Office365 is Microsoft's "cloud" initiative which is taking organisations by storm, small and large alike. Microsoft now offers its state-of-the-art Office platform on-tap, just as with other utilities. You don’t have to spend months and invest heavily to leverage the latest IT solutions.

Delivered on a global scale, from highly resilient and optimised data centres, you can have your favourite applications expertly managed for you "in the cloud". Taking full advantage of economies of scale, Microsoft is able to offer fantastic value and quality of service, whether one just starts with Email, messaging and webinar facilities or takes on-board the entire Office experience.

What’s included?
	Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more depending on plan purchased.
	Email and communicationss integration with Office products.
	Instant messaging, Webinars, sharing desktops.
	Collaborative workspaces and online applications.

The Office 365 Plans

There are functionality/pricing plans to suit all user categories:			Price/user/mth
	Plan 1	Or "P". This plan is intended for Professional and Small Businesses.  It is a base level offering and includes access to: Online versions of Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote), Email with Exchange Online, which you can access using either Outlook Web Access or your familiar Outlook client (2007 or 2010), Web site creation using SharePoint Online with the ability to store data in Access Online and Instant messaging and online meetings with Lync.	$6/£4
	E1	Intended for mid-sized and large enterprises.  E1 provides everything in Plan 1, plus: Active Directory support and integration, Rights to use SharePoint Server, Lync and Exchange Server on-premise, Anti-virus, anti-spam filtering for Email and sites and Forefront for Exchange.	$10/£6.50
	E2	As Plan 1 and E1, plus: view, edit and share documents between Office client apps and Office 365 online apps.	$16/£10.50
	E3	As Plan 1, E1 and E2, plus: Additional Office apps included in Office Professional Plus (Publisher, Access, InfoPath, Communicator, SharePoint Workspace), rich forms, Visio services, Access services, advanced Email archiving, unlimited Email storage, hosted voicemail.	$24/£15.75
	E4	As P1,E1-E3, plus: Full enterprise voice capabilities on-premises with Lync Server on-premises	$27/£17.75
	K1	Intended for mid-sized and large enterprises with kiosk-style shared workstations. K1 offers web-based access to Email, contacts, calendars and the company's directory, all using Outlook Web Access, Access to web site via SharePoint Online, 500MB of Email storage and view access to documents.	$4/£2.75
	K2	As K1, plus the ability to edit documents online.	$10/£6.50

Although the delivery is on a global basis, that doesn’t mean that you won’t get local service and tailoring to suit your specific requirements. As one of Microsoft's Gold-accredited UK channel partners, InfoStrata Solutions will show you how to get started with Microsoft Online Office 365.

We will help you get the most from Office 365, help you decide which version fits you best and discuss the features and benefits of the various components. We are confident that Office365 really will give you the best user experience from the top global business technology provider. Office365 optimises the productivity experience of all your users no matter where they are or how they access the service supporting, desktop, kiosk, mobile or tablet users.

InfoStrata services to support Office365

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. We have developed an approach that utilises industry best practices which achieves a high level of flexibility so it can be modified to fit your business and organisational needs.

Our approach covers:
	Cloud Assessment
	Proof of Concept
	On-boarding
	Migration
	Branding
	Application development & Integration
	Off the shelf business applications (coming soon)

Take the Next Step to Business Productivity

Contact InfoStrata Solutions to help you get started. You can also sign up online or start a 30 day trial. Have questions, let us help

How can I assess if Office 365 is cost effective for my company?

Let us help you to understand if Office 365 is an economic choice for your company. We can provide access to an Office365 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Tool that helps you analyse the costs of migrating to Office 365 online services. You can also use this tool to analyse the cost of deploying Microsoft 2010-version on-premises solutions and create a cost comparison of these two deployment options.