Case Study: Plante Moran achieves faster collaboration and lower costs with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365

Accounting firm revolutionizes collaboration with cloud file-sharing and social tools

Plante Moran, a major accounting and business advisory firm, faced the challenge of modernizing its aging on-premises intranet and extranet. The existing systems were inflexible, difficult to access remotely, and hindered collaboration for its 2,500 employees across numerous global offices. To support its growth strategy, the firm needed a scalable, secure, and mobile-friendly cloud platform to revolutionize how its staff and clients collaborate.

The solution was implemented with Microsoft Azure and its Microsoft 365 suite, including SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Yammer. Partnering with Microsoft and a solution provider, Plante Moran built a new social intranet called KnowledgeShare and a client portal called Collaboration Center. The results were transformative: intranet usage doubled, the time to find content and experts was cut in half, and the firm achieved $600,000 in annual cost savings by eliminating on-premises infrastructure.

Plante Moran

Amy Moore

Rapid Application Development Team Lead