Features and hardware
The Office 365 suite is made up of four components, all held in the cloud. Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office Web Apps.
The Exchange server is designed to manage email, although it is entirely hosted within the cloud. It offers 25GB of email per product, and allows users to store their calendars, contacts and tasks as well.
SharePoint is essentially the same product hosted in the cloud, allowing users to collaborate on web sites, wikis and blogs.
The Lync server provides hosting for real-time communications, including video conferencing and chatting. Users can also transfer files and instant messaging.
The Office web apps are essentially browser-based versions of the Office suite, with Excel, Word and PowerPoint accessible through the software. Users can view and edit documents within the browser and keep the same formatting they had in the original documents.
Telstra has partnered with Microsoft for the suite, offering the apps at $7.90 per user per small business, although that price can increase to $40 for larger businesses.
The Office 365 suite is made up of four components, all held in the cloud. Exchange, SharePoint, Lync and Office Web Apps.
The Exchange server is designed to manage email, although it is entirely hosted within the cloud. It offers 25GB of email per product, and allows users to store their calendars, contacts and tasks as well.
SharePoint is essentially the same product hosted in the cloud, allowing users to collaborate on web sites, wikis and blogs.
The Lync server provides hosting for real-time communications, including video conferencing and chatting. Users can also transfer files and instant messaging.
The Office web apps are essentially browser-based versions of the Office suite, with Excel, Word and PowerPoint accessible through the software. Users can view and edit documents within the browser and keep the same formatting they had in the original documents.
Telstra has partnered with Microsoft for the suite, offering the apps at $7.90 per user per small business, although that price can increase to $40 for larger businesses.