Office 365 Facts & Figures

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Fact Sheet

Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products with the latest version of our desktop software and companion Web applications. Office 365 is designed to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes — from independent professionals to small, midsize and large businesses and from government agencies to educational institutions — helping them save time, money and free up valued resources.

Office 365 Key Benefits

• Access to e-mail, documents, contacts and calendars on nearly any device
• Simple and highly secure collaboration with colleagues and business partners
• Business-class features, such as IT-level phone support, financially backed 99.9 percent uptime, geo-redundancy, disaster recovery, and robust security and privacy controls and standards
• Comprehensive solutions, such as desktop productivity applications, portals, extranets, external websites, instant messaging (IM), voiceconferencing, videoconferencing, webconferencing, e-mail and voicemail
• Pay-as-you-go pricing options, which provide predictability and flexibility for all or part of an organization

What’s Included

• Microsoft Office

The world’s leading productivity tool on the desktop (Office Professional Plus) and on the Web (Office Web Apps) now seamlessly connected and delivered with cloud services — for a comprehensive productivity experience across the PC, phone and browser.[1]

• Exchange Online

Cloud-based e-mail, calendar and contacts with the most current anti-virus and anti-spam solutions. Includes the ability to get e-mail on virtually any mobile phone, built-in archiving and discovery capabilities, and options for voicemail in the inbox.

 

 

• SharePoint Online

Cloud-based service for creating sites to connect colleagues, partners and customers. Includes enterprise social networking and customization options.

• Lync Online

Cloud-based IM, presence, and online meeting experiences with screen sharing, and voice and videoconferencing.

 

Office 365 Plans

Office 365 is designed to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes with plans for independent professionals to small, midsize and large businesses and for government agencies to educational institutions — helping them to save time and money and free up valued resources.

Office 365 for Small Businesses

This is an easy-to-use set of Web-enabled tools for small businesses, independent consultants and professionals looking for business-class productivity services. It works with the tools people know and use today. Benefits include the following:

• Access e-mail, important documents, contacts and calendar on nearly any device, including PC, Mac, Windows Phone, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
• Office Web Apps for viewing, editing and sharing documents
• Large 25GB mailboxes for each user and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
• Easy-to-use design tools to build a professional-looking website quickly
• Password-protected team sites for collaborating on documents and information
• Industry-leading, always-up-to-date antivirus and anti-spam solutions
• Integrated IM, presence and online meetings with audio and videoconferencing and multiparty data sharing
• Financially backed, guaranteed 99.9 percent service uptime
• 24x7 moderated community-based support

 

Example:

Organizations with one to 25 users (maximum 50) that have minimal IT resources. Organizations that require Active Directory Federation Services, archiving for legal compliance, BlackBerry Enterprise Server or phone support should consider Office 365 for enterprises.

Price: $6/5.25 euros/600 yen per user, per month

 

It includes the following:

• Office Web Apps Web productivity applications
• Exchange Online for e-mail, mobile access, calendar, contacts, discovery, antivirus and anti-spam
• SharePoint Online for Microsoft Office Access services, team sites and an easy-to-build public website
• Lync Online for instant messaging and virtual meetings
• Community support
• Simplified setup and management

 

Office 365 for Enterprises

We have a variety of plans to meet the needs of businesses and government agencies of all sizes and varying IT needs. Each plan has the same 99.9 percent uptime guarantee and includes the security technologies and support businesses expect from Microsoft. Office 365 offers great flexibility by allowing businesses to provide people with access to only the services they need and pay-as-you-go pricing options. Benefits include the following:

• Large 25GB mailboxes and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
• Financially backed, guaranteed 99.9 percent uptime service level agreement
• 24x7, IT-level support over the phone, the Web or e-mail
• Single sign-on capabilities with local Active Directory
• Latest version of Office Professional Plus, connecting users to communication and collaboration services
• Office Web Apps for viewing, sharing and minor editing of documents directly from a browser
• Industry-leading, up-to-date antivirus and anti-spam solutions
• Integrated IM and presence, online meetings with audio and videoconferencing, and multiparty data sharing
• Team sites to share, manage and search for information and resources

 

Example for Existing BPOS Customers

Existing customers of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite receive the same services with new enhancements.

List price: $10/9 euros/1000 yen per user, per month

 

• Exchange Online, including e-mail, mobile access, calendar, contacts, archiving, discovery, antivirus and anti-spam
• SharePoint Online, including advanced sites for collaboration, social computing and My Sites, content management and people search.
• Lync Online, including IM and virtual meetings
• 24x7 IT-level phone support
• On-premises licenses
• Control and management features

Example with Office Desktop Software and Enterprise Features

For organizations that want Office Professional Plus desktop software along with the full functionality of Exchange, SharePoint and Lync Online.

List price: $24/22.75 euros/2540 yen per user, per month

 

• Office Professional Plus desktop software
• Office Web Apps web productivity applications
• Exchange Online, including e-mail, mobile access, calendar, contacts, advanced archiving, discovery, anti-virus, anti-spam and voicemail in the inbox, SharePoint Online, including advanced sites for collaboration, InfoPath Forms, Access, Visio, and Excel services
• Lync Online, including IM, virtual meetings and on-premises voice
• 24x7 IT-level phone support
• On-premises licenses
• Control and management features

Plans for Kiosk Workers

Many larger businesses have people who do not have dedicated computers — sometimes called kiosk workers. Getting kiosk workers access to e-mail and documents to stay connected to the broader organization is still important. Office 365 has several subscription plans that offer value and flexibility for companies with kiosk workers. Solutions start at $2 per user, per month, for basic e-mail. Kiosk plans can be combined with Office 365 for enterprises plans to help organizations reduce costs and provide people just what they need.

 

• 500MB e-mail storage per mailbox
• Outlook Web Apps for e-mail access on a PC
• Ability to view SharePoint sites to stay informed
• Office Web Apps (with certain plans)
• Single IT management console to help managers easily add users and administer between plans

Office 365 for Education

Cloud-based services for educational institutions can help save money and give students access to familiar, next-generation productivity tools — while helping educational institutions free up resources. By eliminating the time and effort spent managing servers, IT staff can deliver the latest services to students while still maintaining control. Availability is to be announced.

Benefits

• Large 25GB mailboxes and the ability to send attachments up to 25 MB
• Anywhere access to e-mail, important documents, contacts and calendar on nearly any device, including PC, Mac, Windows Phone, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
• Works with the programs students know and use most — Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote
• Student access to Office Web Apps for viewing, sharing and light editing of documents
• Team sites to share, manage and search for information and resources
• Industry-leading, always-up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spam solutions
• Optional student access to 25 GB of free online storage on Windows Live SkyDrive
• Latest version of Microsoft Live@edu, which has thousands of schools and millions of student users today

 

Solutions for K–12

K–12 institutions have a very specific set of requirements for cloud-based messaging and collaboration. Office 365 for education brings together a rich set of free online solutions built to help provide both child safety and security to the K–12 market.

For more information, press only:

Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, [phone], [e-mail]

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[1] An appropriate device, Internet connection and supported browser are required. Some mobile functionality requires Office Mobile 2010, which is not included in Office 2010 applications, suites or Web Apps. There are some differences between the features of the Office Web Apps, Office Mobile 2010 and the Office 2010 applications. Access from mobile devices depends on Wi-Fi capability or mobile network availability.