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This is the current latest version of Microsoft Office, it has a very new and somewhat sinister edge to it in that it is now a item that comes with a licence to allow its use for 12 months after that you need to pay to keep using it...
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Although Office 365 runs locally on your PC , laptop or tablet , free SkyDrive storage space is offered to encourage the storage of documents online. There are advantages to using cloud storage – not least that you can access your files anywhere, on any m...

Office remains the most comprehensive productivity suite available, and there are still things that each of its applications can do that the opposition can't. If you're working with Office documents, there's nothing more compatible than Office.Tags:Intern...
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Office 365 Home Premium is Microsoft's name for one of its many varieties of Office 2013 – in this case, the subscription-based affair that you download from the cloud and use on your disk in exactly the same way you've used earlier versions of Office. T...

Designed from scratch for the cloud, Smart, clear interface, Lots of subtle improvements to the suite, Unmatched power for editing and sharing, One license covers five machines...

Clumsy to use on a touchscreen...

Published under license from Ziff Davis, Inc. New York, All rights reserved. Copyright © 2012-2013 Ziff Davis, Inc...
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The subscription is quite generous and affordable (12 bucks a month is nothing) and allows you to install the whole Office suite to 5 devices. It includes an extra 20GB SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype calls to selected countries. You are also ent...
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Please enable JavaScript to watch this video.You're never going to love Office, because it's Office — it's the thing you use to make money and do things you actually enjoy. But that doesn't mean it can't be (relatively) painless, affordable and smart.Offi...

Whether you spend $12 a month on a month-by-month basis or spring for a year upfront, Office 365 is a hell of a good deal. There's a very good chance you need this software in order to pay the bills or graduate. You're not going to be grinning and weeping...
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In the spirit of Microsoft's reboot, the new version of Office is more complex for business than it used to be. It includes much more than familiar software like Word and Excel, extending to Office servers (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint and services that run...

New administration interface, New features on Sharepoint and Exchange Online, App model for Outlook addons, Simple and costeffective plans...

Wait for upgrades for existing users, Does not take full advantage of Skype, Lacks integration with Yammer enterprise social networks...

Cloud integration and subscription licensing make Office 2013 a landmark release for Microsoft and this functionality has extended to Office 365, too. It's also worth noting that this is the first update that has upgraded the servers which host Office 365...
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In the spirit of Microsoft's reboot, the new version of Office is more complex for business than it used to be. It includes much more than familiar software like Word and Excel, extending to Office servers (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint and services that run...

New administration interface, New features on Sharepoint and Exchange Online, App model for Outlook addons, Simple and costeffective plans...

Wait for upgrades for existing users, Does not take full advantage of Skype, Lacks integration with Yammer enterprise social networks...

Cloud integration and subscription licensing make Office 2013 a landmark release for Microsoft and this functionality has extended to Office 365, too. It's also worth noting that this is the first update that has upgraded the servers which host Office 365...
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In the spirit of Microsoft's reboot, the new version of Office is more complex for business than it used to be. It includes much more than familiar software like Word and Excel, extending to Office servers (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint and services that run...

New administration interface, New features on Sharepoint and Exchange Online, App model for Outlook add, ons, Simple and cost, effective plans...

Wait for upgrades for existing users, Does not take full advantage of Skype, Lacks integration with Yammer enterprise social networks.

Cloud integration and subscription licensing make Office 2013 a landmark release for Microsoft and this functionality has extended to Office 365, too. It's also worth noting that this is the first update that has upgraded the servers which host Office 365...
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The article was originally published on the 1 March 2013. Office 365 for businesses brings Office 2013, new collaboration features and above all a sense that Microsoft has finally embraced the cloud whole-heartedly. Google's relentless push with its enter...

Clean interface; Office on Demand; great collaboration features; updatable; business users automatically upgraded...

Still not fully accessible on iPad...

Still the best productivity suite on the market - the ability to access your documents on any PC directly through the cloud is going to be a necessity for most users...
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Every couple of years, or when I purchase a new computer, it is the first suite of applications I install (followed by Adobe Creative Suite). While I have tried various substitutes and alternatives from Apple's iWork to OpenOffice, my familiarity with Off...
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As businesses continue to question whether they're ready for the cloud, school leaders are asking themselves the same thing. ICT budgets, like all others, are being squeezed and the potential cost savings from external hosting, facilitating the use of st...

Office 365 brings useful services within the reach of every school, but might not always fit educational requirements...
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Office 365 is a suite of cloud-based services from Microsoft that offers access to business tools such as email, messaging, videoconferencing, collaboration and even browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, all on a subscription b...

Professional email, collaboration and communications capabilities available on subscription basis, access anywhere via a browser...

Office Web Apps no replacement for desktop applications, clunky Lync client needs installing locally...

Office 365 offers Exchange email and SharePoint collaboration, without the need to install any servers or pay upfront costs. The web-based suite may lack some high-end features, but it is likely to prove very attractive for small businesses at this pri...
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PREVIEW: Purchasing and maintaining software for a business, small or big, is a costly undertaking. It isn't just the licensing that affects your bottom line, but the man hours that go into keeping software patched and up to date, installing it on new mac...

At this price, and with these management tools, Office 365 could make it hard to justify running your own Exchange server...
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Microsoft might not be the first name you think of when considering enterprise cloud offerings. But then again, the company does handle 10 billion Hotmail and Windows Live messages a day and has a 15 year history of deploying and managing massive data cen...

Instantly available, Cross platform...

Requires an active Internet connection whereas CD/DVDbased Office versions do not...

Overall, Office 365 for enterprises' web-enabled tools let me access email, important documents and efficiently collaborate with those inside and outside my test organisation's boundaries. This cloud service works handily with Microsoft's desktop office a...
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Administrative e-mail toolsEven though Exchange 365 is hosted in the cloud, rather than on your company's server, you still get a full suite of administrative tools. You can easily add new Outlook users, either singly or in bulk (via .CSV files), dete...

more powerful than its chief competitor, Google Apps...

but more difficult and confusing to use as well...

Companies that want an all-in-one suite of the hosted versions of Microsoft's communications and collaboration servers should take a look at Office 365. It's a compelling offering, particularly for small and midsize companies...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated: 2016-12-29 20:19:09
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Note: Our Office 365 review has been fully updated for September 2016It's been a long time since Office just meant Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. In fact, there's a confusingly wide range of tools and services under the Office umbrella. In the las...

Regular new features in Exchange, SharePoint and more, Regular updates to the Office 2016 desktop apps, Familiar tools work well, new services build on existing investment, Simple and costeffective plans...

Some new features like Planner are still underpowered, New features don't reach all customers immediately, Some changes to Office desktop apps remove features, Mobile Office apps for Windows remain less powerful...

Office 365 is a simple and cost-effective way to get a powerful range of cloud Office services plus access to regular new features in desktop Office 2016. Microsoft is doing well in terms of making useful improvements on a regular basis, although some fre...
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devontechsupport.com Updated: 2017-05-13 10:51:22
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August 2016July 2016June 2016May 2016April 2016March 2016February 2016January 2016If you want to see older news and developments pertaining to Office 365, then check out the Archives page at the end of this review.Otherwise, now move on to Page 2 for our...

The new Office 365 plans are a simple and cost-effective way to get access to new features in desktop Office 2013 and new versions of Office servers, without the work of running your own servers, The new administration interface makes the service easier t...

Existing Office 365 users have to wait for Microsoft to schedule upgrades to their accounts (and some early migrations have caused issues with SharePoint online). Also, Microsoft still has to prove it can offer meaningful improvements on a regular basis...

For smaller companies that will appreciate the new, simpler interface, Office 365 is a reliable service that integrates email, document sharing and conferencing almost seamlessly with the new desktop versions of the Office software. It also has powerful o...
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In the 22 years since it was launched, Microsoft Office, much like its parent company, has become synonymous with computing. But over the past few years, a number of free competitors, from OpenOffice to Google Docs, have challenged its hegemony, not o...

Clean interface, Enhanced sharing features, Integrates with Facebook and LinkedIn, SharePoints adds useful collaboration tools...

Separate screen to save and share documents is jarring, Not as touch-friendly as we'd like, Can't view others' edits in real-time, Separate Desktop and Modern versions of same app...

Microsoft's latest version of its productivity suite is better than ever, incorporating a number of powerful social-networking tools and a new subscription plan.
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This week the folks at Microsoft have introduced Office 2013 to the universe, complete with a cloud-connected user experience that takes the central word processing and document experience into the future. You’ll be asked to work with SkyDrive as well...
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Microsoft's Office 365 Home Premium is the new subscription-based version of Office 2013, in which Microsoft gave its office suite a thorough and well-done makeover. You can think of Home Premium as a "wrapper" of sorts around Office 2013, with extra W...
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The subscription is quite generous and affordable (12 bucks a month is nothing) and allows you to install the whole Office suite to 5 devices. It includes an extra 20GB SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes of Skype calls to selected countries. You are also ent...
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You're never going to love Office, because it's Office—it's the thing you use to make money and do things you actually enjoy. But that doesn't mean it can't be (relatively) painless, affordable, and smart. Starting today, it is.Office 365 Home Premium is...

Whether you spend $10 a month on a month-by-month basis or spring for a year upfront, Office 365 is a hell of a good deal. Theres a very good chance you need this software in order to pay the bills or graduate. Youre not going to be grinning and weeping...
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It wasn't all that long ago that most users balked at how out of touch Microsoft and its suite of Office productivity applications were. Until a few years ago, how users interacted with these applications and got them hadn't fundamentally changed to match...
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For several years, Microsoft has been promising a compelling vision in Office 365: a common platform of productivity and collaboration tools that all departments could use, with the extra security assurance of integrating policies and access into Active D...
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Two and a half years ago, when Techworld's sister title InfoWorld first pitted Office 365 against Google Apps , I likened Office 365 to the Queen Elizabeth 2 and Google Apps to a sailboat. In the intervening years, both have changed but in remarkably diff...

Both good value, both very different. Take your time to evaluate which is best for your organisation...
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A business that moves its email to a hosted solution such as Office 365 typically hopes to reduce operating and administrative costs, reduce spam, and decrease downtime. Alas, administrators who open up the Web-based GUI for Office 365 discover that sever...
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Microsoft has clearly worked hard to make Office 365 an easier way to run a full network for small and medium-sized businesses. The new edition is easier to set up, easier to administer, easier to use, and more flexible. It's friendlier to mobile devi...

When you weigh functionality against cost, Office 365 would be a big step forward for many businesses. It's definitely worth a close look...
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Microsoft has clearly worked hard to make Office 365 an easier way to run a full network for small and medium-sized businesses. The new edition is easier to set up, easier to administer, easier to use, and more flexible. It's friendlier to mobile devices...
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Windows and Office. It’s a duo that has made up the core of Microsoft’s business since before I was born, and remains the cornerstone upon which the rest of the company is built. And so it has gone, for as long as I can remember: with each new versio...
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examiner.com Updated: 2015-12-17 08:46:04
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Microsoft has replaced BPOS. It is definitely an upgrade. Microsoft are significantly upgrading BPOS.What does that mean for the user here in Gainesville and Ocala Fl. Well let's compare 365 with BPOs.BPOS, short for Business Productivity Online Suite was...
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Microsoft Office 365 is the company’s answer to online productivity suites. A replacement for Microsoft’s Business Online Professional Services, Office 365 includes online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as Lync and SharePoint...

Excellent file fidelity with desktop Office files, Look and feel consistent with Office, Generous default storage and attachment size...

Limited sharing and collaboration options, Poor mobile performance aside from Windows Phone 7...

Office 365 has a familiar look and feel, and great integration with the desktop Microsoft Office. It also offers additional tools that make it a leading choice for organizations seeking an online productivity suite. Microsoft Office 365 Review: Online...
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Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we’ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defining on-premises...
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computershopper.com Updated: 2015-12-17 08:46:04
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Office 365 is Microsoft’s latest venture into cloud computing. And this time, it looks as though the company is on the right track—not just for its own corporate profit margin, but also in terms of the potential for its users’ efficiency, c...

Excellent tech support, Flexible, reasonably priced plans...

Substantial learning curve, No Undo command when designing SharePoint Website...

Microsoft’s infrastructure seamlessly combines desktop software with cloud-based apps. That, plus its excellent tech support, make it a good investment for any business...
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techreviewsource.com Updated: 2015-12-17 08:46:04
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3.50 Microsoft's hosted collaboration and productivity suite is officially out of beta and was formally launched on June 28. Some changes and improvements have been made, mainly surrounding scalability, and the resulting version of Office 365 has...

Provides cloudbased Exchange 2010, Sharepoint 2010 and Lync 2010 Servers . Gives endusers Office Web Apps with additional Office Professional Plus 2010 desktop integration. Rich Outlook Web App client. Excellent Exchange administration capabilities. In...

Lots of screens to navigate. Admin management screens and workflow could be better organized. SharePoint offline file synching quirky. Needs more robust mobile integration. Microsoft needs to keep pricing models and SKUs simple and easy to understand.
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The intent with Microsoft Office 365 is to give small businesses the kind of benefits that up until now only large companies have been able to get from services such as Exchange and SharePoint.Don't be confused by the product's name - it's not a new o...

Microsoft Office 365 is certainly more powerful than its chief competitor, Google Apps, but more difficult and confusing to use as well. And Office 365 would likely be overkill for some businesses, especially smaller ones. Still, for companies that ne...
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Going beyond Office 365's native admin GUI, 365 Command provides powerful Exchange admin capabilities without the need to run PowerShellA business that moves its email to a hosted solution such as Office 365 typically hopes to reduce operating and adminis...
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Latest blend of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync servers in the cloud combines an excellent feature set with easier setup and managementMicrosoft has clearly worked hard to make Office 365 an easier way to run a full network for small and medium-sized busin...
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