All brilliant Ideas in theory (not relying on the cloud, or any single source).
I suspect my situation is like many others.
Can you imagine what the answer would be (or in fact, was) when you ask for all the relevant kit, software and licences to have an on-prem exchange box (for example) *AND* the cloud offering, when the previous iteration of people in your job sold them on "the cloud" to save money?
I'll give you a hint. Two letters, started with "n", ended with "o".
The upshot was we've had approx 1,5 hours of slightly flaky emails, and skype refused new log-ons for a bit (but worked for those logged in). Now all fixed (10ish-12ish today).
In our business neither thing being down was a significant cost or risk, so correct decision made (as those who said "no" would see it, they're probably right).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
