Office 365 Business Essentials

Office 365 Business Essentials Includes

Online Services

Email and calendars Plans, that do not include the desktop version of Office, work with the latest version of Outlook, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007 (with slightly limited functionality), Outlook 2011 for Mac, and Outlook 2008 for Mac.

Use business-class email through a rich and familiar Outlook experience you can access from your desktop, or from a web browser using Outlook Web App. Get a 50 GB mailbox per user and send attachments up to 25 MB. Learn more

Online conferencing Host online meetings with audio and video using one-click screen sharing and HD video conferencing. Learn more

Instant messaging and Skype connectivity Connect with other Skype for Business users via instant message, voice calls, and video calls, and let people know your availability with your online status. Share presence, IM, and audio calling with Skype users. Learn more

Corporate social network Yammer collaboration software and business applications allow your employees to connect with the right people, share information across teams, and organize around projects so they can go further, faster. Learn more

Simple file storage and sharing OneDrive for Business provides 1 TB of storage for each user for virtually anywhere access to their documents. Share files with others inside and outside your organization, control who can see and edit each file, and easily sync files with PCs/Macs and devices. Learn more

Team sites Enable easy access and sharing of documents with 10 GB baseline storage plus 500 MB of storage per user. Learn more

Office Online Create and edit Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Excel documents from a browser. Learn more

Search and discovery This feature will start rolling out to Office 365 plans in September 2014 and will be completed by early 2015 for all plans. Learn more in the Office 365 for business roadmap.

Stay in the know. Search and discover content across Office 365 based on personalized insights. Office Delve is the first experience to be powered by Office Graph, a collection of analyzed signals or insights derived from each user’s behavior and relationships to content, topics, and contacts. Learn more

All Office 365 for business plans include:

Reliability Get peace of mind knowing your services are available with a guaranteed 99.9% uptime, financially backed service level agreement (SLA).

Security Cutting-edge security practices with five layers of security and proactive monitoring help keep customer data safe. Learn more

Privacy Your data is yours. We safeguard it and protect your privacy. Learn more

Administration Deploy and manage Office 365 across your company, no IT expertise required. You can add and remove users in minutes.

Up to date No need to pay for version upgrades; updates are included in your subscription. New features are rolled out to Office 365 customers regularly.

Active Directory integration Manage user credentials and permissions. Single sign-on and synchronisation with Active Directory.

Support Microsoft Support provides telephone and online answers, how-to-resources and connections with other Office 365 customers for setup and quick fixes. Learn more