https://petemahon.net/tags/proton/Recent content in Proton on PeteMahon.netHugoen-us<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC 4.0</a>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0400https://petemahon.net/posts/why-i-left-microsoft-365-for-proton/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0400https://petemahon.net/posts/why-i-left-microsoft-365-for-proton/<h2 id="what-was-working-fine">What was working fine</h2> <p>I had my tenant in Microsoft 365 for nearly 10 years. Both of my domains lived there, mahon.pro for professional usage, and petemahon.net for anything personal.</p> <p>It was invaluable for keeping up with the ever-evolving beast which is M365. Or is it Office? I can&rsquo;t bring myself to call it all CoPilot. Starting with office.com, then microsoft365.com and then more recently microsoft.cloud. Access to a full Exchange server, 1TB of SharePoint storage, Teams, and of course the 1TB OneDrive and 50GB mail storage. All for a measly $12.99 a month. I also managed the DNS for my domains in M365, noting that the ease of having Microsoft manage these meant for a much less manual setup when adding domains. The security of the platform alone kept me hooked and I therefore evangelised it for SMBs (as a managed service).</p>