Case Study: Nokia achieves on-time Office 365 launch and averts $3M/month loss with Avanade's agile Outlook compliance solution

NOKIA meets major launch deadline, saves costs and gets peace of mind

Nokia was preparing a global migration to Microsoft Office 365 when, four months before launch, it discovered a regulatory issue that would prevent US employees from attaching files—threatening the rollout and risking millions of dollars in monthly delays. With the deadline looming, the company needed a fast, pragmatic fix to avoid postponing its digital workplace upgrade.

Nokia engaged Avanade and Accenture, whose agile offshore and on‑site teams built a user-friendly Outlook add‑on using Microsoft Azure and Office 365 APIs in a matter of weeks. The solution enabled more than 10,000 mail users to attach files compliantly, met the launch deadline, averted an estimated $3 million per month in delay costs, and restored regulatory confidence in the cloud deployment.

Nokia

Peter Friedwagner

Director for End User Collaboration Services