What is Microsoft Office 365?

Microsoft Office 365 is a subscription service that provides users with the basic productivity applications needed to get work done in the modern enterprise. Productivity applications include, but are not limited to, word processors, spreadsheets, email clients, calendars, and presentation applications. In fact, because of the cloud-based structure of Microsoft Office 365, the range of productivity applications is constantly updated and improved.

Microsoft Office 365 overview

  • With a Microsoft office 365 subscription, you can get:
  • The latest Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Ability to install on PC, Mac, tablet, and phone.
  • 1 TB OneDrive cloud storage.
  • Updates and feature enhancements are not available elsewhere.

How does Microsoft office 365 compare to G Suite?

The main competition for Microsoft 365 Services comes from Google's G Suite, which is a set of productivity and collaboration applications, previously referred to as Google Apps. G Suite features a suite of specialized productivity applications (word processor, spreadsheet, email, calendar), as well as several tools designed to enable and enhance collaboration in the modern mobile workforce.

Features in Microsoft office 365 that many do not know

Work with Group Members

Using Office 365 and SharePoint means everyone will be working on the same document, with updates always marked and saved, so the final version is the same across the board and no edits are missed.

This also cuts out the middleman (in this case, email), where you go back and forward the document and risk losing a copy along the way.

Co-author (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Collaborate online and see each other's changes as they happen with real-time co-authors in Word. Save your files to OneDrive or SharePoint so others can work on them with you. You can share them directly from the app, thanks to the integrated sidebar.

Chat with colleagues in Office applications

Use this feature to chat, screen share, and audio or video chat with your colleagues.

And you don't even have to leave the app you're working on! Even if you close the app, you can continue conversations through Teams on your desktop or phone, and keep talking to the team as they edit.

 Inserting a link to a saved file instead of sending the entire file to a colleague

Upload your files to Office cloud storage and Microsoft  Consulting Firm. Write emails using Outlook (or Outlook Web App). Instead of attaching a file, enter a link to a file in your cloud. Outlook will automatically grant edit permission to the person you are emailing. You can change permissions any time you want.

Power Map in Excel

Power Map is part of the interactive and powerful data visualization feature in Excel, which is enhanced with Power BI, a solution for analyzing, visualizing and sharing data insights. You can turn rows of data into interactive 3D maps with Power Map, which includes the ability to filter data using three different filters: List, Range, or Advanced.

 Resume Reading

The Resume Reading feature in Word lets you pick up where you left off, even on different devices! Word automatically marks the last page you read!

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Editing and conversion to PDF made easy

Finished editing your document, spreadsheet, presentation or publication? Converting it to PDF is made easy with the integrated Save as PDF feature. If you want to edit a PDF, you can turn it into a Word document without the formatting problems that come with copy-paste or editing.

Sync

Office 365 offers the answer to stay in sync – no matter what time zone the employee is in. Having multiple versions of documents stored in different places can cause major business inefficiencies. Whether it's a group document or an individual project, multiple versions of files can cause unnecessary confusion and stress.

More than one version of the 'final copy' may appear – this means more final work for your team as they try to ensure that one version has all the correct edits before they submit or present the project.