Office 365–The finest office suite ever created


  I have been an Office user forever MainImage
  I remember starting with Lotus and WordPerfect. They were fine products. But Office re-defined word-processing and spreadsheets. There are thousands of man-years of development in building the Office. And it shows. No other product even comes close, in terms of the level of sophistication, flexibility, and functionality. I am about to do my 4th interview on the Computer Outlook radio show, which is found here - https://computeroutlook.com/. The awesome host is John Iasiuolo and I look forward to discussing Office 365 and a few other interesting topics. Here is what I plan to cover.

  Many questions about Office 365 MainImage
  Office is cloud-based, meaning you don't need to manage onsite deployments. And this means you can be a business of any size to take advantage of the power of Office. The beauty of a cloud-based offering is that you don't need an IT staff to manage all the Office installations. Some of the most successful companies in the world use Office 365 - DuPont, Hyatt Hotels, McDonalds, Starbucks and thousands of others. Even a 2 person company can have access to as much of the power of Office as the biggest companies. In the past, world-class collaboration tools were simply out of reach of most of them. Office 365 changes that.

  In a nutshell
  Office 365 provides the following:
Best enterprise-grade e-mail in the industry Exchange
Shared documents SharePoint
Instant messaging Lync
Video and web conferencing Lync
Word Processing Word
Spreadsheets Excel
Free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration OneNote
                

  Important features that people want have been added or improved
 
Create your own website Create a website using a custom domain name with tools as easy as MS Word.
Even with the incredible information sharing capability, your company information is safe Stay in control of their company’s IT and sensitive information with robust security, privacy, and management controls.
Support for multiple clients/devices One advantage of Office 365 over on-premise Office is that you can use Office 365 with a browser and a mobile device.

  More productivity while lowering costs
  The ability to collaborate online can make you productive while lowering costs. Travel is expensive and you can avoid travel costs to hold formal or informal meetings. The Lync component of Office 365 allows you to organize virtual meetings with co-workers, customers, and partners, whether they are around the corner or across the globe.  Productivity can be improved by allowing you to work on files and documents simultaneously. Finally, knowing everyone's schedule allows you to find pockets of time to get work done as a team. Shared calendars makes that possible.

  Economical - Only pay for what you  need
  Customers get just the capabilities they want from a range of service plans for a predictable monthly price from $2 to $27 per user per month. Early customers are reporting impressive results – estimating cost savings of up to 50% while boosting productivity and competitiveness.        

  Office 365 comes in a variety of flavors that satisfy any appetite
  Office 365 for small businesses is designed specifically for smaller businesses and professionals who are looking for cloud-based productivity tools without the IT hassles.  Includes Office Web Apps, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and an external Web site for $6 per user per month – the Web site alone is a screaming value. Office 365 for enterprise is for organizations that require more, we have a range of options to meet the needs of different kinds of workers – from $2 for basic e-mail to $27 per user per month. This includes an option to get the full power of Office Professional Plus desktop software, along with Office Web Apps; the most advanced versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Lync Online; 24/7 phone support; advanced IT controls; on-premises use rights and more for roughly $24 per user per month.

  Lync is an amazing product – it does so much
  I'd like to re-iterate the significance of Lync. Lync provides a single interface that unites voice communications, IM, and audio, video, and Web conferencing into a richer, more contextual offering. Lync makes it easy to collaborate. You can reach contacts which are based on Microsoft Outlook calendars stored in a Microsoft Exchange Server. Lync also can show if other people are working on the same document.

Lync is secure. Messages do not need to leave the corporate intranet, freeing companies from the installation of extra software at the client side.


  Some of the features I personally enjoy
  Lync does so much. At Microsoft we use the following:        
Collaboration through Whiteboard documents, where the LYNC participants can share text, drawing and graphical annotations.
Conduct real time, virtual meetings with co-workers, customers, and partners, whether they are around the corner or across the globe.
As stated before, LYNC allows you to work together on files and documents simultaneously
Users can add and connect with users on Public IM services such as Windows Live, AOL, and Yahoo! and communicate with them using their single work identity.
You can share your calendar with team members and access mail and calendars on virtually all the devices they use across their work and home lives
Desktop sharing, usually by allowing participants to see and collaborate on your windows screen. This is a really useful feature if you want to let someone remotely use your computer, perhaps showing you how to do something or install some application.

  Free Trial
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