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'''Office 365''' is a set of subscription-based products for business, home, or school that require periodic payments to Microsoft in order for the subscriber to use the products.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/office-products-FX101825692.aspx |title = Office 365 Products |publisher = Microsoft Corporation |accessdate =March 7, 2013}}</ref>
Examples of these subscription-based products (or more specifically ''subscription plans'' that each encompasses a subscription to one or more products) include hosted e-mail for businesses for $4 per month per user, Office 365 Small Business Premium that includes a subscription to [[Microsoft Office]] applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) for $15 per month per user, and Office 365 Home Premium for $99.99 per year, among others.

Besides denoting ''subscription'', Microsoft also uses the name '''Office 365''' for products having features that are provided over the internet. Examples of these products and features include additional online storage with SkyDrive, Skype world minutes for home use, Lync web conferencing, and Exchange Online hosted email for businesses.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/office-frequently-asked-questions-FX102926087.aspx |title = Office Frequently Asked Questions: What is the difference between Office 2013 suites and Office 365? |publisher = Microsoft Corporation |accessdate = March 7, 2013}}</ref>

Most Office 365 subscription plans include a subscription to [[Microsoft Office]] applications, allowing subscribers to upgrade the Microsoft Office applications without extra cost as a benefit of their subscription. By contrast, one who makes a one-time purchase of the Microsoft Office applications (i.e., not part of an Office 365 subscription plan) typically would not receive a free upgrade when a new version of the Microsoft Office applications is released.

A small number of people have liked to describe Office 365 using buzzwords like [[software as a service]] suite or [[software plus services]]. However, their own definitions of these buzzwords do not even match the generally accepted Wikipedia definition, and serve nothing but to confuse readers.

'''Office 365''' is a subscription-based [[software as a service]] suite which offers access to various [[Cloud computing|cloud]]-based services built around the [[Microsoft Office]] platform. The service, initially aimed at businesses, first included hosted versions of [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]], [[Microsoft Lync|Lync]], [[Microsoft SharePoint|SharePoint]], [[Office Web Apps]], along with access to the [[Microsoft Office 2010]] desktop applications on the Enterprise plan. With the release of [[Microsoft Office 2013|Office 2013]], Office 365 expanded to include new plans aimed at home users; offering the Office 2013 desktop applications with expanded [[SkyDrive]] storage and [[Skype]] minutes. Microsoft positioned the new subscription offerings as an alternative for consumers wanting a cost-effective way to purchase and use Office on multiple computers in their household.<ref name=pcw-buyorrent/>
'''Office 365''' is a subscription-based [[software as a service]] suite which offers access to various [[Cloud computing|cloud]]-based services built around the [[Microsoft Office]] platform. The service, initially aimed at businesses, first included hosted versions of [[Microsoft Exchange Server|Exchange]], [[Microsoft Lync|Lync]], [[Microsoft SharePoint|SharePoint]], [[Office Web Apps]], along with access to the [[Microsoft Office 2010]] desktop applications on the Enterprise plan. With the release of [[Microsoft Office 2013|Office 2013]], Office 365 expanded to include new plans aimed at home users; offering the Office 2013 desktop applications with expanded [[SkyDrive]] storage and [[Skype]] minutes. Microsoft positioned the new subscription offerings as an alternative for consumers wanting a cost-effective way to purchase and use Office on multiple computers in their household.<ref name=pcw-buyorrent/>


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This redirect is about subscription based Microsoft Office software services. For details on the latest desktop Office software suite, see Microsoft Office 2013.
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Office 365 is a set of subscription-based products for business, home, or school that require periodic payments to Microsoft in order for the subscriber to use the products.[2] Examples of these subscription-based products (or more specifically subscription plans that each encompasses a subscription to one or more products) include hosted e-mail for businesses for $4 per month per user, Office 365 Small Business Premium that includes a subscription to Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) for $15 per month per user, and Office 365 Home Premium for $99.99 per year, among others.

Besides denoting subscription, Microsoft also uses the name Office 365 for products having features that are provided over the internet. Examples of these products and features include additional online storage with SkyDrive, Skype world minutes for home use, Lync web conferencing, and Exchange Online hosted email for businesses.[3]

Most Office 365 subscription plans include a subscription to Microsoft Office applications, allowing subscribers to upgrade the Microsoft Office applications without extra cost as a benefit of their subscription. By contrast, one who makes a one-time purchase of the Microsoft Office applications (i.e., not part of an Office 365 subscription plan) typically would not receive a free upgrade when a new version of the Microsoft Office applications is released.

A small number of people have liked to describe Office 365 using buzzwords like software as a service suite or software plus services. However, their own definitions of these buzzwords do not even match the generally accepted Wikipedia definition, and serve nothing but to confuse readers.

Office 365 is a subscription-based software as a service suite which offers access to various cloud-based services built around the Microsoft Office platform. The service, initially aimed at businesses, first included hosted versions of Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Office Web Apps, along with access to the Microsoft Office 2010 desktop applications on the Enterprise plan. With the release of Office 2013, Office 365 expanded to include new plans aimed at home users; offering the Office 2013 desktop applications with expanded SkyDrive storage and Skype minutes. Microsoft positioned the new subscription offerings as an alternative for consumers wanting a cost-effective way to purchase and use Office on multiple computers in their household.[4]

After a beta testing process which began in October 2010, Office 365 was officially launched on June 28, 2011.[5]

Services

Office applications

All subscription plans for Office 365 include access to the current versions of the Office applications for both Windows and OS X. In the case of Office 2013, it is distributed using a "Click-to-Run" system which allows users to begin using the applications almost instantaneously whilst additional files are downloaded in the background as needed.[6]

Cloud services

Business and enterprise plans for Office 365 offer cloud based versions of Microsoft's Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint platforms. Rolling updates are used for these hosted services; in February 2013, existing users began to be migrated towards their respective 2013 versions from the 2010 versions used on launch. Users are also given access to the browser-based Office Web Apps suite as well. Integration with Yammer was also added to Office 365 following Microsoft's acquisition of the service in 2012.[7] [5]

Consumer-oriented plans for Office 365 instead include 20 GB of additional storage for Microsoft's SkyDrive service (which provides integration with Office 2013, and access to its own Office Web Apps), along with 60 minutes of international calls per month on Skype.[4]

Subscription plans

Office 365 is available in a number of different subscription plans[8] [9] aimed at different needs and market segments,[10] providing different sets of features at different price points. These include:

  • Office 365 Home Premium: For families at home and school. A free 1-month trial is available.[11]
  • Office 365 Small Business: For businesses with 1-10 employees without dedicated IT staff or resources. A free 1-month trial is available.[12]
  • Office 365 Midsize Business: For businesses with 10-250 employees. A free 1-month trial is available.[13]
  • Office 365 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 barristers or physicians) who share a PC and need only Web-based access.
  • Office 365 Education: For students, faculty and staff.
  • Office 365 Government: For government organizations.
  • Office 365 University: For students and individual academics. A free 3-month trial (which becomes a 6-month trial after sharing the offer on Facebook) is available.[14]

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

Comparison

Table of Editions
Suites[15][16] Home Premium 1 Small Business Premium 2 ProPlus Enterprise 3 University
Maximum users all users in one household[17] 50 Unlimited[18] Unlimited 1
Devices per user 5 5 5[19] 5 2
Commercial use allowed? No[20] 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
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Remarks
1 Office 365 Home Premium comes with an additional 20 GB of online storage on SkyDrive, 60 Skype minutes per month, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.[15][19]
2 Office 365 Small Business Premium includes 25 GB Exchange Online mailbox and 10 GB of SharePoint Online-based cloud storage for the organization with an additional 500 MB per user account.[19]
3 Office 365 Enterprise includes everything from Office 365 ProPlus, plus Exchange Online, providing archiving and legal compliance capabilities, SharePoint Online for managing and sharing documents and Lync Online for business communications.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Office 365 FAQs – Frequently Asked Questions". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "Office 365 Products". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Office Frequently Asked Questions: What is the difference between Office 2013 suites and Office 365?". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Office 2013 vs. Office 365: Should you buy or rent?". Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Microsoft Office 365 Launching June 28". PC Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "Office 2013 available now: Microsoft ditches DVDs in push for cloud subscriptions". The Verge. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  7. ^ "Office 365 for businesses gets upgraded, new bundles added". ComputerWorld. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  8. ^ "Office 365 business plan". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Office 365 Home Premium". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  10. ^ "Is Office 365 Right for your Business". Everon Technology. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Try Office 365 Home Premium". Microsoft Corporation. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 16 (help)
  12. ^ "Office 365 Small Business Premium". Microsoft Corporation.
  13. ^ "Office 365 Midsize Business". Microsoft Corporation.
  14. ^ "Try Office 365 for free". Microsoft Corporation.
  15. ^ a b Paul Thurrott (September 17, 2012). "Office 2013: Pricing and Packaging | Office content from Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows". Winsupersite.com. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  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. ^ Microsoft. "Office 365 Business Plan Comparison". Microsoft.com. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  19. ^ a b c d 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.
  20. ^ "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.

See also

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