Microsoft Places
Explore the ‘Art of the Possible’ with Microsoft Places in our free, 2-hour discovery session.
I’m pleased to announce our free Microsoft Places Discovery Service.
With over 15 years of experience in office and resource management, we’re able to offer a unique service that shows you what’s possible with Places – and how to get there – based on where you are now and where you want to be.
Rather than focusing on just Places, we will also look at the needs and expectations of end users, your FM teams and other interested parties, and how to navigate a migration from an incumbent system such as Condeco (now Eptura), Robin, Envoy, Skedda, etc.
Anyone that has worked with Essential before will know that we deliver a range of leading third-party booking systems designed to deliver the usability and adoption benefits of a service that is ‘baked into’ the users daily working environment: i.e., Microsoft Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
We also understand that Places represents a significant chunk of your Microsoft licence costs – especially if you are thinking of upgrading to Teams Premium licences and/or Copilot.
Could switching from a third-party workspace booking system vendor to Places help save money, without missing out on functionality?
Answering this question is one of the reasons we’ve launched this service: Dip your toes in and see if it’s worth the hype and, indeed, the hassle of a migration to Places (although we can minimise this bit if you decide to switch to Places).
What our service includes:
- A discussion of your workplace management goals
- A tailored demo of Microsoft Places features
- A review of your current meeting room & desk booking setup
- Advice on licensing, deployment & migration
- Best practices for preparing floor plans in IMDF format
- A written summary of findings & recommended next steps, including a readiness check.
Why work with us?
As I said earlier, we’ve been doing workspace booking systems before it was popular (COVID changed everything).
Our expertise extends well beyond the technology.
By that I mean we have over 15 years’ experience working with the different personas involved, such as ensuring the needs of facilities managers and office admins are being addressed.
The user experience is also a priority, for example, we have a team of top class office map designers that are now delivering IMDF maps for Places, including maps conversions.
Importantly, migrations are a speciality for Essential, which makes us ideally placed to help you transition from an existing booking system – once you’re sure you’re going to get the functionality you need with Places, that is!
