It’s been a long time since Microsoft Office was just your basic Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook.
As business practice has leapt forward rapidly over the years, so too have the Microsoft applications businesses rely on.
More collaborative, dynamic and future-proof, Microsoft is supporting thousands of businesses step up to the challenge of modern business with the new Microsoft Office 365.
Office 365 provides applications on your devices (depending on 365 subscription level) as well as web apps to use when you’re on the move.
Whether you are doing a presentation for a client using PowerPoint online, collecting emails using Outlook Online or talking to a colleague using Skype, Microsoft Office 365 enables you to stay productive even when you are not in your usual office.
Office 365 Features
Choosing a Microsoft Office 365 Package
Office 365 Business
Office 365 Business Premium
Office 365 Business Essentials
Which one works best for you?
Best for businesses that need Office apps plus cloud file storage and sharing on PC, Mac, or mobile. Business email not included.
Best for businesses that need business email, Office apps, and other business services on PC, Mac, or mobile.
Best for businesses that need business email and other business services on PC, Mac, or mobile. Desktop versions of Office apps not included.
What's Included?
Desktop versions of Office apps for PC & Mac
Web & mobile versions of Office apps
File storage & sharing
Security & compliance
Support & deployment
Email & calendaring
Teamwork & communication
Tools to build & manage your business
Desktop installed & mobile versions:
Outlook
Word
Access (PC only)
Excel
PowerPoint
OneDrive
Included:
- Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Windows or Mac(plus Access and Publisher for PC only)
- Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously
- Each user can install the Office apps on up to 5 PCs or Macs
Included:
- Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for iOS, Android devices on up to 5 phones and 5 tablets
- Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously
Included:
- 1 TB of OneDrive storage for file storage and sharing.
- Work on a file and save it directly to OneDrive (will not work with SharePoint, see next level up); your changes are updated across your sync’d devices.
- Share files with external contacts by providing access or guest links.
- Securely share documents and send emails so only those with the right permissions can access the information.
- Access and sync files on PC or Mac and mobile devices.
Includes:
- Meets key international, regional, and industry-specific standards and terms, with more than 1,000 security and privacy controls.
- Control who and when someone has access to your business information with security groups and custom permissions.
- Create password policies that require users to reset their passwords after a specified number of days.
Not Included:
- Protect your email against spam, malware, and known threats with Exchange Online Protection.
See next level up.
Included:
- Phone and online support.
- 99.9% uptime guarantee.
- 300 maximum number of users.
- Licensed for commercial use.
Desktop installed & mobile versions:
Outlook
Word
Access (PC only)
Teams
Excel
PowerPoint
OneDrive
Exchange
SharePoint
Included:
- Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Windows or Mac(plus Access and Publisher for PC only)
- Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously
- Each user can install the Office apps on up to 5 PCs or Macs
Included:
- Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for iOS, Android devices on up to 5 phones and 5 tablets
- Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously
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Includes:
- Meets key international, regional, and industry-specific standards and terms, with more than 1,000 security and privacy controls.
- Control who and when someone has access to your business information with security groups and custom permissions.
- Create password policies that require users to reset their passwords after a specified number of days.
- Protect your email against spam, malware, and known threats with Exchange Online Protection.
Included:
- Phone and online support.
- 99.9% uptime guarantee.
- 300 maximum number of users.
- Licensed for commercial use.
Included:
- Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox.
- Use your own custom domain name (e.g. yourname@yourcompany.com)
- Business-class email on phones, tablets, desktops, and the web with Exchange.
- Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders.
- Schedule meetings and respond to invitations with ease using shared calendars.
- Set up new user emails, restore deleted accounts, create custom scripts, and more from anywhere
Included:
- Host online meetings and video calls for up to 250 people with Microsoft Teams.
- Chat with your team from your desktop or on the go with Microsoft Teams.
- Bring together all your team’s chats, meetings, files, and apps so you can easily connect and collaborate from one place with Microsoft Teams.
- Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint.
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Web & Mobile versions only:
Outlook
Word
Access (PC only)
Teams
Excel
PowerPoint
OneDrive
Exchange
SharePoint
Included:
- Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for iOS, Android devices on up to 5 phones and 5 tablets
- Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously
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Includes:
- Meets key international, regional, and industry-specific standards and terms, with more than 1,000 security and privacy controls.
- Control who and when someone has access to your business information with security groups and custom permissions.
- Create password policies that require users to reset their passwords after a specified number of days.
- Protect your email against spam, malware, and known threats with Exchange Online Protection.
Included:
- Phone and online support.
- 99.9% uptime guarantee.
- 300 maximum number of users.
- Licensed for commercial use.
Included:
- Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox.
- Use your own custom domain name (e.g. yourname@yourcompany.com)
- Business-class email on phones, tablets, desktops, and the web with Exchange.
- Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders.
- Schedule meetings and respond to invitations with ease using shared calendars.
- Set up new user emails, restore deleted accounts, create custom scripts, and more from anywhere
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Office 365 Features Explained
With a subscription to Office 365, you can access:
- The latest Office apps, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- The ability to install on PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
- 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
- Feature updates and upgrades not available anywhere else.
Just choose the level of features you want and well sort out the rest!
PowerPoint
Create presentations that stand out
Get your ideas across with beautiful design, rich animation, cinematic motion, 3D models and icons. Let intelligent technology help you bring your presentation to life with a few clicks.
Present like a pro
Tell your story with confidence with slide-by-slide notes only viewable by you. Easily translate your slides into the preferred language and use the built-in accessibility checker to be sure your audience doesn’t miss a thing.
Video: What is PowerPoint
Excel
Turn data into insights
Enhanced by intelligence, Excel learns your patterns, organizing your data to save you time. Create spreadsheets with ease from templates or on your own, and perform calculations with modern formulas.
Get a better picture of your data
New charts and graphs help you present your data in compelling ways, with formatting, sparklines, and tables to better understand your data. Easily create forecasts with just a click to predict trends.
Work better together
Share your workbook with others and always work on the latest version for real-time collaboration to help get work done faster. With Office 365, work within an Excel file from mobile, desktop, and web
Video: What is Excel
Word
Put your best words forward
Write with confidence, knowing intelligent technology can help with spelling, grammar and even stylistic writing suggestions. With tools at your fingertips, easily go from pen and paper to digital inking and edit intuitively.
Stay in the flow
Get all the information you need as you write without leaving Word, whether it’s a teammate’s PowerPoint slide, cited research, or information from LinkedIn to help you craft a compelling resume.
Collaborate
Wherever you are, collaborate in real time. Share your documents with the click of a button to invite others to edit in realtime or add comments. Plus, no matter your preferred full language or accessibility options, everyone can work together to do more.
Video: What is Word
OneDrive
Untethered mobility
Create, view, edit, and share files on the go with the OneDrive mobile app, from all your devices. Easily capture whiteboards and scan work receipts, business cards, and other paper documents for safe keeping.
Controls for security
OneDrive helps protect your files. You can easily recover files from accidental deletes or malicious attacks and administrators can manage security policies to help keep your information safe.
Seamless collaboration
Work faster and smarter with anyone inside or outside your organisation. Securely share files and work together in real-time using Word, Excel and PowerPoint across web, mobile and desktop.
Video: What is OneDrive
SharePoint
Simple sharing and seamless collaboration
SharePoint empowers teamwork with dynamic and productive team sites for every project team, department, and division. Share files, data, news, and resources. Customise your site to streamline your team’s work. Collaborate effortlessly and securely with team members inside and outside your organisation, across PCs, Macs, and mobile devices.
Engage and inform your organisation
Build cohesion and inform your employees throughout your intranet. Drive organisational efficiency by sharing common resources and applications on portals. Tell your story with beautiful communication sites. And stay in the know with personalised news in SharePoint home and the SharePoint mobile apps.
Harness collective knowledge
You’re just a click away from what you are looking for, with powerful search and intelligent ways to discover information, expertise, and insights to inform decisions and guide action. SharePoint’s rich content management, along with valuable connections and conversations surfaced in Yammer, enable your organisation to maximise the velocity of knowledge.
Transform business processes
Accelerate productivity by transforming processes, from simple tasks like notifications and approvals to complex operational workflows. With SharePoint lists and libraries, Microsoft Flow, and PowerApps, you can create rich digital experiences with forms, workflows, and custom apps for every device.
Outlook
Email, calendar, contacts all in one place
Work efficiently with email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and more, together in one place. Office integration lets you share attachments right from OneDrive, access contacts, and view LinkedIn profiles.
Stay organised and plan ahead
Book conference rooms and track RSVPs for meetings right from your calendar. Make plans and coordinate schedules by sharing calendars and seeing when your coworkers are available.
Security you can trust
Get peace of mind with enterprise-grade security trusted by many of the world’s largest organizations. Outlook works around the clock to protect your confidential information, without getting in your way.
Intelligence that works for you
Outlook anticipates your needs. Travel and bill payments are automatically added to your calendar, and intelligent reminders help keep you on track. Search helps you find information quickly.
Video: What is Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is designed for groups of all kinds looking for chat-based collaboration & document sharing:
- 1:1 and group online audio and video calls
- Channel meetings
- Screen sharing
- Scheduled meetings though Outlook
- Meeting recording—available with Microsoft Stream
- Audio conferencing
- Data encryption at rest and in transit
- Enforced multi-factor authentication for all users
Teams has largely taken over from Skype, giving business more scope and flexibility. Plus better quality collaboration
Get started with the free, no-commitments version.
Or, for a more holistic solution, get Teams as part of the best-in-class suite of productivity tools with Office 365 Business Premium or Office 365 Enterprise E3.
Video: What is Teams
Access
Create and share apps without being a developer
Access is an easy-to-use tool for creating business applications, from templates or from scratch. With its rich and intuitive design tools, Access can help you create appealing and highly functional applications in a minimal amount of time.
Customise apps to grow with your business
Tailor your custom apps to your business and your customers, easily editing as needed to meet evolving needs. Using Visual Basic for Applications, automate business processes and create more useful forms and reports.
Integrate with multiple data sources
Integrate data between Access and line-of-business apps using the Access connector library to generate aggregated visuals and insights in the familiar Access interface. Easily store data in SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL to enhance reliability, scalability, security, and long-term manageability.*
Microsoft Access is available for PC only. Learn more.
The most up-to-date version of Microsoft Access is always available with an Office 365 subscription. Microsoft Access 2019 is the latest version of Access available as a one-time purchase. Previous versions include Access 2016, Access 2013, Access 2010, Access 2007, and Access 2003. Access 2019 is compatible with Windows 10.
*Storing data in SQL Server or Microsoft Azure SQL requires a subscription to the service in question.