Introduction to Office 365
Office 365 Video is a new, dynamic video portal available to Office 365 customers. It enables easy upload, sharing and playback of video messages securely throughout your company. The portal is designed to meet the requirements of IT and win the hearts and minds of users. Powered by Azure Media Services, Office 365 Video benefits from adaptive smooth streaming technology optimizing video playback for the device it’s being viewed on. It, too, leverages Yammer and the Office Graph to deliver a social, personalized experience within Office 365.
Office 365: A Hands-on Look at Microsoft's Cloud Services
Microsoft is offering Office 365 in two basic versions: Professional and Small Business, and Medium Business and Enterprise. Regardless of which plan you get, Office 365 provides Exchange Online, Lync Online, and SharePoint Online, as well as Office Web Apps–Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Office 365 Business Essentials | Up to 300 Users, Office Online, Business Class Email, Unlimited Online Meetings, Social networking, 1TB file storage and sharing (user). |
| Office 365 Business | Up to 300 Users, Office 2016 full install (up to 5 devices) & Office Online, Office for tablets & smartphones, 1TB file storage and sharing (user). |
| Office 365 Business Premium | Up to 300 Users, Office 2016 full install (up to 5 devices) & Office Online, Office for tablets & smartphones, Business Class Email, Unlimited Online Meetings, Social networking, 1TB file storage and sharing (user). |
| Office 365 Enterprise (E3) | Unlimited Users, Office 2016 full install (up to 5 devices) & Office Online, Office for tablets & smartphones, Business Class Email, Unlimited Online Meetings, Social networking, 1TB file storage and sharing (user), Self-service Business Intelligence (BI), Compliance and Information Protection. (This is the only option which gives the ability to mix and manage E plans, Pro Plus and single product plans on 1 management console). |
Microsoft Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time, money and free up valued resources...
Office 365 combines the familiar Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of their next-generation communications and collaboration services...
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint Online
- Lync Online
Microsoft Exchange Online
Microsoft Exchange Online is designed for organizations who want to get the benefits of cloud-based email without sacrificing the business-class capabilities that Exchange Server has been providing for decades.
- Industry-leading, always-up-to-date antivirus and anti-spam solutions
- Disaster recovery though continuously-replicated, geo-redundant data centers that are third-party certified to international standards
- Robust management tools that keep IT administrators in control of user permissions, distribution lists and security policies similar to a sophisticated on-premises deployment
- Familiar end-user experience with the same Microsoft Outlook and Office programs your users know, ensuring a minimal learning curve
- Interoperable with most of the devices you use today, including PCs, Macs, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone, iPhones and Nokia as well as all current major web browsers
- Large 25 GB mailboxes and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
- 24/7, IT-level support over the phone, the web or email
- Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement
Microsoft Sharepoint Online
Microsoft Exchange Online is designed for organizations who want to get the benefits of cloud-based email without sacrificing the business-class capabilities that Exchange Server has been providing for decades.
Microsoft SharePoint Online brings together the familiar SharePoint Server technology now delivered as an online service making the power of the cloud work for your business.
SharePoint Online helps businesses create sites to share documents and insights with colleagues, partners and customers.
- Manage and share personal documents and insights with colleagues using MySites
- Keep teams in sync with shared document libraries, task lists and calendars with Team Sites
- Stay up to date on company news, events and business updates with Intranet Sites
- Share documents and insights securely with partners and customers using Extranet Sites
- Market your business with a simple and professional public-facing website
- Create office documents and save directly to SharePoint Online
- Set document-level permissions to protect sensitive content
- Access important documents offline
- Enable real-time communication with colleagues right from within SharePoint Online
Microsoft Skype for Business
Microsoft Exchange Online is designed for organizations who want to get the benefits of cloud-based email without sacrificing the business-class capabilities that Exchange Server has been providing for decades.
Provide your organization with next-generation communications capabilities including instant messaging (IM), presence, and PC-audio, video conferencing and screen sharing
- Connect with others through Skype for business contact photos, activity update feed and interactive contact card in Microsoft Office
- Move easily from instant messaging into ad-hoc online meetings including audio, video and screen sharing with just a few mouse clicks
- Conduct online presentations to customers and colleagues including audio, video, screen sharing and a virtual whiteboard
- Invite external contacts to easily join online meetings via a native or web-based client
- Connect with customers and partners through instant messaging, audio and video federation
- Reply to an email with an instant message or an audio call for quicker and more effective resolution of issues
- Instant message with Windows Live contacts right from Lync
- View presence status and click-to-communicate from within Outlook, SharePoint and other Office applications
- Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement