Your application options are limitless with the Explore office. The system offers a wide range of applications for whatever office-related services you want to carry out. The apps are available for various functions; designing PowerPoints, spreadsheets, notes, chats, channels, and meetings. Some apps are free, while others require a subscription or a signing-in option to access them. Goals
Take advantage of Google Mail for business and know more about custom emails and easy tools that help save important messages. Read and draft messages without connectivity and make them ready to send when you’re back online. Upgrade those email conversations with chat and video straight from your inbox.
Either you’re a start-up business owner or planning to be one, Microsoft Office 365 provides you with updates and increases your office productivity.
Microsoft 365 business is a subscription-based service replacing Office 365. You will have the same apps as the latter, plus more benefits. You’ll keep unlimited access to an array of apps such as PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Publisher, Word, and others on all your devices as long as you have an active subscription.
Teamwork & communication | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Host online meetings and video calls for up to 250 people with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chat with your team from your desktop or on the go with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Bring together all your team’s chats, meetings, files, and apps so you can easily connect and collaborate from one place with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. | ✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
Always up-to-date versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for iOS, Android devices on up to 5 phones and 5 tablets | ✔ Plus Outlook |
✔ Plus Outlook |
✔ Plus Outlook |
Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Email & calendaring | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Use your own custom domain name (e.g. yourname@yourcompany.com) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Business-class email on phones, tablets, desktops, and the web with Exchange | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Schedule meetings and respond to invitations with ease using shared calendars | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Set up new user emails, restore deleted accounts, create custom scripts, and more from anywhere | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
File storage & sharing | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
1 TB of OneDrive storage for file storage and sharing | ✔ |
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Work on a file and save it directly to OneDrive or SharePoint; your changes are updated across your sync’d devices. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Share files with external contacts by providing access or guest links | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Securely share documents and send emails so only those with the right permissions can access the information | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Access and sync files on PC or Mac and mobile devices | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Security & compliance | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Protect your email against spam, malware, and known threats with Exchange Online Protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Meets key international, regional, and industry-specific standards and terms, with more than 1,000 security and privacy controls | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Control who and when someone has access to your business information with security groups and custom permissions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Create password policies that require users to reset their passwords after a specified number of days. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Support & deployment | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
24/7 phone and online support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
99.9% uptime guarantee | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Maximum number of users |
300 |
300 |
300 |
Licensed for commercial use | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Tools to build & manage your business | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Plan schedules and daily tasks with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Make it easier for your customers to schedule and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings | ✔ | ✔ | |
Have real-time, accurate mileage tracking and reporting in the palm of your hand with MileIQ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Desktop versions of Office apps for PC & Mac | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Windows or Mac(plus Access and Publisher for PC only) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Each user can install the Office apps on up to 5 PCs or Macs | ✔ | ✔ | |
Advanced threat protection | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Help protect against sophisticated threats hidden in email attachments and links, and get cutting-edge defenses against zero-day threats, ransomware, and other advanced malware attempts with Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection | ✔ | ||
Remotely wipe company data from lost or stolen devices with selective wipe from Intune | ✔ | ||
Restrict the copying or saving of company information to unauthorized apps and locations with app protection for Office mobile apps | ✔ | ||
Control who has access to company information by applying restrictions like do not copy and do not forward with Information Rights Management | ✔ | ||
Apply policies that provide prebreach threat resistance in Windows 10 with Windows Defender Exploit Guard | ✔ | ||
Enforce malware protection to help keep your Windows 10 devices safe from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software with Windows Defender | ✔ | ||
Enable unlimited cloud archive and long-term preservation policies to ensure you never lose an email with Exchange Online Archiving | ✔ | ||
PC and mobile device management | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Configure security features and settings on Windows 10 PCs and mobile devices running iOS or Android® with an easy-to-use setup wizard | ✔ | ||
Use simplified controls to manage policies applied to Windows 10 PCs | ✔ | ||
Automatically deploy the Office apps to Windows 10 PCs | ✔ | ||
Configure your PCs to automatically install Office and Windows 10 updates | ✔ | ||
Apply security policies to protect business data on all your devices, including iOS, Android®, and Windows PCs with mobile device management from Intune | ✔ |