Office 365 is the most powerful Office suite being offered by Microsoft. It is more than just a bundle of various Office applications like, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, it is a strong tool that amasses the best-in-class productivity tools with enhanced security and availability. It is a subscription-based service, on a per-user basis, hence it saves money by not having to buy the tool by paying the lump sum upfront, and users can also mix-and-match the services in your plan as per your needs. As it is a cloud-based service so it’s usage does not rely on your ageing infrastructure. Let’s see the major benefits of using Office 365.
The most important benefit of Office 365 is that it is a cloud-based service. The main benefit of using it over the cloud is that it is available anywhere and at any time, with enough redundancy. Microsoft also guarantees 99.9% uptime and provides 24×7 IT support. It also always makes available the latest version of all the applications to its users. In addition to this, it also offers 1TB of storage space per user, hence saving money on buying storage devices as well.
It also provides state-of-art security to your data and files stored over the cloud. Even the permissions to access documents in an organisation can be managed at a granular level. We can keep track of who is using what more transparently. Moreover, if your device gets damaged, or lost, you can wipe it remotely and save it from falling into wrong hands.
It helps save money. We don’t have to spend money on file and storage servers. It also offers flexibility to the users, as you can subscribe only to those features or applications that you need, and don’t have to buy the full suite, hence saving money.
The single sign-on (SSO) capability of Office 365 also makes it easy to use as the users don’t have to reenter their credentials at every step.
It provides a real-time collaboration of applications between various users of an organisation so the users can work on the same application simultaneously, hence, improving productivity.
In conclusion, it can be said that by using Office 365 we are always connected, and we get enhanced security, easy accessibility, up-to-date services, well-managed storage, full IT support, improved productivity, and save money. In a nutshell, Office 365 provides its users a peace of mind while using an Office suite.
