Microsoft Office 365

What is Microsoft Office 365?

Microsoft® Office 365 for small businesses is an easy-to-use set of web-enabled tools that let you access your email, important documents, contacts, and calendar from almost anywhere and any device—including PCs, Macintosh computers, iPhones, Android phones, and BlackBerry smartphones. Designed to meet the needs of a diverse range of small businesses, Microsoft Office 365 lets you choose which tools to use; or PTG, a Microsoft Certified Partner and outsourced IT support company, can make recommendations based on your specific needs.  Office 365 pricing is affordable and scalable to meet the varying needs of businesses.

Microsoft Office 365: Benefits

• Works seamlessly with the programs you already know and use, including Microsoft Outlook®, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, and Microsoft PowerPoint®
• Is easy to try and simple to learn, and it works with your existing hardware
• Offers improved collaboration capabilities, including a password-protected portal to share large, hard-to-email files both inside and outside of your organization
• Includes powerful security features from Microsoft to help protect your data
• Backed with a 99.9-percent uptime guarantee

Download the Top 10 Benefits Datasheet for Microsoft Office 365.

Office 365: Do More with Less

Want better tools to help you and your staff work more productively, without the headache of complex technology? The familiar messaging and collaboration services in Microsoft® Office 365 will help you get more done, more quickly—no matter where you’re working from or whom you’re working with. And because Office 365 provides a web-based alternative to traditional software, you won’t even have to worry about installing and managing your own server hardware and software.  See our Cloud Computing (SaaS) to learn more about Cloud Technology where software is provided as a service.

Want to try Office 365 before you make the switch? Set up a free Office 365 trial or view Office 365 demos for a closer look at Office 365.

Office 365: Tools

Office 365 Professional Plus

Office 365 Professional Plus (Microsof Office Web Apps) are convenient online companions to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft OneNote that offer you an easy way to access, view, and edit documents directly in your web browser.

• Flexible service offering with pay-as-you-go, per-user licensing
• The complete Office experience with services integration in Office 365
• Simplified user set-up to preconfigure services
• Always the latest version of the Office apps, including Office Web Apps
• Familiar Office user experience to access services

Office 365 Exchange Online

Office 365 Exchange Online gives you access to Office 365 tools such as Office 365 Professional Plus including email, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere, at any time.

• Rich browser experience with new Outlook Web App
• Improved Inbox management with Conversation View
• Integrated multi-mailbox search and retention policies
• New personal email archiving and compliance capabilities
• Greater IT control with new GUI and Remote Power Shell

Office 365 SharePoint

With Office 365 SharePoint, Office 365 enables you to access and share documents and insights, contacts, calendars, and tasks in a single location and from a shared computer or smartphone.

• Manage and share important documents with colleagues
• Share personal insights and status updates with colleagues
• Keep teams in sync and manage important projects.
• Find important documents and people easily
• Stay up to date with company information and news
• Market your business with a simple public-facing web site

Office 365 Lync

Office 365 Lync helps you find and quickly connect with the right person through instant messaging (IM), Lync video calls, or online meetings from within Office 365 - the Office applications you already use every day. 

• Combines 1:1 text/voice/video chat with multiparty online meetings in a single application and service
• Escalate conversations into ad-hoc online meetings with audio, video, PPT upload, and desktop sharing
• Simplified access for external meeting participants
• Contact photos and activity feeds
• Federation with Windows Live Messenger
• Communicate with external organizations running Lync through Lync federation

Office 365: Why?

Office 365: Why PTG?

PTG has been awarded as a Cloud Champions Club partner by Microsoft.  PTG is a among an elite 20% of Microsoft Partners with this status.  Of the 4,000 partners signed up to sell Microsoft BPOS, roughly 1,000 to 1,200 have qualified for the Cloud Champions Club.  This elite status means that PTG is privy to specialized cloud training. As a result, PTG is on the cutting-edge of new Cloud Computing (SaaS) technology and can now offer a wider breadth of SaaS services and expertise to our customers.  As a Microsoft Partner and outsourced IT support company, PTG can help customers around the globe get the most value from their investment.

Contact PTG today for your free Office 365 trial and experience the flexibility of a cloud office.  Or for more information, see Office 365 pricing and Office 365 demos.