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This 14-page advisory briefing led by contributing analyst Shawn Shell takes a critical look at the SharePoint Online piece of Office 365.

Not surprisingly, SharePoint Online shares many of the merits and demerits of its on-premise cousin -- but with some special twists and quirks related to converting such a humongous platform to a hosted environment. Also, enterprises need to carefully assess which deployment and license model to pursue; alas, Redmond doesn't make it easy to distinguish among them. But never fear, we have the real scoop.

Our SharePoint stream subscribers have immediate access to this briefing. Others can purchase it individually.