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Guidoni Group Increases Productivity After Centralizing Office 365 Infrastructure in Brazil With Help From Beyondsoft

Author: Joao Labre

This customer story was first published on Beyondsoft Brazil and later translated into English.

Agility and accuracy are crucial for companies that want to stay competitive. The Guidoni Group faced a challenge with its IT infrastructure, which led them to seek assistance from us to enhance their IT management.

ABOUT GUIDONI

Guidoni Group is one of the leading global players in the natural stone cladding segment for over 30 years. Recent investments in quartz surface production lines in Brazil, Spain, and the United States underscore the visionary and entrepreneurial spirit of this company. Their portfolio includes colors and patterns that highlight the uniqueness of natural stones and the modernity of quartz surfaces, bringing beauty, functionality, and reliability to residential and corporate projects around the world.

THE CHALLENGE

Guidoni Group faced challenges with its decentralized Office 365 infrastructure across its offices in Brazil, Europe, and the United States. This setup complicated account and access management, with license assignments taking up to 48 hours. The fragmented system also hindered communication and productivity, as file sharing and interactions across separate tenants created a disjointed experience, akin to two distinct companies communicating.

THE SOLUTION

To address these challenges, Guidoni Group partnered with us to integrate the business units within a centralized Office 365 infrastructure managed from Brazil. This strategic project, completed in about two months, included comprehensive training for migration technicians and the implementation of best practices for optimized Office 365 management.

THE RESULTS

Our client saw positive results in many areas.

• Increased Productivity: Implementing the centralized approach led to 50% increase in productivity, as employees were able to access real-time information.
• Reduction in Deployment Time: The assignment of appropriate licenses was completed in less than 24 hours.
• Improved Security Posture: By reducing the number of Power BI licenses to those team members who required viewing access, we lowered cost and improved security posture.

The project was completed on schedule and with great care. We are very pleased with the outcome of this project as productivity increased by about 50% and we improved the user experience significantly. One of the practical areas was granting access. With unification, giving access is easy as we have visibility to all dashboards.

Edgar Neves, IT Coordinator of Guidoni Group

The project was a success; in less than 40 days we migrated 100% users. The training enabled team members to be confident in using Office 365 and the transition was perfect.

João Labre, Director of Modern Work at Beyondsoft Brazil

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