The key benefits of Microsoft Office 365
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What's Microsoft Office 365?
Designed for the 21st century workspace, Microsoft Office 365 lets businesses operate freely and securely with the Microsoft products you know and trust; enterprise-grade email, instant messaging, calendars, file-sharing and web conferencing. It adds fast, reliable and secure connectivity so you can work the way you want - on almost any device, virtually anywhere. Become a Ready Business and make decisions quicker. Read our case study
What's included in Microsoft Office 365?
Online Hosted business-class email and calendar sharing.
- A 50GB mailbox per user.
- Use your own domain name to send emails.
- Robust anti-spam and anti-malware protection.
One Drive 1TB per user of online document storage.
- Sync online files to your devices for offline access.
- Team collaboration site and internal web portals.
Access the latest versions of Microsoft Office tools.
- Roaming for your documents, applications and settings.
- Deploy Office on desktops quickly and effortlessly.
- Conduct web conferences with customers and partners using Microsoft Skype for Business.
Why get Office 365 from Vodacom ?
Microsoft Office 365 from Vodacom is a completely flexible solution which allows you to select all of the Microsoft products, or just the ones that are best suited to your business.
• We’re the syndication partner with Microsoft for Office 365.
• Our secure and reliable network connectivity means you can move to the cloud with confidence.
• Vodacom network connectivity means you can move to the cloud with confidence.
• Monthly billing through your Vodacom bill.
Features of Microsoft Office 365
A hosted, cloud-based IT solution which gives you the Microsoft Office products you know and trust, including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Skype for Business.
Exchange Online: familiar access to email, calendar, contacts and tasks across PCs, the web and mobile devices.
SharePoint Online: create sites to share documents and information with colleagues, suppliers and customers.
Skype for Business: next-generation communications capabilities, including Presence, Instant Messaging (IM) as well as PC-to-PC audio and video calling.
Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus and Office Web Apps: the latest version of all Microsoft Office applications seamlessly connected and delivered with cloud services so you can access your documents, email and calendars from virtually any device.
Benefits of Microsoft Office 365
• A hosted, cloud-based IT solution with no upfront investment required in on-site equipment.
• Use it across almost any device; smartphones, PCs and tablet devices.
• Enterprise-grade security with 99,9% guaranteed uptime.
• Simple monthly ‘per user’ fee for everything.
• Be more responsive to customers and colleagues.
• Work from virtually any place on almost any device with familiar applications and consistent formatting.
• Stay connected and collaborate with colleagues, suppliers and customers wherever you are.
• A simple and affordable solution that’s easy to set up, manage and use – no ongoing costs for equipment.
• Suits businesses of all sizes – big and small.
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Stand-alone offerings:
SME Business Plans
| Business | Business Essentials | Business Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per licence (incl vat) | R116.15 | R70.73 | R177.10 |
| Max number of licences | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| 24/7 phone support from Microsoft for critical issues | X | X | X |
| Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher | X | X | |
| iPad, Windows RT & smartphone apps | X | X | |
| Office Online | X | X | X |
| 1TB cloud storage (OneDrive for Business) | X | X | X |
| Email, calendar (Exchange) | X | X | |
| Online meetings, IM (Lync) | X | X | |
| Team sites, internal portals (SharePoint) | X | X | |
| Enterprise social (Yammer) | X | X | |
| Active Directory integration | X | X | X |
Enterprise Plans
| ProPlus | E1 | E3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max number of licences | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 24/7 phone support from Microsoft for critical issues | X | X | X |
| Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher | |||
| iPad, Windows RT & smartphone apps | X | X | |
| Office Online | X | X | |
| Access | X | X | X |
| 1TB cloud storage (OneDrive for Business) | X | X | X |
| Email, calendar (Exchange) | X | X | |
| Online meetings, IM (Lync) | X | X | |
| Team sites, internal portals (SharePoint) | X | X | |
| Enterprise social (Yammer) | X | X | |
| Active Directory integration | X | X | X |
| Supports hybrid deployment | X | X | |
| Support for shared computer activation (RDS) | X | X | |
| Upcoming services – Office 365 Video | X | X | |
| Compliance – Archiving, eDiscovery, mailbox hold | X | X | |
| Information protection – message encryption, RMS, DLP | X | X | X |