OneRedmond’s next monthly Business After Hours event will be from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 11 and feature Microsoft Office 365.

The event will be at VALA Redmond Town Center at 7303 164th Ave. N.E.

Attendees will see how to benefit from the lower costs and efficiency that OneRedmond and other business achieve by moving IT to the cloud. There will be networking, appetizers and refreshments.

Office 365 combines the Microsoft Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of the latest collaboration and communication tools from Microsoft — all delivered as a subscription service. So users can be productive from virtually anywhere, on virtually any device, using tools they’re already familiar with.

Office 365 is safeguarded with enterprise-grade reliability and geo-redundant data centers, plus a financially backed, 99.9 percent uptime service level agreement from Microsoft. And its per-user licensing model means users can purchase and deploy services on their schedule.

There will also be a presentation by AMAXRA, a business communications company. The company partners with companies to build effective connections with employees, customers and partners.