Microsoft 365 Overview

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Microsoft 365 provides the productivity tools required by enterprises.  For just about any enterprise of any size, the productivity of its workforce revolves around the basic office suite of email, calendar, word processor, and spreadsheet. But as the enterprise workforce has become more mobile, the basic productivity toolset has had to adapt and change to match new requirements.  This is why Microsoft updated Office 365 to be a mobile collaborative platform ready to get work done wherever and whenever it happens.  As of 21 April 2020, Microsoft has officially changed the name of its productivity suite from Office 365 to Microsoft 365.  

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Users don’t need to install software or maintain any hardware on which to run it. Microsoft 365 also comes with email hosting and cloud storage space, so users can host their files online and have access to them wherever and whenever they need to, from any device that connects to the internet.

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What is Microsoft 365?

 

• What is Microsoft 365?  Microsoft 365 provides users with the basic productivity applications necessary to get work done in the modern enterprise. It includes applications like Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive, just to name a few.

• Why does Microsoft 365 matter?  As the standard for productivity suites, competing products are generally measured against applications from the Office 365 suite.

• Who does Microsoft 365 affect?  In the modern mobile-centric enterprise, Microsoft 365 provides the tools used to get work done. This makes Microsoft 365 important to just about every working individual.

• When is Microsoft 365 available?  The latest version of Microsoft 365 is available right now. The current subscription includes Office 2019 applications.

• How do you get Microsoft 365?  Click the link to find details on the available subscriptions: Microsoft Office Subscriptions

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Being cloud-based, Microsoft 365 also comes with a host of features not available in previous, perpetual versions.

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• Microsoft 365 now has around 120 million business users worldwide

• It is an integrated experience of apps and services, designed to help you pursue your passion and grow your business. Get apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and more, updated monthly with the latest features and security updates.

• Use cloud-powered email to reach customers and co-workers wherever work takes you.

• Collaborate in Microsoft Teams, the new hub for teamwork where you can chat, organise meetings and share files.

• Save files to OneDrive with one terabyte of online storage, allowing access across devices and on the go.

• Run your business with the Business Apps, empowering you to manage customer scheduling, invoicing, referrals, and more, all from one place.

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Click the link below to see the current range of applications currently available in M365