It offers:
- Document management
- Knowledge management
- Video sharing
- Instant messaging
- Voice
- Virtual meeting rooms
- Web based presentations
- Social messaging
Pricing is simple. All of the above is available for a single fee per user and either on a per month or per annum basis. The latter being cheaper. There are various levels of licence on offer for Office 365 to suit business needs and budget.
Security features are prominent and integral to the solution with the ability to add in additional capabilities from third-party vendors should you need.
The app-store has hundreds of functionality rich apps that further enhance the feature set of the Office 365 suite; many of which are free.
Cloud based solutions, like Office 365, allow rapid innovation, near real-time feedback and new opportunities (i.e. to fail quickly and often). Office 365 is now a 5 year old solution and is robust for the enterprise, but enjoys much faster innovation and improvement then traditional on-premise products.
In fact, Microsoft has said that their priorities are mobile first, cloud second and on-premise third.
Office 365 Journey blog
As a Collaboration Manager, with 3 years experience working with Office 365 and over 10 years with SharePoint, I've learned a great deal about the steps it takes to make Office 365 a success within an organisation. I'd like to share my successes, stories and challenges so that others can learn fast and hopefully skip some of the fails.If you have any questions, or situations you'd like advice on, then please post a comment and I'd be happy to share my experiences on that topic.
