In this article we will talk about the features and capabilities of Office 365, the benefits that come with the package, and that the need to know to be ready to use Office 365.
Based on business performance - the employees working with the information, or, as they are called, 'information workers'. Never before has one man could do so much, either alone or in collaboration with others. And never before IT does not have to support this. 'Information workers' need to be able to transmit business-critical information in a rich formatting of documents, presentations and spreadsheets, to share this information for fast and reliable communication channels, and to interact with colleagues, customers and partners.
Although the Office has always changed with the needs of information workers, but requests are increasing. Simultaneously changing the overall landscape of technology and communications. But Office is not far behind, providing multifunctional tools to maximize reveal potential users and to raise the height of unprecedented business performance.
Office Online
Office 365 provides a set of cloud-based applications that complement and extend the capabilities that have become familiar in the Microsoft Office for ordinary desktop systems. The first of them - SharePoint Online. You no longer need to deploy and manage SharePoint on local servers - SharePoint Online provides all the usual functionality of SharePoint. You and your business users with access to rich collaboration capabilities, information management and business intelligence SharePoint from almost any location.
SharePoint Online provides access sites and allows them the following:
- manage, and share important files and documents (My Sites);
- provide synchronization and management of a team working on an important project (Team Sites)
be aware of corporate information and news (Intranet Sites);
- securely share documents with customers and partners (Extranet Sites);
- organize the promotion and marketing of the company, using a public website.
Access to SharePoint Online can be obtained directly from the client applications Office 2010, including the Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You can create documents usual way, and save them in online workspaces SharePoint.
There using SharePoint Online, you can access documents via the Web, as well as share them with other users in the company or outside of it, using the detailed mechanism for managing access permissions to documents. Using the web portal SharePoint Online, you can also simultaneously collaborate on documents in real time. This eliminates the need to constantly exchange e-mail the next version of the document.
Component of SharePoint My Sites SharePoint Online portal allows users to specify in their online profiles, their interests, skills and abilities, making it easier for users to find others the right people in the company. This not only enhances business performance, but also promotes the development of social and professional networking organization. SharePoint Online supports rich socialization, allowing users and communities to organize information in a way that best meets their business needs.
Real-time communication
Office 365 also provides a reliable communication infrastructure based on Exchange Online and Lync Online. Exchange Online provides the functionality of the e-mail, calendar, contacts and tasks, as well as all the usual features Exchange-server, including information about the presence, status ('busy' or 'free') and mailing tips (MailTips).
Access to the functions of Exchange Online can be obtained in several ways: from the usual client Outlook, means Outlook Web App and from mobile devices using Exchange ActiveSync. Outlook Web App provides polnfunktsionalny interface in many browsers, including Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.
For mobile devices, the device supports Windows Phone, the Nokia E series and N, Palm-devices, Apple iPhone and iPad, as well as some phones with Android. Some plans Exchange Online also supports BlackBerry. This level of cross-platform compatibility ensures access to critical business information at any time and from any place.
Lync Online to access a server located in the cloud Microsoft Lync Server. He is the successor to Microsoft Office Communications Server and the addition to the usual features of reliable and secure platform provides real-time next-generation features.
Lync Online provides connectivity from any place and at any time - instant messaging, audio and video calls, online meetings and web conferencing. You can easily switch between sessions instant messaging and online meetings, conduct interactive presentations to clients and partners, using audio, video and overall screen, invite external users to participate in online meetings, and see the presence information of other users and Lync other applications Office.
Exchange Online and Lync Online support the deployment of the model of coexistence. This facilitates the integration of internal and cloud services. Coexistence provides flexibility by allowing you to migrate the service to the cloud, according to its own timetable. You can keep one of the users on the local server and the other to migrate to Office 365.
The initiation and administration
Fee for Office 365 by the number of users. There are three levels of subscription: Office 365 for Enterprise, Office 365 for Small Business and Office 365 for Education. Selecting a set of services defined by the size and needs of the organization, and when new users they can easily initiate the cloud. Existing users can manage with the help of the IT Management Dashboard.
It allows you to add new users, reset passwords, adjust the level of subscription, create a security group to manage service requests, etc. You can also delegate administration of a high level of detail. This enables us to provide colleagues access to certain administrative functions on the basis of their role in the organization. For example, the legal department can provide access for administration of users' mailboxes.
Office 365 also supports licensing as the use and management of Service Office Professional Plus. Is the latest version of a set of office applications with an integrated component of Office Web Apps. Users have access to documents, e-mail, calendars or any other Office documents from virtually any device.
Office 365 is designed to change the process of creating, managing and sharing critical business information. Transferring familiar Office environment to the cloud, providing a cross-platform and independent of the type of device access and providing flexible licensing and deployment, Office 365 allows your company to keep up with the development of an increasingly global and mobile business environment.
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