All about Office 365
The Microsoft Office 365 consists mainly of four important products. The most important of which is the Microsoft Office professional plus. Other products that come with the package are Exchange online, SharePoint Online and Lyn Online. Mainly designed for official purposes, the office 365 is a complete package that is ready to be implemented in a workspace environment.
The Microsoft Office professional plus comes compete with all the most important document files that are required by working professionals, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power point and Microsoft Access and Front page, as well as Microsoft Outlook. These tools are essential for everyday office work, and also come with the Microsoft Office 2010. However, with Office 365, you get three other products as well, which are Exchange online, SharePoint online and Lyn online.
The other addition that comes with Office 365 is the addition of ‘web apps’. This is a similar version to the one that comes with Office Lit, but it allows you to edit your documents online, in your browser. This option is particularly popular, as once you have uploaded documents to the office server; it becomes a real hectic problem to edit them again. But, with the new options that come with Office 365, you can now easily edit your documents online with the use of ‘web apps’. Keeping the web apps aside the office 365 packs all the applications that come with the Office 2010, apart from the three new products that have been added exclusively for official purposes.
The first new product that comes with Office 365 is Exchange Online. Exchange Online provides users with a cloud based, dedicated hosted email system that utilizes the new Exchange 2010 platform for maximum purposes. You can expect all the great features that you would normally get with Exchange Online, such as a fast mail service and calendars that can be updated regularly to keep track of appointments. However, Microsoft has also added some new features to their cloud based Exchange program. Now, users get revamped 25 GB mail boxes each, and the power to archive their mail. Furthermore, support has now been provided for the normal conversation view.
This makes it extremely easy to use on smart phones such as Blackberry, I-Phone, Android and Windows powered hand helds. Furthermore, the coolest option that you can get with the Exchange Online is voice support, and can also integrate with your very own BPX. Furthermore, the Exchange Online can now be integrated with your Active Directory and can coexist with all other domains that may be running in the background. There are several new options, such as easy migration to and from the cloud, improved sharing of the calendar and advanced mail routing options.
The other product that you get with Office 365 is SharePoint Online. Basically, SharePoint Online is used for document sharing with other Team sites, and it also allows users to share their personal documents with each other by using the feature of My Sites. You can also use the SharePoint Online to create public facing websites. The good thing about SharePoint Online this time around is that it has been complete revitalized. It has gotten a complete makeover, and now comes with several new options that were not present previously. Importantly, the Office software has now been completely integrated with SharePoint Online and allows you to easily save your documents directly on SharePoint Online. Now, once you have added your documents to SharePoint Online, you can easily access them from anywhere, including your smart phone.
Ease has been provided to users and uploading documents was never as easy as it is before. With the help of SharePoint Online, you can now upload multiple documents at once and the powerful SharePoint 2010 platform makes for a very fast upload. This especially helps those who wish to upload several documents all at once. Furthermore, universal support now means that the documents that you can upload with SharePoint Online can now be accessed by any device with an internet access; therefore you can easily edit your documents using your tablet or smart phone.
The third option that comes with Office 365 is Lyn Online. This is a completely new product that has been released by Microsoft, and it is mainly an amalgamation of several different products all compiled into one. The functions that were previously offered by Live Meeting and Office Communications are now handled completely by Lyn Online, with instant messaging and web conferencing remaining the most significant. Furthermore, Lyn Online now offers a variety of new options such as video and voice calling, which makes communications between two fellow workers extremely easy.
Importantly, Lyn Online has now been totally integrated with the other office applications that come with Office 365, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. This makes it extremely easy for colleagues that are collaborating on one project to share information with each other and remain in touch with the variety of different communication options such as Voice and Video chat. Furthermore, thanks to SharePoint Online, you can easily upload personal documents on personal pages as well as public websites, making document sharing an extremely easy option.
Licensing for Office 365 has now been lowered for small businesses, and these do not include a minimum number of users anymore. Generally, small businesses are specifically set up for around 50 users, and low IT requirements. This package comes with all the basic options but the package is designed to provide a very simplified setup. For users who wish to purchase a license that allows full access of all products that is available at a rate higher than the former. Enterprise licensing gives you full access, as well as integration with almost any medium of communication. You can also connect your Blackberry phones to the Blackberry Enterprise Server for advanced communications on the go, or you can synchronize all your user accounts in your own Active Directory so that you can keep in touch with all the important people.
The Microsoft Office 365 consists mainly of four important products. The most important of which is the Microsoft Office professional plus. Other products that come with the package are Exchange online, SharePoint Online and Lyn Online. Mainly designed for official purposes, the office 365 is a complete package that is ready to be implemented in a workspace environment. The Microsoft Office professional plus comes compete with all the most important document files that are required by working professionals, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power point and Microsoft Access and Front page, as well as Microsoft Outlook. These tools are essential for everyday office work, and also come with the Microsoft Office 2010. However, with Office 365, you get three other products as well, which are Exchange online, SharePoint online and Lyn online.
The other addition that comes with Office 365 is the addition of ‘web apps’. This is a similar version to the one that comes with Office Lit, but it allows you to edit your documents online, in your browser. This option is particularly popular, as once you have uploaded documents to the office server; it becomes a real hectic problem to edit them again. But, with the new options that come with Office 365, you can now easily edit your documents online with the use of ‘web apps’. Keeping the web apps aside the office 365 packs all the applications that come with the Office 2010, apart from the three new products that have been added exclusively for official purposes.
The first new product that comes with Office 365 is Exchange Online. Exchange Online provides users with a cloud based, dedicated hosted email system that utilizes the new Exchange 2010 platform for maximum purposes. You can expect all the great features that you would normally get with Exchange Online, such as a fast mail service and calendars that can be updated regularly to keep track of appointments. However, Microsoft has also added some new features to their cloud based Exchange program. Now, users get revamped 25 GB mail boxes each, and the power to archive their mail. Furthermore, support has now been provided for the normal conversation view.
This makes it extremely easy to use on smart phones such as Blackberry, I-Phone, Android and Windows powered hand helds. Furthermore, the coolest option that you can get with the Exchange Online is voice support, and can also integrate with your very own BPX. Furthermore, the Exchange Online can now be integrated with your Active Directory and can coexist with all other domains that may be running in the background. There are several new options, such as easy migration to and from the cloud, improved sharing of the calendar and advanced mail routing options.
The other product that you get with Office 365 is SharePoint Online. Basically, SharePoint Online is used for document sharing with other Team sites, and it also allows users to share their personal documents with each other by using the feature of My Sites. You can also use the SharePoint Online to create public facing websites. The good thing about SharePoint Online this time around is that it has been complete revitalized. It has gotten a complete makeover, and now comes with several new options that were not present previously. Importantly, the Office software has now been completely integrated with SharePoint Online and allows you to easily save your documents directly on SharePoint Online. Now, once you have added your documents to SharePoint Online, you can easily access them from anywhere, including your smart phone.
Ease has been provided to users and uploading documents was never as easy as it is before. With the help of SharePoint Online, you can now upload multiple documents at once and the powerful SharePoint 2010 platform makes for a very fast upload. This especially helps those who wish to upload several documents all at once. Furthermore, universal support now means that the documents that you can upload with SharePoint Online can now be accessed by any device with an internet access; therefore you can easily edit your documents using your tablet or smart phone.
The third option that comes with Office 365 is Lyn Online. This is a completely new product that has been released by Microsoft, and it is mainly an amalgamation of several different products all compiled into one. The functions that were previously offered by Live Meeting and Office Communications are now handled completely by Lyn Online, with instant messaging and web conferencing remaining the most significant. Furthermore, Lyn Online now offers a variety of new options such as video and voice calling, which makes communications between two fellow workers extremely easy.
Importantly, Lyn Online has now been totally integrated with the other office applications that come with Office 365, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. This makes it extremely easy for colleagues that are collaborating on one project to share information with each other and remain in touch with the variety of different communication options such as Voice and Video chat. Furthermore, thanks to SharePoint Online, you can easily upload personal documents on personal pages as well as public websites, making document sharing an extremely easy option.
Licensing for Office 365 has now been lowered for small businesses, and these do not include a minimum number of users anymore. Generally, small businesses are specifically set up for around 50 users, and low IT requirements. This package comes with all the basic options but the package is designed to provide a very simplified setup. For users who wish to purchase a license that allows full access of all products that is available at a rate higher than the former. Enterprise licensing gives you full access, as well as integration with almost any medium of communication. You can also connect your Blackberry phones to the Blackberry Enterprise Server for advanced communications on the go, or you can synchronize all your user accounts in your own Active Directory so that you can keep in touch with all the important people.
