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This redirect is about online, cloud-hosted Microsoft Office services which was in existence since 2011. For details on the new Office software suites that is similarly named, which will be available from 2013, see Office 2013.
Microsoft Office 365
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Type of site
Software as a service
Available in33 languages[1]
OwnerMicrosoft Corporation
URLwww.microsoft.com/office365/
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired

Office 365 primarily denotes a set of subscription based software services that requires monthly or periodic payment of fees to Microsoft Corporation.[2] By contrast, Office 20XX generally refers to a suite of desktop applications that alone by themselves are not subscription based and do not carry monthly fees.

Although Office 365 also often refers to cloud-based services rather than desktop applications, certain Office 365 subscription plans include a subscription to Office 20XX desktop applications in addition to cloud-based services.[3] The subscription to Office 20XX desktop applications, by virtue of the subscription, makes the subscription part of an Office 365 offering.

Office 365 was initially announced in the autumn of 2010, and was made available to the public on June 28, 2011.[4] The initial subscription plans included a Professional plan (for organizations of 25 and smaller) and an Enterprise plan (for organizations with more individuals).[5] Microsoft also offers a Dedicated and ITAR subscription model for large companies. The Office 365 Dedicated offering isolates servers to be used for only a single customer while ITAR (AKA Federal) offers a higher level of security (individual background checks and extremely-limited access to sensitive parts of the system by knowledge workers) that complies with the ITAR standard.

Depending on the subscription plan, Office 365 can include a subscription to Office 20XX desktop applications, in addition to hosted versions of Microsoft's Server products (including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Lync Server) that are delivered and accessed over the Internet,[6] in effect, the next version of Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).[7]

In December 2011, Microsoft launched Trust Center and announced that Office 365 now complies with EU privacy regulations.[8]

Products

Microsoft Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange Online is an email, calendar and contacts solution delivered as a cloud service, hosted by Microsoft. The service is based on Microsoft Exchange server and offers 25 GB of email storage per user.[9] In addition, Exchange online offers users personalized calendars and contacts with sharing capability and 99.9% reliability in online secure back-up.[10] Exchange ActiveSync provides mobile connectivity to Exchange services and mobile email applications.

Microsoft SharePoint Online

Microsoft SharePoint Online is a collaboration, sharing, and document editing service using internal and external sites. It can also be used to create public-facing Web sites.[11]

Microsoft Lync Online

Microsoft Lync Online provides communications features including presence information, instant messaging, PC-to-PC audio/video calling and online meetings that can include PC audio, video and web conferencing with application sharing, whiteboards, and other collaboration tools. Lync Online is accessed through the Lync client. Lync Online also supports presence information and click-to-communicate features inside Microsoft Office applications. Currently the Lync components of Office 365 exclude Lync's Enterprise Voice feature set.[citation needed]

Office Professional Plus

Microsoft Office Professional Plus in Office 365 provides the same client software as the Office Professional Plus product available through Microsoft Volume Licensing.

Office Professional Plus in Office 365 has month-to-month, per-user licensing. It can be installed by users from Microsoft Online Services. It is activated using the same Microsoft Online Services ID that users employ to sign in to Office 365 and the license is renewed on a 30-day cycle.

Office Web Apps

Office Web Apps are browser-based versions of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint that enable viewing and lightweight editing of Office documents in Web browsers while preserving the formatting of the original documents.

Plans

Office 365 is available in a number of different plans[12] aimed at different needs and market segments,[13] providing different sets of features at different price points. These include:

  • Office 365 for enterprise: For businesses with internal or partner-supported IT staff and resources. Add on plans are available for information workers with dedicated PCs and kiosk workers (such as baristers or physicians) who share a PC and need only Web-based access.
  • Office 365 for small business: Designed for businesses without dedicated IT staff or resources.
  • Office 365 for education: Designed for schools and a replacement for the Office Live@edu service.
  • Office 365 University: Designed for students and individual academics.

Microsoft has said that Office 365 will receive updates on a 90-day cycle.

Free 30-day trials are available for plans E3 (for small businesses requiring greater functionality, and for midsize businesses and enterprises), and P1 (for professionals and small businesses)[14]

Comparison

Table of Editions
Suites[15][16] Home Premium1 Small Business Premium2 ProPlus Enterprise 3 University
Pricing US $99.99 per year US $149.99 per user per year TBA TBA TBA
Maximum users all users in one household[17] 50 5[18] Unlimited 1
Devices per user 5 5 5[18] 5 2
Commercial use allowed? No[19] Yes Yes Yes No
Word Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Excel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerPoint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OneNote Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Publisher Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Access Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
InfoPath No Yes Yes Yes No
Lync No Yes Yes Yes No
SharePoint Designer No No No No No
Project
Has multiple editions		 No No No No No
Visio
Has multiple editions		 Viewer Viewer Viewer Viewer Viewer

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Office 365 FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "What is Office 365?". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "Office and Office 365". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  4. ^ "Microsoft Launches Office 365 Globally". Microsoft. June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  5. ^ "About Office 365". About Office 365. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  6. ^ Hunt, Bob (November 12, 2010). "What is Office 365?". TechNet Blogs. Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft TechNet. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  7. ^ Kishor, Giriraj (December 28, 2010). "Microsoft Office 365 beta – a suite of business-focused, cloud-based applications". TopNews United States. Top News Network. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
  8. ^ Microsoft Office gets EU-Certified
  9. ^ "Microsoft Exchange Online". Microsoft Online Services. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  10. ^ "What is Microsoft Exchange Online?". Microsoft Online Services. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  11. ^ "SharePoint Online". Microsoft SharePoint Online. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  12. ^ "Office 365 Subscription Plans for Business and Education". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  13. ^ "Is Office 365 Right for your Business". Everon Technology. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  14. ^ "Microsoft Office 365 – Free Trial". Microsoft Corporation.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Office 2013: Pricing and Packaging was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "What's included in the Office 365 Preview?". Microsoft Office website. Microsoft. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  17. ^ "The new Office 365 subscriptions for consumers and small businesses". Microsoft.com. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  18. ^ a b Paul Thurrott (July 16, 2012). "Office 2013 Public Preview: Office 365 for Home and Businesses | Office content from Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows". Winsupersite.com. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  19. ^ "Microsoft Office Home Premium 2013 Preview - Official Site". Microsoft.com. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

Further reading

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Franz, Markus (August 17, 2011). "Prepare for email migration or Exchange hybrid deployment in office 365". Netzwelt. Retrieved September 12, 2011.

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