Toyota's two hundred thousand employees will move to Office 365

Microsoft is introducing a cloud service worldwide to improve Toyota Motor Corp.’s communications infrastructure. The service, which is based on Office 365, is complemented by other Microsoft technologies and affects the company's approximately 200 employees.
In addition to Toyota Motor Sales, USA and Inc., several North American Toyota subsidiaries have introduced Office 365 cloud-based services. Units located in Japan and other overseas use a hybrid solution, so in addition to Microsoft’s cloud solution, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and Windows Server also serve efficient operation.

The Office 365 will streamline the day-to-day work of Toyota’s approximately 200 employees, with deployment expected to be completed within two years. The Japanese automaker aims to make the services available on mobile devices, phones and tablets used in-house, reducing corporate costs and improving collaboration between employees, work efficiency.

“We are constantly striving to gain a stronger business position by improving the efficiency of our organization. Working with Microsoft is also a significant step in that direction, ”stressed Shigeki Tomoyama, CEO of Toyota.

The current announcement is another element of a previous collaboration between Microsoft and Toyota. Last April, the two companies announced that they would jointly build a telematics system based on Windows Azure. Telematics systems combine the benefits of telecommunications solutions, such as mobile networks, with information technology tools such as GPS. Telematics is suitable for analyzing the driving habits of drivers, but is also suitable for providing real-time information on a given route.

Source: Microsoft Hungary