
Microsoft has recently launched an online office service for professionals and small businesses allowing users to work from virtually anywhere and on almost any device. This product called Microsoft 365 is a web hosted access service to email, documents, contacts and calendars. This tool is designed for organizations with 1-25 employees; the service brings together online versions of the best communications and collaboration tools from Microsoft, including Microsoft Office Web Apps, at a very affordable price.
1. Why Microsoft 365 Work Virtually anywhere - Rich client access via Office applications on PCs and Macs.
- View and edit documents with Office Web Apps across a broad range of browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).
- Access your email from most browsers with Outlook Web App.
- Access mail, contacts, calendar, and SharePoint® sites from mobile devices including Windows® Phones, Nokia, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry.
Collaborate Better
- Conduct online meetings with colleagues, partners, and customers, including audio, video and screen sharing.
- Create sites to store your important office documents and work together with colleagues, partners, and customers.
- Share your calendar with colleagues, partners, and customers.
- Share your calendar with colleagues, partners, and customers.
- Share your calendar with colleagues, partners, and customers.
- Share important business information, including Access databases.
- Simultaneously edit documents with your colleagues
Work with What You know
- Works seamlessly with the programs you know and use most including Microsoft Outlook®, Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint®.
- Outlook powered by Exchange Online provides powerful tools for managing your email, calendar, and contacts.
- A familiar ribbon interface across the Office suite, including Web Apps. Look Professional Be what's next.
- Easily design a professional looking public website.
- Communicate with a domain-based email.
- Interface with customers using professional communications and collaboration tools.
Other Benefits
- Any time anywhere access
- Enterprise level security
- Scale up and down according to demand
- Predictable pay-as-you-go licensing
- 99.9% availability
- Financially-backed guarantee
2. Overview of services
Office Web Apps
- Easily access, view, and edit documents directly from a web browser
- View and make light edits to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote® documents.
- Simultaneously edit Excel and OneNote documents with others in real-time.
Instant Messaging and Online Meetings
- Find and connect with colleagues and customers from virtually anywhere with Microsoft Lync™ Online.
- Gain rich presence information, IM, audio/video calls, and online meetings. • Make PC-to-PC voice and video calls and conduct rich online meetings—including audio, video, and web conferencing.
Access Virtually Anywhere
- Synch email, calendar, and contacts across PC, phone, and browser with Exchange Online.
- Easily manage email, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere.
- Premium antivirus and anti-spam protection.
3. Costs and contract terms
- Pricing and Licensing Price £4 per user per month.
- Number of Users Organizations with 1–25 users (maximum of 50).
- Licensing Available only under User Subscription Licenses (USL); not available under Microsoft Volume Licensing.
- Subscription Terms Available on a month-to-month basis with automatic renewal each month.
- Cancel at any time with no early termination fee.