Is your Microsoft 365 roadmap on track? Check the stats
Benchmark your plans with data from 650 IT pros and insights from industry experts. Read the report for metrics you can cite in your strategy.
Microsoft 365 keeps evolving, but budgets, skills, and timelines don’t always keep pace. To see where IT teams really stand, we surveyed IT pros across five countries and nine industries.
The result is State of Microsoft 365—a no-fluff analysis of where organizations are winning, stalling, or sweating the details. Inside, you’ll find benchmark stats, quick-read charts, and plain-English commentary you can cite in your next budget meeting or migration brief. Whether you’re staring down SharePoint Server EOS or evaluating Copilot’s impact on data security, the numbers here help you cut through vendor hype and plan with confidence.
About our survey and contributors:
This report was developed based on the findings from in an independent survey of mid-market and enterprise 650 IT pros. The data was supplemented by expert interviews.
We’re grateful to these subject-matter experts for sharing their insights and for their ongoing partnership:
Richard Harbridge - Microsoft MVP and Strategic Alliances & Ecosystem Manager at ShareGate
Andy Huneycutt - Microsoft MVP and Senior Technical Specialist at Atrium Health
Eric Overfield - Microsoft MVP and CIO at Creospark
Ian Loman - Cloud Expert at Adepteq
Jasper Oosterveld - Microsoft MVP and Data Security Consultant at Rubicon Cloud Advisor
Joanne Klein - Microsoft MVP and Advanced Compliance Consultant at NexNovus
Marc Anderson – Microsoft MVP and Co-Founder and CEO of Sympraxis Consulting
In the report:
- How many teams still rely on SharePoint 2016/2019—and what’s stopping 29% of them from finalizing a migration plan.
- Why 80% of respondents expect an M&A event in the next 24 months and which migration headaches they fear most.
- The top compliance triggers pushing teams to modernize and how confidence in Microsoft 365’s built-in controls stack up.
- Post-migration reality checks: Governance, backup, and user-adoption challenges that keep 33 % of IT managers up at night.
- What Copilot early-adopters are worried about. Spoiler: data quality and access controls top the list.
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