Office desktop software, as a cloud service for organizations of all sizes.
Microsoft’s first major cloud-based application suite. The Office 365 suite consists of four separate applications:
Microsoft Office Professional Plus,
Microsoft Exchange Online,
Microsoft SharePoint Online,
Microsoft Lync Online.
Thus brought together to form one bundled offering, they do make a rather compelling cloud-based service.
Office 365 allows people to collaborate and communicate at the same time, no matter where they are, through instant messaging and virtual meetings as well as enabling people to work collaboratively on files and documents at the same time using the Office 365 applications.
These include 1. word processing,
2. spreadsheet presentations
3. Email, calendar, contacts, instant messaging, web meetings, videoconferencing, intranet and website creation tools.
Access email, calendars, and contacts across PCs, the web and mobile phones.
Work from virtually anywhere
Work from almost anywhere and get automatically updated email, calendar, and contacts on the devices you use most, including PCs, Macintosh computers, iPhone, Android phones, Symbian phones, BlackBerry smartphones**, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phones*.
Easy to manage email
Get professional, easy-to-manage email. Office 365 provides each user with a 25-gigabyte (GB) mailbox and lets them send email messages up to 25 megabytes (MB). Connect with Microsoft Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007 and use all of the rich Outlook functionality you already know and use, whether you are connected to the Internet at home or in the office or you are working offline.
Simplify scheduling
Easily schedule meetings by sharing calendars and viewing them
side by side, so you can see your colleagues’ availability and suggested meeting times from your calendar. Access your email, calendar, and contacts from nearly any web browser while you keep the rich, familiar Outlook experience with Microsoft Outlook Web Apps.
side by side, so you can see your colleagues’ availability and suggested meeting times from your calendar. Access your email, calendar, and contacts from nearly any web browser while you keep the rich, familiar Outlook experience with Microsoft Outlook Web Apps.
Business-class security
Help protect your organization from spam and viruses with Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange, which includes multiple filters and virus-scanning engines.
Office 365 Plans
Office 365 is designed to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes with plans for independent professionals to small, midsize and large businesses and for government agencies to educational institutions — helping them to save time and money and free up valued resources.
Office 365 for Small Businesses
This is an easy-to-use set of Web-enabled tools for small businesses, independent consultants and professionals looking for business-class productivity services. It works with the tools people know and use today. Benefits include the following:
• Access e-mail, important documents, contacts and calendar on nearly any device, including PC, Mac, Windows Phone, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
• Office Web Apps for viewing, editing and sharing documents
• Large 25GB mailboxes for each user and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
• Easy-to-use design tools to build a professional-looking website quickly
• Password-protected team sites for collaborating on documents and information
• Industry-leading, always-up-to-date antivirus and anti-spam solutions
• Integrated IM, presence and online meetings with audio and videoconferencing and multiparty data sharing
• Financially backed, guaranteed 99.9 percent service uptime
• 24x7 moderated community-based support
Example:
Organizations with one to 25 users (maximum 50) that have minimal IT resources. Organizations that require Active Directory Federation Services, archiving for legal compliance, BlackBerry Enterprise Server or phone support should consider Office 365 for enterprises.
Price: $6/5.25 euros/600 yen per user, per month
It includes the following:
• Office Web Apps Web productivity applications
• Exchange Online for e-mail, mobile access, calendar, contacts, discovery, antivirus and anti-spam
• SharePoint Online for Microsoft Office Access services, team sites and an easy-to-build public website
• Lync Online for instant messaging and virtual meetings
• Simplified setup and management
