Syzygy 3: Office365

Everywhere you look, the “cloud” is offering new and better services for your business. No longer is reality less than the promise; we’ve reached the point where you can believe the hype.

Moving business cloud services forward is Microsoft’s Office365. Office365 is an expansion of the original online services introduced through BPOS (Business Productivity Online Services). This next generation of cloud computing brings you another step closer to a completely virtualized IT infrastructure. You also have a greater range of options, so you can choose the services that are right for your business.

For businesses looking to package services together, you have the E Plans (NOTE: the P1 or P2 notations reference the functionalities available in the standalone plans, which are described further below):

Office 365 E1
($10/mailbox/month)

Exchange Online (P1) – Email, Calendar, Contacts, Personal Archive, e-Discovery, Antivirus/Antispam

SharePoint Online (P1) – Collaboration with Site, File Sharing, Antivirus

Lync (P2) – Instant Messaging, Presence Detection, Antivirus, Virtual Meetings

Office 365 E2
($16/mailbox/month)

Office 365 E3
($24/mailbox/month)

Exchange Online (P2) –Email, Calendar, Contacts, Personal Archive, e-Discovery, Antivirus/Antispam, Voicemail, Advanced Archiving

SharePoint Online (P2) –Collaboration with Site, File Sharing, Antivirus, Forms, Data Visualization, Access/Excel/Visio Services

Lync (P2) – Instant Messaging, Presence Detection, Antivirus, Virtual Meetings

Office Pro Plus – Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Communicator, Access, InfoPath, Publisher, OneNote (always the latest version of the full Office suite)

Office Web Apps – Online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote

Exchange Online Archiving – Hosted communication archiving solution

Office 365 E4
($27/mailbox/month)

Lync Voice – Integrated voice communications with Lync Server 2010

If you’re not looking for an entire package, but simply need the advanced functionality of a single service…you’re covered there, too.

Exchange Online (P1) – $5/month
Email, Calendar, Contacts, Personal Archive, e-Discovery, Antivirus/Antispam

Exchange Online (P2) – $10/month
Email, Calendar, Contacts, Personal Archive, e-Discovery, Antivirus/Antispam, Voicemail, Advanced Archiving

SharePoint Online (P1) – $5.25/month
Collaboration with Site, File Sharing, Antivirus

SharePoint Online (P2) – $10.25/month
Collaboration with Site, File Sharing, Antivirus, Forms, Data Visualization, Access/Excel/Visio Services

Lync Online (P1) – $2/month
Instant Messaging, Presence, Antivirus

Lync Online (P2) – $6.50/month
Instant Messaging, Presence, Antivirus, Virtual Meetings

Office Pro Plus – $12/month
Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Communicator, Access, InfoPath, Publisher, OneNote (always the latest version of the full Office suite) + Web Apps

Office Web Apps w/ SharePoint Online (P1) – $11.25/month
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint Online (P1)

Office Web Apps w/ SharePoint Online (P2) – $16.25/month
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint Online (P2)

There are also low-volume (Kiosk Plans) options available.

In addition to the Microsoft links above, there are also a couple independent sites that give you an external take on the Office365 offerings. While these are not from Microsoft, the information is fairly accurate (some plans may be changed by Microsoft) and without any techno-speak.

P Plans Breakdown

E Plans Breakdown

We understand there is a lot to get your head around, so we highly suggest cheating. Call or email Syzygy 3 directly to discuss the available functionalities, plans, and what might work best for your business. You can reach us at 646.442.1490 or Office365@syzygy3.com.