Azure Advantage

Planet has been leading from the onset when it comes to Azure deployments in State, Local and Federal Government. Planet is responsible for moving the greatest number of agencies to the Microsoft cloud from strategic planning, migrations and to day to day support – Planet is there through multiple stages on the journey to the cloud, ensuring our customers have the support they need, right when they need it.

Office 365

Office 365 is the central cord to many organizations’ IT strategies, a core solution expected to provide multiple services to users connected them to each other and empowering them to do more. New features are pushed to the services regularly and through consistent use, true digital transformation can occur within any organization. Planet’s 20-year history of working with government agencies and organizations has uniquely positioned us to develop a deep understanding of how users typically work within Office 365 and how they can be most effective adopting new ways of working together. Planet leans on this industry knowledge to help transform every customer through various projects and engagements, including:

• Modern Workplace Readiness Workshops
• Office 365 Advantage Managed Services
• Office 365 Migration Projects
• Office 365 User Adoption, Training & Learning Solutions
• Office 365 Application Development

Microsoft Teams and Modern Communications

A Microsoft Gold Partner for Communications, Planet has over 10 years’ experience with Microsoft voice solutions having worked on Lync, Skype and now Microsoft Teams. Microsoft regularly leans on Planet to demonstrate and guide clients on how to best incorporate Teams into their collaboration solutions. Our services include:

• Architecting and Deploying Microsoft teams across complex environments
• Custom learning plans and adoption strategies
• Skype to Teams transition
• Voice integration and Quality of Service analysis
• Data Integrity

Artificial Intelligence and Copilot

As a charter member of the Microsoft AI Partner Program, Planet is your pilot for Copilot and generative AI. With several AI projects under our belt already and the demand growing, our client discussions always start with what are the problems you are trying to solve and is AI the right fit? Whether it’s leveraging Azure AI/ML capabilities, Generative AI with Large Language Models such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, our goal is to simplify and work with you to accomplish your objectives in the smartest and most efficient way possible. 

• Evolve 365 for Copilot: Unlock the Full Potential of Microsoft’s AI-driven Assistance
• Copilot Readiness Program
• Visioning and Requirements Review
• Security and Compliance Review and Design
• Using Graph Connectors and Plug-ins
• Microsoft Copilot Custom Proof of Concept

Power Platform and Azure Analytics

SharePoint

Since the very first implementation of SharePoint Server, Planet Technologies has been helping agencies and organizations find creative ways to solve business problems with SharePoint. From Intranets and Document Management to fully customized business applications, Planet works with your team to understand how you work and how to make SharePoint work best for you.

• Implementation Design & Strategy
• Office 365 Migrations
• Application Modernization
• Environment Healthchecks & Best Practices
• Security, Compliance and Secure Score Assessments

Dynamics CRM

Our Microsoft Dynamics CRM team tailors’ solutions to suit the unique needs of our clients. We have supported more than 60 government and corporate customers in areas such as:

• Fleet Management
• Grants Management
• Public Records Management
• Adoption Placement Services and Tracking
• Sales and Customer Tracking
• Integration with other solutions
• Dynamics CRM training and support plans

We provide and extensive amount of knowledge transfer in our consulting engagements so that should the client want to continue to support the deliverable on their own, they will have the resources to do so effectively.

Windows 10