Saturday, September 27, 2014

Why You Should Buy Microsoft Office 365

By Alex D White


The unveiling of Office 365 recently has made the company hit the news for many reasons. One of the main reasons why this platform is famous is that it is the only service that has come so close to the cloud. It comes with a variety of features, including emails, Office Web Apps, Office 2010 professional plus and collaboration. The following are some of the benefits you can take advantage of.

The main reason why companies have been reluctant to use the cloud is security. Fortunately, Microsoft had this in mind when they put the service together. All the applications of Office 365 use the 128-bit SSL/TSL encryption. The idea behind this encryption is to block any outside party that manages to intercept a transmission from reading it.

Most people have also been concerned about reliability when it comes to using cloud services. Downtime would mean lost productivity in workers, and ultimately a loss for the company. Microsoft online services allow for a service legal agreement and have a scheduled uptime of 99.9 percent. The company has several datacenters around the world such that if one fails, another can serve as a back up.

The world today is very concerned about compliance when it comes to business. Therefore, the industry and government regulations have become a very big deal. On its part, Microsoft Office 365 has been found to be compliant with the standards of ISO 27001, has passed the SAS70 type I and II audits and gained the EU safe harbor seal. Moreover, clients can now be able to play their part in keeping up with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act through the inclusion of user-friendly controls.

The current harsh economy is making it harder for companies to put their computer operating systems upgrades a top priority. Fortunately, you do not have to upgrade your operating system when you have the Office 365. It works well with Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP SP3. In addition, despite the fact that it cannot support merged identity, it is also compatible with XP media center edition or Home edition.

Another great benefit of using this service is that it enables you to access all the features and functionality of the latest server products from Microsoft. These services run on Lync, Sharepoint 2010 and exchange 2010 sp1. For Windows, Microsoft Lync 2010 is the client software and the enterprise edition has an additional licensing for Office 2010 Professional Plus.

Office 365 comes with integrated Microsoft Office Web Apps, which serve to compliment the full featured office applications, rather than overriding them. You can be able to access these services from anywhere outside your office, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. It also comes with the familiar traditional interface you are used to and your documents are displayed in the same way as in the desktop applications

Lync Online acts as the communications service feature of Office 365. When using this feature, the best thing about it is that you do not need to be on the corporate network to access it. It is possible to access it directly over the internet, but sharing of files will not be applicable in this situation.




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