What’s in Microsoft 365?

So what’s in Microsoft 365?
Many companies moved to Microsoft 365 for their corporate applications to also take advantage of the cloud storage solution and of course the reliability and security it offers too.

It also means a company always has the latest version of the software as Microsoft are updating the apps continually with enhancements and security.

As a minimum, a Microsoft 365 subscription will give you:

• The latest Office apps, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.  However, with a basic plan only web apps (you can’t download the full applictions)
• The ability to install on PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.
• 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
• Feature updates and upgrades not available anywhere else.

However, many companies will purchase a business or professional license which offers much more.  Lets’ take a look at the different business plan options to understand what’s in a Microsoft 365 subscription as there are plans available for Home, Business, Education and Enterprise.

What’s in Microsoft 365 Business Basic Subscription?

Microsoft Business Basic 365 Subscription costs about £4.60 a month with an annual commitment.  You get only the web based tools and applications only.  These include the cut down web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote which can be used on your mobile as well as online through a browser.  So you can’t download the full desktop versions of the software.  However you do take advantage of collaboration such as co-authoring your documents.  You also receive file storage which allows you to share documents both internally and externally and give you the advantage of backup., sharing, teamwork

Security through policies, passwords and email protection and support with Microsoft via web and phone..

Take advantage of Microsoft Teams which allows your conferencing and meeting.

What’s in Microsoft 365 Business Standard Subscription?

Microsoft 365 Business Standard Subscription costs about £9.60 a month with an annual commitment.  You get everything that the basic subscription provides, however, you can download your desktop applications which gives you full functionality of these applications.

The difference is Business Standard includes tools to build and manage your business – these tools are powerful and we offer courses in all these Microsoft Planner, Sway, Power Apps, here’s a couple of links to courses:

The good news is we provide live online training course’s for all of the tools within the Microsoft 365 suite of software, these include; Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Teams and many more. Just take a look at the top menu under Microsoft Courses where you can find the full range of these applications on our website under the banner Microsoft Office 365 – some are half day courses and some a full day.

What’s in Microsoft 365 Business Premium Subscription?

Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription costs about £16.90 a month with an annual commitment.  You get everything that the Business Standard subscription offers but it also includes advanced security and device management.

Read more about the plans available to you from Microsoft 

We offer training for individuals but also have special group booking rates available.  Please call and speak to us about your training requirement which we can also tailor to your needs. The training packages are flexible, top quality and value for money.  Take a look at our Microsoft Excel training courses to see how you can improve your skills.

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