Case Study: State of Texas achieves secure, mobile cloud collaboration with Microsoft Office 365

Serving 26 million Texans with secure cloud-based computing a leap forward for state government agencies

The State of Texas, a large government entity, faced the challenge of needing to deliver increased value and efficiency with limited resources for its 360,000 employees servicing 26 million residents across a vast geographic area. They sought to enable a modern "work anywhere on any device" approach to computing to improve collaboration and mobility for state agencies. Microsoft provided a solution with its Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite.

By implementing Microsoft Office 365, the state equipped over 100,000 employees with modern collaboration tools, becoming the largest statewide cloud email and collaboration deployment in the U.S. The solution met strict security standards, including HIPAA and CJIS, which was critical for adoption. The results included significant time savings through improved collaboration and mobility, with the first agencies to migrate realizing 65 percent annual savings compared to their previous in-house systems. Microsoft's partnership provided the secure, efficient tools Texas needed to modernize its operations.

State of Texas

Karen Robinson

CIO, State of Texas