand the needs of our clients, providing you with both a professional and personal service.
Using our specialist skills and comprehensive tax knowledge, we are not just accountants but your trusted business advisors. Specialising in providing advice to small and medium-sized businesses as well as individual clients and Self-Managed Superannuation Funds, we are committed to building relationships that take you from where you are today to where you’d like to be in the future.
“Our Small Business Server (SBS) was at the end of its life. As SBS is no longer available as a product, VITG moved our email to Office 365, and our data to SharePoint. Finally, they also implemented Microsoft Teams, so that we could seamlessly collaborate and communicate internally!”
“By moving to Office 365 and using SharePoint, employees can work from anywhere, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are able to communicate with clients in real-time and be more proactive.” Michelle Donlon, Office Manager
The Challenge
Bryan Cole & Associates were using an old SBS server to run their business, which had become unreliable and caused many disruptions. Additionally, they were on ADSL internet and needed to move to something faster to support a cloud solution.
“I think a lot of businesses would be envious of our migration to the cloud and using all cloud-based software. A lot of accounting firms still use in-house servers, thus limiting employee productivity, especially working remotely. We are able to offer our clients a competitive edge by being able to email and receive information electronically. It has allowed us to go paperless, reducing the need for clients to come in and mailing out information to them.”
How was your experience with VITG?
VITG designed a new solution for Bryan Cole & Associates and implemented it.
“Both staff were competent and followed through with recommendations, etc. They are still very helpful and accommodating. Once the project commenced and we had a clear plan for completion, the project ran quite smoothly.”
The Results
“I think a lot of businesses would be envious of our migration to the cloud and using all cloud-based software. A lot of accounting firms still use in-house servers, thus limiting employee productivity, especially working remotely. We are able to offer our clients a competitive edge by being able to email and receive information electronically. It has allowed us to go paperless, reducing the need for clients to come in and mailing out information to them,” says Donlon.
