Build your cloud business: financial models & scenarios to help get you there
By Jen Sieger, Senior Business Strategy Analyst Microsoft on November 24, 2015
How do you build a profitable practice in the cloud?
I’ve posed this question to partners all over the world, and the answers have helped me understand both partners’ best practices for building successful cloud businesses, and what help you still need to make your cloud businesses profitable.
The most common request I get from partners is for help understanding the financial models for building a profitable cloud practice. A few months back, we launched several profitability financial models that help address this need and provide insight into how you can use them.
Whether you’re just mapping out your cloud offerings, planning future staffing needs, or wondering how quickly you’ll be cash-flow positive in the cloud, the models can help put your organization on the path to profitability.
You will find Office 365, Azure, and CRM Online standalone models and a combination model which includes Office 365, Azure, CRM Online, and Windows and Devices. Now that you have downloaded the models, allow me to do a bit of a run through of the structure. Read full article.
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