Simple Answers - Question #1: What is Office 365 (O365)?

There is a lot of hype about businesses moving to Office 365, but what exactly is it and why is it so popular?  There are a waft of people (even in IT!) that have never heard of Office 365.  Over the next few months I will help demystify Office 365 & all the things great products that come with it.

Question #1: What is Office 365 (O365)?

O365 is a suite of products provided by Microsoft that can be purchased for a monthly or yearly fee. There are two basic types of subscriptions, Personal or Business.

As part of a personal subscription , you are provided with the latest version of Microsoft Office (2016) which can be installed on any device. This includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, Outlook, etc.

As part of a business subscription, in addition to a copy of Microsoft Office 2016 for all staff, you also get the option of using any of the list of products below which I will go into more detail on later:

  • Yammer
  • Skype for Business
  • Exchange Online (email)
  • SharePoint Online
  • OneDrive
  • Power BI
  • Delve
  • Sway
  • PowerApps
  • Flow

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