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What is O365?

Office 365, now commonly referred to as Microsoft 365, is a subscription-based suite of productivity tools and cloud services offered by Microsoft. It includes familiar applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as various collaborative and cloud-based services designed to enhance productivity and collaboration in the workplace.

Key components and features of Office 365 include:

• Office Applications: Access to the latest versions of Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access. These applications are available both online and offline, ensuring users can work from anywhere.

• Exchange Online: Cloud-based email and calendar service providing enterprise-level email capabilities, shared calendars, and global address lists.

• OneDrive for Business: Cloud storage service that allows users to store, share, and sync files securely from anywhere. Each user typically gets a significant amount of storage space for personal files.

• SharePoint Online: Collaborative platform for document management, storage, and sharing. SharePoint enables the creation of intranet sites for team collaboration and information sharing.

• Teams: Integrated communication and collaboration platform that combines workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. Microsoft Teams is central to teamwork in Office 365.

• Yammer: Enterprise social networking service for private communication within organizations, fostering engagement and collaboration across teams.

• Power BI: Business analytics service that enables users to visualize and share insights from their data through interactive dashboards and reports.

• Planner: Task management tool that allows teams to create plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, and track progress.

• Forms: Tool for creating surveys, quizzes, and polls to collect feedback and data.

• Power Automate: Workflow automation service that enables users to automate repetitive tasks and business processes across applications and services.

• Security and Compliance: Advanced security features such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), data loss prevention (DLP), and information rights management (IRM) to protect data and ensure compliance with regulations.

• Admin Center: Centralized management interface for administrators to manage users, licenses, and services, as well as configure security and compliance settings.

• Updates and Support: Continuous updates to ensure users have access to the latest features, security patches, and technical support from Microsoft.