About Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365, formerly Office 365, is a cloud collaboration tool that provides a private and secure space to store, share and edit files and documents, to connect dispersed teams using shared calendars, messaging and conferencing tools, and to improve your brand experience using branded emails and online websites.
The business class email provided by Microsoft 365 allows for 50 GB of storage per user and the ability to send messages of up to 25 MB. This enables you to send images within emails and to apply custom formatting. You can customize your inbox rules and notifications, and update your calendar and to-do list, to help prioritize tasks. Communicate with colleagues more effectively with online availability statuses to instigate online chat, instant messaging tools and one-to-one, or one-to-many voice and video calling.
Microsoft 365 provides collaboration and knowledge sharing tools for both internal and external purposes. You can allow external project stakeholders and clients to access documents, and create project-specific mailboxes and websites for specific teams, complete with automatic policies and rights protection.
You can also use Microsoft 365 to build blogs and wikis for further knowledge sharing, as well as assigning tasks to team members and tracking tasks on a timeline. Enterprise plans for Microsoft 365 provide social networking tools to further enhance communication and collaboration.
Pricing starting from:
US$6,99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Microsoft 365
With native iOS and Android apps available for Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Skype for Business, and Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 helps you to be productive on the go.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Pricing starting from:
US$6,99/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
Top 5 alternatives to Microsoft 365
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Features
Total features of Microsoft 365: 69
Alternatives
Google Slides
Apache OpenOffice Calc
Google Meet
Google Calendar
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- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A must have for any office
Reviewed on 2019/10/24
Overall, this is excellent software that's well worth the annual fee that Microsoft charges. I...
Overall, this is excellent software that's well worth the annual fee that Microsoft charges. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for an Office suite of software, whether a small office or larger organization.
Pros
Office 365 is packed with great software at a great annual price. It's simple to use, but also very powerful. I primarily use Word and PowerPoint for my job and I find it quick, easy and effective. The new feature where PowerPoint makes suggestions to improve your slide is really nice and often spurs ideas in me.
Outlook is a powerful email, contact and calendar that you can use across multiple platforms and share with co-workers and family. One more than one occasion it has helped me remember important dates and appointments as well as keeping on track regarding my work responsibilities.
I don't use excel, but people I know who do speak highly of it and how flexible and powerful it is.
Cons
There is very little about Office 365 I don't like. Outlook could use an aesthetic overhaul in my opinion, but that's a pretty minor gripe for software as powerful as this.
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WordPerfect OfficeReasons for Switching to Microsoft 365
Office 365 is superior in every way and well worth the money.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Best Option for Automatically-Updated Office Installs, But Not the Greatest Value
Reviewed on 2019/12/03
Office 365 fits a very specific purpose, but it's a purpose that is very common in office environmen...
Office 365 fits a very specific purpose, but it's a purpose that is very common in office environments: ensuring that you always have the latest version of Office applications available to you, including on multiple computers if you choose one of the higher-priced packages. Gone are the days of needing to purchase each new edition of Office every 3 years, because Office 365 automatically upgrades whenever a new version is released. The downside is, you're then locked into a monthly subscription, and then if you cancel it, all the money you spent leaves you with no access to the applications. This may not be a problem for everyone, but it is frustrating at times to realize you are essentially just "renting" access to the software. Its activation system is also a bit buggy, as Word regularly asks me to sign into my Microsoft account to re-activate the software, despite nothing on my account changing. If you can get beyond these issues, however, Office 365 definitely fills an important niche.
Pros
Always provides the latest version of all Office applications, can be used on multiple computers (depending on package purchased), offers OneDrive storage included with the packages
Cons
Becomes expensive over time, local installs of the applications sometimes need to be reactivated due to bugs in the activation system, locks you in to a specific software ecosystem
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LibreOfficeReasons for Switching to Microsoft 365
Wider support for various document types, and needed advanced features of Office that were not available on open-source alternatives.- Industry: Apparel & Fashion
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
All the necessities
Reviewed on 2023/01/29
Another excellent feature of Microsoft 365 is the cloud storage. If you purchase the family plan,...
Another excellent feature of Microsoft 365 is the cloud storage. If you purchase the family plan, each user gets their own terabyte of storage. That's really good. Like I said everybody in our family has multiple uses for this so it's nice that everyone can store all of their documents PowerPoints and papers.
Pros
When you pay for Microsoft 365, you get a plethora of apps that are crucial to owning a business. You get Microsoft word, Microsoft excel, Microsoft powerpoint, teams, outlook, onedrive. It's everything you have to have as a business owner. You can also purchase the family plan and share all of these features with multiple people. Which is excellent because I use it for my business, my husband uses it and then my two children can use word and PowerPoint for different School tasks and homework. Not only does it work on our computers, but it's also Android compatible so we get the maximum use from this. A lot of work I do is straight from my phone.
Cons
I guess the only con would be the $99 for the year. However we get so much use out of it, it pays for itself. It would be nice if they had a monthly option instead of having to pay it all up front but we budget for it every year so we know the upcoming cost.
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Extremely Poor Microsoft Email
Reviewed on 2023/01/28
I live Microsoft Word, use it to draft many letters to conduct my teaching, testing and private...
I live Microsoft Word, use it to draft many letters to conduct my teaching, testing and private charitable work however the email - Microsoft Outlook is very primitive.
Pros
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel are highly efficient and I use them daily at work however the email is very low quality and is “primitive”.
Cons
What I like least about this product is that I use a Mac and it is hard and troublesome to convert from Safari or pages into Word.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
A must have software for your daily needs
Reviewed on 2023/01/17
Overall very nice experience
Overall very nice experience
Pros
I use Microsoft 365 on daily basis. The best thing about this software is that it allows users to store and share their files/ documents at one place. Sharing within the organization makes daily work much easier.
Cons
Some features like video conferencing does not provide good quality background.
Microsoft 365 FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Microsoft 365.Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft 365 offer?
Microsoft 365 offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$6,99/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $6.00 Microsoft 365 Business Basic USD$6.00user/month Microsoft 365 Business Standard: $12.50 Microsoft 365 Business Standard USD$12.50user/month Microsoft 365 Business Premium: $22.00 Microsoft 365 Business Premium USD$22.00user/month
Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft 365?
Microsoft 365 has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000
Q. What languages does Microsoft 365 support?
Microsoft 365 supports the following languages:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
Q. Does Microsoft 365 support mobile devices?
Microsoft 365 supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Microsoft 365 integrate with?
Microsoft 365 integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Invoicing, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft StaffHub, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Word, OneDrive, Skype for Business
Q. What level of support does Microsoft 365 offer?
Microsoft 365 offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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