Microsoft Office 365 launched in SA
Office “in the cloud” from Microsoft launches commercially in SA
Microsoft launches Office 365 in South Africa
Microsoft Office 365 launched in SA
Office “in the cloud” from Microsoft launches commercially in SA
Ill stick with Open Office, free forever and I actually get to keep my files on a remote device(USB Flash Drive) never have to worry about hackers getting stealing my password....Originally Posted by QuintonB
Google docs (Soon to be Google Drive) is free.
That Kite Aint Gonna Fly In South Africa
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Not sure about that - I know of all sizes of companies that run sales teams on salesforce.com, and their mail/calendars from hosted exchange. This is just the next step.
You can always just download your files and store it on a flash-drive.
Where do you get your mail from? Do you have your own SMTP/POP3/IMAP server running? Because if not, then your mail already has the same issue.
Agreed. And the local guys that does hosted exchange are pretty sucky (in my experience).
Not aimed at everyday home users. But I know quite a few businesses that can't wait to leap onboard.
The real value is for guys who don't want to buy an Office Professional Plus 2010 license and already have hosted exchange at another service provider. It's a no brainer since the larger options come with a free desktop license for the normal desktop version of Office Professional Plus 2010 and Lync/Sharepoint etc.
we've been on Office365 since 1st June. Used to be MS Online Suite, and MS have been nagging us to migrate since March, then gave deadline of 1st June.... guess the companies who dont move on to 365 are holding Microsoft back coz they have to run old and new services.
We're part of European comany, so naturally Office365 has been available for Europe for quite some time.
But even now, local companies will use the foreign servers.
But service has been good, and available everywhere u have internet, on laptop, mobiles, and even a web-access.
Our guys in France didnt take up the full package with all the services, like Lync and Sharepoint online, at least to start with, come later.
Of course there is a price per user, but no mail server to buy or maintain, and other support, for a proffessional service, worth it.
naturally, as with many other companies, the migration from MS BPOS to Office365 wasn't all smooth sailing... took the first few days to sort out some issues, but at least MS provides full support.
Last edited by CeeBee; 29-06-2012 at 06:55 AM.
At the end of the game, the King and the pawn go back into the same box
We use Office 365 for our startup, and it's been brilliant I must say! Took 30mins to set up, and we've got Exchange + Active Sync, SharePoint and unified communications... For a ridiculously low monthly price?! You can't argue with that!
Not having ANY servers, admins or bandwidth requirements pretty much mean we get more time and money to spend on things that matter, and I for one reckon it's well worth it.
Btw I agree, this is not aimed at home users.
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out shouting “f#ck, what a ride!"
yip for business its very good.
probly easier to start directly with this, than to migrate from another existing service. Although, the biz support from MS is very good also.
we're part of global company... EMEA and USA went with Office365, Japan with Google Apps... Office365 still better, and, would u believe, cheaper overall too...
At the end of the game, the King and the pawn go back into the same box
From Wikipedia (which reads like MS marketing material):
Supported web browsers include:
- Internet Explorer 7 or later: 32-bit versions of this browser are fully supported; 64-bit versions have limited support. Internet Explorer 9+ must run in compatibility mode[34].
- Firefox (latest version): Full support
- Google Chrome (latest version): Full support
- Safari (latest version): Limited support
Oops on the IE's!
No, I'm actually looking at changing my ADSL carrier. Oh wait...
Just plain LOL.From Wikipedia (which reads like MS marketing material):
Supported web browsers include:
- Internet Explorer 7 or later: 32-bit versions of this browser are fully supported; 64-bit versions have limited support. Internet Explorer 9+ must run in compatibility mode[34].
- Firefox (latest version): Full support
- Google Chrome (latest version): Full support
- Safari (latest version): Limited support
Oops on the IE's!
So do you have to have MS Office installed on your computer to use this?
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