Office 365 for enterprises
Q1: What does Office 365 for enterprises include?
1) Large 25 GB mailboxes and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
2) Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement
3) 24/7, IT-level support over the phone, the web or email
4) Single sign on capabilities with Active Directory deployment
5) Latest version of Office Professional Plus - connecting users to communication and collaboration services
6) Office Web Apps for viewing, sharing and minor editing of documents directly from a browser
7) Industry-leading, always-up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spam solutions
8) Integrated IM and presence, online meetings with audio and video conferencing and multiparty data sharing
9) Team sites to share, manage and search for information and resources
Q2: What about existing BPOS Customers?
Existing customers of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) receive the same services with new enhancements for the same list price they pay today.
List Price: $10 per user per month.
This includes...
1) Exchange Online for email, mobile access, calendar, discovery, anti-virus, anti-spam
2) SharePoint Online for advanced portals for collaboration
3) Lync Online for IM and online meetings
4) 24/7 IT-level phone support
5) On-premises licenses
6) Control and management features
And the following New enhancements...
1) Single sign on
2) New Outlook Web App
3) Email archiving, retention and cross mailbox search
4) View documents using Office Web Apps
5) Increased SharePoint storage
6) My Sites and other new team sites
7) Site search capabilities
Q3: What about using Office 365 with Office desktop software?
For organizations who want Office Professional Plus desktop software along with the full functionality of Exchange, SharePoint and Lync Online.
List Price: $24 per user per month.
This includes...
1) Office Professional Plus desktop software
2) Office Web Apps web productivity applications
3) Exchange Online for email, mobile access, calendar, discovery, anti-virus, anti-spam, as well as advanced capabilities for voice mail, unified messaging, and compliance archiving
4) SharePoint Online for advanced portals for collaboration and advanced capabilities including Forms, Access, Visio and Excel services
5) Lync Online for IM and online meetings
6) 24/7 IT-level phone support
7) On-premises licenses
8) Control and management features
Q4: What about Office 365 enterprise for Kiosk Workers?
Many people in larger businesses do not have a dedicated computer. Office 365 has solutions for the “kiosk worker”, giving them access to e-mail and company information. Plans start at $2 /user /month for basic e-mail.
Kiosk plans can help organizations reduce costs and provide people just what they need.
Benefits include...
1) 500 MB email storage per mailbox
2) POP3 access for mobile connectivity
3) Outlook Web App for email access on a PC
4) Ability to view SharePoint sites to stay informed
5) Office Web Apps (with certain plans)
6) Single IT management console to easily add users and administer between plans