Microsoft Office 365 Family, 1 year 6GQ-00092 Reviews
David - 3.5 out of 5 Reviewed on techradar.com in the United Kingdom on 09 October 2018
Everyone knows Skype, even if they don't use it, and Microsoft's acquisition of the app and company back in 2011 for $8.5 billion (around £6.5 billion) looks like a very shrewd bit of business. It now sits at the center of communications for Office 365 (o...
+Rock-solid video and audio calls, Support for 250 people conference calls, Polished app interfaces-Personal Skype is fine for manyWhile Microsoft Teams looms in the background, Skype can take care of all your video and audio calling needs, with some very useful business-focused extras thrown in for good measure...
David - 3.5 out of 5 Reviewed on techradar.com in the United Kingdom on 08 October 2018
Publisher can easily get forgotten about in the Office 365 mix, not least by Microsoft, which doesn't make any web interface or mobile apps available for the program. If you need layouts that are more advanced than Word can offer, however, Publisher is wo...
+Accessible features and tools, Get professional designs done in minutes, Wide choice of output options-No web or mobile optionsPublisher may not be one of the most well-known facets of Office 365, but it hits a spot between Word and more advanced DTP packages...
David - 3.5 out of 5 Reviewed on techradar.com in the United Kingdom on 08 October 2018
Microsoft may have been slow in adapting to a cloud-first computing age, but OneDrive now underpins everything else in Microsoft Office 365 – it's a place to store files, the key to collaboration in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and the home of the free onl...
+Polished apps across all platforms, Tight integration with Windows 10, Generous cloud storage allowance-Web interface more limited than rivalsFrom a slow start, OneDrive has evolved to be a more than adequate cloud syncing and storage service – but there's still room for improvement...
Devon - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2017
August 2016July 2016June 2016May 2016April 2016March 2016February 2016January 2016If you want to see older news and developments pertaining to Office 365, then check out the Archives page at the end of this review.Otherwise, now move on to Page 2 for our...
+The new Office 365 plans are a simple and cost-effective way to get access to new features in desktop Office 2013 and new versions of Office servers, without the work of running your own servers, The new administration interface makes the service eas-Existing Office 365 users have to wait for Microsoft to schedule upgrades to their accounts (and some early migrations have caused issues with SharePoint online). Also, Microsoft still has to prove it can offer meaningful improvements on a regular baFor smaller companies that will appreciate the new, simpler interface, Office 365 is a reliable service that integrates email, document sharing and conferencing almost seamlessly with the new desktop versions of the Office software. It also has powerful o...
Devon - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 09 May 2017
February 2017January 2017December 2016November 2016October 2016September 2016If you want to see older news and developments pertaining to Office 365, then check out the Archives page at the end of this review.Otherwise, now move on to Page 2 for our full...
+The new Office 365 admin centre is a real improvement, making it easy to find features that used to be tucked away inside specific services, Exchange Online is one of the best business email systems around, and no-one knows how to run it better than -Overall, the Office 365 admin interface remains disparate and disjointed; Microsoft needs to do more work here. In part, that's due to the overlapping tools, from the formal systems that replicate the server options larger businesses want – especiallOffice 365 is a reliable service that integrates email, document sharing and conferencing almost seamlessly with the latest desktop versions of the Office software – which now get regular updates and extra features – and is evolving new cloud tools and se...
Mary - 4.5 out of 5 Reviewed on techradar.com in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2014
In the spirit of Microsoft's reboot, the new version of Office is more complex for business than it used to be. It includes much more than familiar software like Word and Excel, extending to Office servers (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint and services that run...
+New administration interface, New features on Sharepoint and Exchange Online, App model for Outlook add, ons, Simple and cost, effective plans-Wait for upgrades for existing users, Does not take full advantage of Skype, Lacks integration with Yammer enterprise social networks.Cloud integration and subscription licensing make Office 2013 a landmark release for Microsoft and this functionality has extended to Office 365, too. It's also worth noting that this is the first update that has upgraded the servers which host Office 365...
Bob - 5 out of 5 Reviewed on itpro.co.uk in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2013
The article was originally published on the 1 March 2013. Office 365 for businesses brings Office 2013, new collaboration features and above all a sense that Microsoft has finally embraced the cloud whole-heartedly. Google's relentless push with its enter...
+Clean interface; Office on Demand; great collaboration features; updatable; business users automatically upgraded-Still not fully accessible on iPadStill the best productivity suite on the market - the ability to access your documents on any PC directly through the cloud is going to be a necessity for most users....
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed on gadgetspeak.com in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2013
This is the current latest version of Microsoft Office, it has a very new and somewhat sinister edge to it in that it is now a item that comes with a licence to allow its use for 12 months after that you need to pay to keep using it....
Simon - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 March 2013
Although Office 365 runs locally on your PC , laptop or tablet , free SkyDrive storage space is offered to encourage the storage of documents online. There are advantages to using cloud storage – not least that you can access your files anywhere, on any m...
Office remains the most comprehensive productivity suite available, and there are still things that each of its applications can do that the opposition can't. If you're working with Office documents, there's nothing more compatible than Office.Tags:Intern...
Edward - 4.5 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2013
Office 365 Home Premium is Microsoft's name for one of its many varieties of Office 2013 – in this case, the subscription-based affair that you download from the cloud and use on your disk in exactly the same way you've used earlier versions of Office. T...
+Designed from scratch for the cloud, Smart, clear interface, Lots of subtle improvements to the suite, Unmatched power for editing and sharing, One license covers five machines-Clumsy to use on a touchscreenPublished under license from Ziff Davis, Inc. New York, All rights reserved. Copyright © 2012-2013 Ziff Davis, Inc...
Simon - 4.15 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 04 November 2011
As businesses continue to question whether they're ready for the cloud, school leaders are asking themselves the same thing. ICT budgets, like all others, are being squeezed and the potential cost savings from external hosting, facilitating the use of st...
Office 365 brings useful services within the reach of every school, but might not always fit educational requirements...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 01 July 2011
Office 365 is a suite of cloud-based services from Microsoft that offers access to business tools such as email, messaging, videoconferencing, collaboration and even browser-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, all on a subscription b...
+Professional email, collaboration and communications capabilities available on subscription basis, access anywhere via a browser-Office Web Apps no replacement for desktop applications, clunky Lync client needs installing locallyOffice 365 offers Exchange email and SharePoint collaboration, without the need to install any servers or pay upfront costs. The web-based suite may lack some high-end features, but it is likely to prove very attractive for small businesses at this pri...
Mary - 4.15 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2011
PREVIEW: Purchasing and maintaining software for a business, small or big, is a costly undertaking. It isn't just the licensing that affects your bottom line, but the man hours that go into keeping software patched and up to date, installing it on new mac...
At this price, and with these management tools, Office 365 could make it hard to justify running your own Exchange server...
Reviewer - 4 out of 5 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2011
Microsoft might not be the first name you think of when considering enterprise cloud offerings. But then again, the company does handle 10 billion Hotmail and Windows Live messages a day and has a 15 year history of deploying and managing massive data cen...
+Instantly available, Cross platform-Requires an active Internet connection whereas CD/DVDbased Office versions do notOverall, Office 365 for enterprises' web-enabled tools let me access email, important documents and efficiently collaborate with those inside and outside my test organisation's boundaries. This cloud service works handily with Microsoft's desktop office a...