<p>You heard the reasons why you should move to SharePoint Online and the some of the things you need to be aware of, but let's step back and consider the reasons why you might not want to make the move to the cloud. 1. Lack of Full Blown Central Administration</p><p>There are SharePoint admin functions with Office 365/SharePoint Online, but they are pretty limited. This is because Office 365 is multi-tenanted SaaS (software as a service). This means that many organizations are using the exact same implementation of SharePoint as you are wouldn't pay to give you central administration functions that would affect other organizations would it?</p><p>Some of the important admin functions you won't get: The ability to control to the list view threshold (you are limited to 5000 items) No web applications No analytics A number of fine tuning options such as quota templates, resource and request throttling, managed accounts and more.</p><p>What this means is this: if you have an existing SharePoint environment that you have adjusted greatly through central administration options, you aren't going to want to move to a cloud-based version if you absolutely need those customizations. Make sure you know what administration functions you can have, and if you can live with that. If you can, if might make sense to make the jump. 2. Customization</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/4-reasons-not-to-move-to-sharepoint-online-021577.php">Keep reading...</a></p>