Decision details

M365 Drawdown of Allocated Funds

Decision Maker: Director of Resources and Assurance (Historic)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To agree the spend of allocated budget agreed within the 2023/24 capital programme set aside for the Microsoft 365 (M365) implementation project which has already been agreed in the Capital Programme.

 

Decision:

That:

a)    To spend up to £450,000 in the Capital programme for the implementation of M365.

 

Alternative options considered:

1.              To not spend the agreed funds and not proceed with this M365 implementation. The current software is used by council is out of date as and other legacy software remains, and must have renewed licences applied. As our current office package will be unsupported from 2025 onwards and M365 offers a greater level of security than our existing software, this option was ruled out. 

 

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Paul Griffiths, Programme Management Office Email: Paul.Griffiths2@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 261808.

Publication date: 11/08/2023

Date of decision: 15/08/2023

Effective from: 22/08/2023

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