San Francisco City and County will provide employees with access to Office 365

Apr 14, 2014 09:56 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has recently signed another important deal for its cloud-based services, this time with the City and County of San Francisco which will move all employees to Office 365.

The software giant revealed in a press release that a total of 29,000 employees would be provided with access to its cloud-based productivity suite.

Of course, the company says that such a deal will help cut costs and improve communication and collaboration in a number of public safety services, including law enforcement, fire and rescue, and health.

“We are particularly excited about this transition and believe San Francisco will be the first city and county of its size to complete a Microsoft Office 365 for Government cloud transition in which each of the departments — including police and safety, as well as health — will be on one integrated platform,” Marc Touitou, the chief information officer of San Francisco, said.

Microsoft continues its transformation into a devices and services firm, so this new deal is clearly a major step forward, especially because Office 365 has received plenty of improvements lately.

Former CEO Steve Ballmer is the one who started the “One Transformation” plan in August last year, but the new CEO Satya Nadella is projected to finalize it this year with new product launches and significant service upgrades.