Microsoft 365 Implementation
Let’s talk Microsoft 365 Implementation. Microsoft 365 (formally Office365) is Microsoft’s subscription version of its ubiquitous office suite that has been around since 1989. The powerful scalability and versatile features make it a valuable tool for offices of any size, in any business. Features previously only available with on-premises servers and big infrastructures are now available in a matter of minutes with an internet connection and a reasonable subscription fee. One big advantage of a subscription version of Office is that you always have the latest and greatest version for all users eliminating any compatibility issues.
Microsoft 365 Implementation Explained
Why the new name?
In April 2020 Microsoft gave Office 365 a new name. What was Office 365 is now Microsoft 365. With the new name, Microsoft is adding features that will increase the value of the subscription. Here are a some of the new features:
The new Microsoft Editor. The new editor will expand on the current writing aids found in the office suite and like Grammarly will give suggestions on style of writing.
In Power Point there is a new ‘rehearse’ feature. This feature will listen to you speak and detect things such as filler words (um…, and…, a…, etc.) and monotone speech. Once detected, it will make suggestions to improve your presentation.
Excel will get new tools that will incorporate financial management tools that will do things like pull in information from financial institutions. In addition other tools will provide datatypes from a list that will look up and insert information about that datatype.
Outlook calendars will get a feature allowing you to combine multiple calendars into one.
Versions of Microsoft 365
These are the business versions of Microsoft 365 that are for 300 users or less. For 300 users are more you must get a Microsoft 365 Enterprise solution.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic – This subscription includes the Office cloud solutions Share Point, Exchange, Teams and OneDrive for Business. Also it includes the online versions of the Office apps- Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access and Publisher
Microsoft 365 Apps for Business – This subscription is for the desktop apps and cloud storage. These apps included in Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Access, Publisher and OneDrive for Business.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard – The Business standard subscription combines the cloud solutions and the desktop applications of the Business Basic and the Apps for Business subscriptions.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium – This has all the features of the Microsoft 365 Business Standard plus additional management and security tools. Microsoft Intune is the first tool. Microsoft Intune is a cloud service that allows you to manage devices and applications. It is a robust management platform that will keep your business data safe by setting policies for devices and apps. The second tool, Azure Information Protection, is also a cloud-based tool that will classify your business data by scanning data drives or by manually setting the classification. With this classification you can then set policies on how the data can be used ensuring the security of this data. This subscription is designed for larger environments and the security tools are quite complex.