Business platform
Microsoft 365 consulting and integration
Most organizations pay for Microsoft 365 and use a small part of it. We organize it so people can find things, automate the approvals that clog email, and connect it to the systems where your business data lives.
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At a glance
What it is
Microsoft 365 is the suite many organizations already run on: email, files, meetings, and collaboration, with tools to build workflows and apps on top.
Problems it solves
Most organizations use a fraction of what they pay for, with files scattered, approvals in email, and business data that never reaches the tools staff open every day.
Who it suits
Organizations on Microsoft 365 who want to organize their documents, automate routine work, and connect the suite to their business systems.
How to choose
Use what the suite already offers first: structured sites, flows, and forms. Add custom development only where the built-in tools run out, and connect outside systems carefully.
What it means
A platform people already know
The advantage of Microsoft 365 is that staff already use it. A form in Teams, a document library in SharePoint, or an approval in Outlook meets people where they are, with no new tool to learn and no new password.
The difficulty is structure. Without a plan, SharePoint becomes a pile of folders, Teams becomes a hundred channels, and automation grows as scattered flows that nobody owns.
Our work is to give it shape: a sensible site and permission structure, a small number of well-built flows, and clean connections to the systems the suite does not replace.
What DECHY can do
Working with Microsoft 365
Organize
- SharePoint sites and libraries that people can find things in.
- Teams and channels with a clear purpose, and a plan to retire the rest.
Automate
- Approvals, notices, and data movement as managed flows.
- Forms that feed lists, flows, and reports.
Build
- Small apps and Teams extensions for specific jobs.
- Custom parts where the built-in tools run out.
Connect and move
- Links to your customer records, accounting, and operations systems.
- Migrations from file servers and other suites.
Options
Microsoft 365 beside the alternatives
Suits
Organizations on Microsoft tools, with Windows users and Office documents at the center.
- Trade-off
- Powerful but sprawling; it needs structure and ownership.
Google Workspace
Suits
Organizations that work mainly in a browser and favor simple sharing.
- Trade-off
- Different automation and permission models, so skills do not transfer.
Suits
Teams that want a flexible database with light workflows.
- Trade-off
- A separate platform to learn, pay for, and secure.
Suits
Processes that need a dedicated application and its own rules.
- Trade-off
- The most flexible and the most expensive to build.
Typical uses
What we are usually asked to do
Tidy a sprawling SharePoint
A simple structure, clear permissions, and the old content retired or archived.
Replace email approvals
Requests that move through forms and flows, with a record of each decision.
Build an intranet people use
News, policies, and tools in one place, found by search, not by asking.
Move off file servers
Files migrated in waves, with permissions mapped and old links redirected.
Built-in or custom
Choosing the right layer for each need
We work from the lightest tool to the heaviest, and stop at the first one that does the job well.
Configure what is there
Libraries, lists, forms, and permissions set up well solve more than people expect.
What it produces
- Site structure
- Permission model
Automate between the tools
Approvals, reminders, and data movement built as flows with an owner and monitoring. See Power Automate.
What it produces
- Flows
- Run monitoring
Build an app on the platform
Where a list and a flow are not enough, a small app or a Teams extension gives staff a proper screen.
What it produces
- Working app
Connect outside systems
Customer, finance, and operations systems are joined to the suite through its interfaces, so data is entered once.
What it produces
- Connections
- Data map
Technical depth
How we build with Microsoft 365
For your developers and IT lead: our Microsoft 365 choices on identity and access, data and interfaces, governance, and migration, and the reasoning behind each.
- Sign-in and roles come from the tenant's identity service, and permissions follow groups, not individuals.
- Sharing links, guest access, and external sharing are set by policy and reviewed.
- We use the platform's data interface, Microsoft Graph, to read and write mail, files, calendars, and lists from other systems.
- Solutions that need custom code run as small services on Azure, called by flows or apps.
Naming rules, owners for every site and flow, retention settings, and data policies keep a growing tenant manageable and prevent company data flowing to personal tools.
Moves from file servers or another suite are planned by content type, tested on a sample, and run in waves, with permissions mapped and links redirected.
Common questions
Questions about Microsoft 365
Do we need custom development, or is the suite enough?
Often the suite is enough if it is set up well. We start with configuration and flows and recommend custom work only for what they cannot do.
Why has our SharePoint become a mess?
Usually because no one owned the structure. We map what exists, agree a simple structure and permissions, and move content in stages, retiring what nobody uses.
Can you connect Microsoft 365 to our CRM or accounts?
Usually, yes, through the interfaces on both sides. We check the limits of your plans and design connections that retry and report failures.
Do you handle migrations to Microsoft 365?
Yes. We migrate by content type, in waves, with permissions mapped and a rollback plan, from file servers or other suites.
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