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Microsoft Office 365

Well, we had a good time together checking Office 365 and what you can do for small and medium-sized businesses in previous posts. Now, we want to take a look at what this Microsoft cloud-based productivity tool can do for you and your business. After all, it’s your business that you care about, so like the Denver IT support experts you chose, we should too, right?

Office 365 lets you pay for the services you use, and nothing else

Microsoft offers a variety of monthly subscription plans for its cloud-based productivity tools offering: Office 365. For most of the companies we work with at North Star, Inc., the P1 Plan will be the most popular. This is the plan that Microsoft has designed for companies with up to 25 employees, with a maximum of 50 users. The P1 Plan offers full access to all the most popular Office tools, such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, for just $ 6 per month per user.

So what will you get for your six dollars a month?

  • Anytime, anywhere access to: email, contacts, calendars, files, documents, spreadsheets, slideshows, and any other Office feature on almost any mobile device, including iPads, iPhones, and Android devices.

  • Ease of use: in all digital environments, with access to Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint.

  • Improved collaboration, even on the largest files. Rather than trying to email huge data packages, Office 365 lets you create password-protected access to share large, difficult-to-email files inside and outside your organization. This provides you with a single, easy-to-find location for all versions and variations of each document on your system.

  • Greater security and improved reliability, with enterprise-grade servers from Microsoft. You no longer need to wonder if your system is secure, as Microsoft handles all your server needs with enterprise-grade reliability, disaster recovery capabilities, multi-site data centers, and a strict privacy policy. This also allows them to offer you a financially backed 99.9% uptime guarantee.

Access your email, calendar and contacts in all digital environments

Powered by Exchange Online, Office 365 provides you with a 25GB mailbox with contacts and a calendar that is available virtually anywhere; and it’s accessible on your iPhone, Android, Nokia, Blackberry, Windows Phone, or use almost any computer or Macintosh PC, with cross-browser support for Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer.

  • Fully compatible with Outlook and Exchange Online

  • Large, easy-to-use mailboxes

  • Professional-looking email addresses

  • Automatic update of email, contacts and calendar on digital devices

  • Check the availability of your colleagues from the Outlook calendar

  • Antivirus and antispam protection

  • Reduce inbox overhead with the “Conversation View” feature

  • Access to other email accounts

  • A personal email file

Improved sharing and collaboration with Office 365

Office 365 offers better sharing and collaboration within your organization by using SharePoint Online. Your people can save directly to SharePoint or work collaboratively on any document, in real time, through Office Web Apps.

  • Create a public website with the built-in Site Designer tool

  • Share and manage critical documents

  • Save different versions and drafts in a single location accessible to everyone

  • 10 GB of SharePoint storage

  • External sharing with trusted partners

  • Fully integrated with Microsoft Office

  • A familiar look with familiar tools

Improved communication and collaboration.

Microsoft Lync Online offers next-generation communication in an online environment, allowing your people to make clear connections and collaborate from virtually anywhere, anytime. Lync Online provides an enhanced communication experience with instant messaging, audio / video calls, and an online meeting experience that supports audio, video, and web conferencing.

  • Connect with colleagues and clients instantly

  • Make professional presentations from anywhere

  • Conference calls and meetings

  • Check the status and availability of colleagues quickly and easily

  • Contact anyone suing Office 365 or Windows Live

  • Contact anyone who uses Microsoft Outlook

  • Connect with Exchange Online

Manage Office 365 from a single, easy-to-use interface

Administration of Office 365 is accomplished from an intuitive web-based portal that only the people you designate can access. It was designed for organizations without IT staff, with simple navigation and low-tech solutions; allowing you to easily establish user accounts, assign various roles to others, and configure the services you will use.

  • A simple and easy-to-use administration interface

  • You control access to all data, critical and otherwise.

  • Set up separate user accounts for each employee

  • Add administrators to help you manage the system

  • Manage your public website

  • Control costs by controlling the number of users

  • Full access to Microsoft support 24/7, 365

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