Case Study: Property Council New Zealand achieves streamlined IT and improved collaboration with Office 365

New Zealand property experts streamline IT, improve collaboration with cloud-based solution

Property Council New Zealand, the national advocacy body for the commercial property industry representing about 550 member companies, was growing rapidly but hampered by an IT setup that left branch offices without access to a central server, lacked a central file store, and provided no efficient messaging—making coordination, document control, and remote collaboration difficult.

On partner Softsource’s recommendation the council adopted Microsoft Office 365 (SharePoint Online and Skype for Business), enabling anywhere access to email and centrally stored documents, single-version collaboration, and instant communication. The move improved teamwork and remote hiring, streamlined award-judging workflows, simplified onboarding and license management, eliminated upgrade headaches, and delivered predictable costs and stronger security.

Property Council New Zealand

Simon Thorne

Head of Corporate Services Property Council