Microsoft 365 Email for Business

Microsoft 365 is the umbrella under which various Microsoft applications are brought together into one cloud-based solution. While these applications may be purchased on their own, there are advantages, especially for business, when utilized as part of 365. Sold in the form of a monthly or annual subscription, otherwise referred to as Software as a Service (Saas). It features packages for both home and office use, however 1CS provides business and enterprise subscriptions only.

It depends which plan you choose. All plans except for Business apps includes business email using Exchange & Outlook, Teams collaboration tools and Office apps including Word, Excel, OneNote, Powerpoint, Publisher, Access, One Drive, Sharepoint and more. When you have a subscription, updates are automatic, so you never have to worry about having the most recent version or issues associated with older versions.

Microsoft Word is a word processing application for drafting written documents. Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application used for calculations, managing information including financial information and other similar purposes. OneNote is designed for note taking and references, it is a free-form multi-user collaborative tool. Power-point is an application for designing presentations and documents. Publisher is a tool which helps with entry-level publishing of documents with an emphasis on layout. Access is a database management system. Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application. Outlook is an email client with a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking and journal. Exchange is Microsoft’s powerful email and calendaring server, mostly used for business purposes.  OneDrive is a file hosting and synchronization service while Sharepoint is a cloud-based collaboration tool which integrates with other applications including the suite of Microsoft services and applications.

Applications may be accessed through a web browser by logging into your account on the Microsoft login page. Some subscriptions include the desktop version whereby users may access it locally, directly on the users computer opposed to a web browser. The online version and the desktop version are synched, allowing one to go back and forth between using the cloud version and the active desktop version. Additionally, users may access applications across multiple devices, including mobile devices, all of which are synched with one another. However, Publisher and Access cannot be installed across multiple devices.

How do you acquier Microsfot 365 subscriptions for your business? From us, we are a Microsfot Partner. 

When your existing email data is transferred to the Microsoft 365 cloud server, your email history will exist within your Microsoft 365 account. Same with your files. These transfers take time, depending on the amount of data being transferred. Your admin portal would be setup and your DNS records pointed to M365. Our Microsoft 365 consultants can do it all and then show you how to use this state-of-the-art productivity tool.