Why are so many SMBs delaying the move to Microsoft 365?

We regularly speak with SMBs who are still clinging to their old IT partner or web host. Often this is the same party that once handled the domain name, e-mail and website. Everything is “sitting comfortably together” there – so why change?

But then you hear more and more about the benefits of Microsoft 365:

✅ Collaborate securely in the cloud
✅ No more chaos with files, permissions or backups
✅ Finally get a handle on your IT environment

And yet … nothing happens.
The switch fails to happen. Why?

Does your company also live in a parallel IT universe?

What’s holding SMEs back

We asked business owners themselves via a poll on LinkedIn¹. From this came four commonly cited reasons why SMBs are delaying their migration to Microsoft 365:

It costs too much time or money – 36%
They don’t know where to start – 32%
Fear of hassle or data loss – 23%
They are ‘stuck’ with their current provider – 9%

Recognizable?

If you yourself are busy every day with customers, staff and the delusion of the day, it makes sense that IT migration dangles somewhere at the bottom of your to-do list.
Or you think, “What if something goes wrong?“
Or, “Where on earth do I start?”

But it can be different

Migrating to Microsoft 365 doesn’t have to be a headache project. With the right approach, it can be done:

🔹 Quiet
🔹 Clear
🔹 Without surprises

At ALTA-ICT we guide transitions step by step – without stress. No hasty decisions, no incomprehensible jargon. Just: working in the cloud, as it should be.