ML
    • Recent
    • Categories
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Register
    • Login

    Office 365

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved IT Discussion
    90 Posts 13 Posters 19.2k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      @scottalanmiller said:

      It's not bad, I use it when I work on Linux (which is more or less always.) Does the trick for basic users. Nice that you can access it anywhere, anytime.

      We get a monster discount / free stuff, but only parts of O365 so you've helped me greatly to sort through and narrow down. I think we'll stay with 2013 this year and look at O365 next year for just office stuff, no hosting or bells/whistles.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
        last edited by Dashrender

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @MattSpeller said:

        Ok thank you - so it's nothing like google's browser based offerings? Still install as usual and go?

        Correct. Nothing like that.

        That does exist. But that's a different thing. If you get Office 365 E3 (Hosted Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, ODFB and Office) then you get both on premises Office 2016 as well as the Sharepoint-powered Office Online. So yes, there is something like Google's online offering, but it is not a "versus" situation. In any situation where you can get the online version, you can get the on premises as well. So it isn't "this or that" it is "this or this AND that".

        FTFY

        scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
          last edited by

          @Dashrender said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          @MattSpeller said:

          Ok thank you - so it's nothing like google's browser based offerings? Still install as usual and go?

          Correct. Nothing like that.

          That does exist. But that's a different thing. If you get Office 365 E3 (Hosted Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, ODFB and Office) then you get both on premises Office 2016 as well as the Sharepoint-powered Office Online. So yes, there is something like Google's online offering, but it is not a "versus" situation. In any situation where you can get the online version, you canget the on premises as well. So it isn't "this or that" it is "this or this AND that".

          FTFY

          Can you get it without the on premises?

          DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @Dashrender said:

            @scottalanmiller said:

            @MattSpeller said:

            Ok thank you - so it's nothing like google's browser based offerings? Still install as usual and go?

            Correct. Nothing like that.

            That does exist. But that's a different thing. If you get Office 365 E3 (Hosted Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, ODFB and Office) then you get both on premises Office 2016 as well as the Sharepoint-powered Office Online. So yes, there is something like Google's online offering, but it is not a "versus" situation. In any situation where you can get the online version, you canget the on premises as well. So it isn't "this or that" it is "this or this AND that".

            FTFY

            Can you get it without the on premises?

            yeah, maybe not in the E series, but the SMB series yes.. I do in fact through NTG.

            scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said:

              @scottalanmiller said:

              @Dashrender said:

              @scottalanmiller said:

              @MattSpeller said:

              Ok thank you - so it's nothing like google's browser based offerings? Still install as usual and go?

              Correct. Nothing like that.

              That does exist. But that's a different thing. If you get Office 365 E3 (Hosted Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, ODFB and Office) then you get both on premises Office 2016 as well as the Sharepoint-powered Office Online. So yes, there is something like Google's online offering, but it is not a "versus" situation. In any situation where you can get the online version, you canget the on premises as well. So it isn't "this or that" it is "this or this AND that".

              FTFY

              Can you get it without the on premises?

              yeah, maybe not in the E series, but the SMB series yes.. I do in fact through NTG.

              Oh, did not know that. I never look at those and was not aware that they added that option.

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
                last edited by

                Just so we're on the same page, in the SMB packages for $5/month I get hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, ODfB, Skype for Business and the online version of Office apps.

                BRRABillB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
                • Deleted74295D
                  Deleted74295 Banned
                  last edited by

                  Yeah office online is in all of them, Exchange Online is the only one where online versions of Office are missing.

                  DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said:

                    Just so we're on the same page, in the SMB packages for $5/month I get hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, ODfB, Skype for Business and the online version of Office apps.

                    That a limited version of Office apps though.

                    scottalanmillerS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
                      last edited by

                      @BRRABill said:

                      @Dashrender said:

                      Just so we're on the same page, in the SMB packages for $5/month I get hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, ODfB, Skype for Business and the online version of Office apps.

                      That a limited version of Office apps though.

                      Not limited, it's online. Different products. I could equally call the on premises limited because you have to install it. What matters is that they are two different things, not one being a crippled version of the other.

                      BRRABillB KellyK 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Not limited, it's online. Different products. I could equally call the on premises limited because you have to install it. What matters is that they are two different things, not one being a crippled version of the other.

                        What I mean is that I also have the $5 plan, and the online versions they give you are limited in what they can do.

                        For example, you can't freeze panes in Excel. You have to use desktop Excel for that.

                        DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @Deleted74295
                          last edited by

                          @Breffni-Potter said:

                          Yeah office online is in all of them, Exchange Online is the only one where online versions of Office are missing.

                          Actually the Office Pro Plus package also does not include the Online Apps either.

                          Which reminds me...

                          Why the hell does MS include the Office Pro Plus only option in their list of O365 offerings, but purely hosted Exchange for $4/m/u is not - hmm.. because they don't really want to sell it? they really want to sell the package only deals? hmmm.

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • KellyK
                            Kelly @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @BRRABill said:

                            @Dashrender said:

                            Just so we're on the same page, in the SMB packages for $5/month I get hosted Exchange, Sharepoint, ODfB, Skype for Business and the online version of Office apps.

                            That a limited version of Office apps though.

                            Not limited, it's online. Different products. I could equally call the on premises limited because you have to install it. What matters is that they are two different things, not one being a crippled version of the other.

                            The set of features available to the online version, save concurrent editing, is a subset of the local install. To most, the semantics would point to the online version being a crippled version of the local install.

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Or are you saying the "Office Online" they give you in the $5 is the same they give you in the higher priced package that includes desktop installs?

                              DashrenderD 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @BRRABill
                                last edited by

                                @BRRABill said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Not limited, it's online. Different products. I could equally call the on premises limited because you have to install it. What matters is that they are two different things, not one being a crippled version of the other.

                                What I mean is that I also have the $5 plan, and the online versions they give you are limited in what they can do.

                                For example, you can't freeze panes in Excel. You have to use desktop Excel for that.

                                Well sure - but as Scott said - they are their own product. Sure they share the name Excel - but it's Online Excel, versus locally installed Excel.

                                and those features will come, it's just going to take time.

                                BRRABillB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • BRRABillB
                                  BRRABill @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said:

                                  Well sure - but as Scott said - they are their own product. Sure they share the name Excel - but it's Online Excel, versus locally installed Excel.

                                  and those features will come, it's just going to take time.

                                  I thought they had two different versions.

                                  A "free" version that had less features, a a version that came with the desktop-install packages that was basically the same as the desktop versions.

                                  This is wrong?

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @BRRABill
                                    last edited by

                                    @BRRABill said:

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Or are you saying the "Office Online" they give you in the $5 is the same they give you in the higher priced package that includes desktop installs?

                                    yep, saying that too. The online versions are the same no matter what package you buy that includes them.

                                    There's no crippled version of the online apps.

                                    BRRABillB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      yep, saying that too. The online versions are the same no matter what package you buy that includes them.

                                      There's no crippled version of the online apps.

                                      Ohhhhhhhhhh.

                                      Well that's dumb.

                                      My goal to be ML-compliant and get away from local stuff is getting harder and harder each day!

                                      MattSpellerM DashrenderD 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                      • brianlittlejohnB
                                        brianlittlejohn
                                        last edited by

                                        What I like about O365 subscription is you get to license Office Apps per User rather than per device.

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • MattSpellerM
                                          MattSpeller @BRRABill
                                          last edited by

                                          @BRRABill said:

                                          My goal to be ML-compliant and get away from local stuff is getting harder and harder each day!

                                          I'll drink to that

                                          BRRABillB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller
                                            last edited by

                                            Alright - y'all are awesome, but I need a round up for all this info.

                                            • We have users working with limited or no internet often. What version of O365 comes with local installs?

                                            • Are there any cloud storage components I should be aware of? (our data can't leave Canada for reasons)

                                            • If the online version does send data to hell and gone is it possible to have only a local install and block the online logins?

                                            • Can you get a version that's local only and save money? We host our own exchange ducks to avoid incomming abuse

                                            brianlittlejohnB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • 1
                                            • 2
                                            • 3
                                            • 4
                                            • 5
                                            • 1 / 5
                                            • First post
                                              Last post