It's also a branding snafu. Microsoft has confused the masses with their product names, so we're going to clarify the varied and valuable services referred to as Office Office is the name of the software as a subscription service Microsoft is moving to. It is not the name of any particular piece of software, as is commonly mistaken. In the past, the naming convention of Office software was simple. Office , Office , Office , etc. Microsoft has continued this trend, and the current incarnation is Office With the subscription path, their development team will move away from a bi-annual release of a major suite upgrade, and instead constantly release improvements and upgrades as soon as they are available.
Clients get the always up to date version and the development team no longer has to focus on showy releases, but rather on continual improvement. Clients also get dead simple license management which is very handy for staff turnover and reassignment of assets, or for transferring licenses when aging equipment dies.
During this transition, Microsoft is maintaining both iterations of the platform -standalone Office and Office subscription. Office Business is a different beast entirely. Kids can use it to create school projects, and adults can use it to make a presentation before their client, or perhaps to pitch an idea with the decision makers in their place of business. Outlook is an incredibly powerful e-mail program that allows you to manage your e-mail from your desktop computer, tablet, cell phone, or even from the internet via the cloud.
Today it is used by over 50, companies world-wide and of these companies, the average ranges anywhere between employees. Publisher is a desktop publishing program that allows you to create professionally designed calendars, flyers, postcards, posters, newsletters, cards, certificates, and much more. Note that Microsoft Publisher is only available for the PC, not the Mac and there are no mobile versions available.
Microsoft Access is a relational database that shares the same familiar look and feel of other Microsoft Office products. It consists of tables, relationships, queries, forms, reports, macros and modules. Everything you need out of a relational database. Microsoft Access is Wizard driven, and once you have answered all of the questions it asks, it will then automatically create a relational database for you. You can then edit it afterwards, should you need to. It is incredibly powerful, and deceptively simple to create a databases.
Note, like Publisher, Microsoft Access is only available for the PC, not the Mac and there are no mobile versions available. OneDrive is cloud-storage where you can save all of your images, files and documents.
You can even access your files from any device connected to the internet. OneDrive even allows for two or more people to collaborate on a given document at the same time, and OneDrive will save all the changes in real-time. With Skype, one can talk and see someone on the other side of the planet in real-time at little to no cost, as it used VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol , to communicate. Basically, it uses the internet to communicate.
There are three ways in which you can obtain Microsoft Office for Home. The first and second solution is subscription based, and the third option allows you to purchase the Office suite outright, however, the third option only comes with the core applications, namely, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
As you can see from the image above, Office Home and Office Personal offer the exact same software applications and services. The difference between the two is that Office Home allows up to 6 people in your household to utilize these applications and services. Regardless of which of these solutions you choose, it is important to note that you can use them on a PC, Mac, Android Tablet, iPad, Android phone, or an iPhone.
Thanks to OneDrive, your data follows you, and is not specific to the devices you use. Additionally, you can only use it on a PC or Mac, but not both. The license only allows for use on one computer, PC or Mac. If you are looking to purchase a Microsoft Office subscription for yourself, you will want Office Personal. Not bad. Not bad at all. If you need to purchase a Microsoft Office subscription for your family, more than one user , you will want to take advantage of either the annual subscription or monthly subscription to Office Home.
If I may, let me over-simplify just how great a deal Office Home is for a family. What is Microsoft Office for Business and what does it include? Microsoft Office for Business is a suite of Office applications designed specifically for Business use. It also includes OneDrive, the service that allows users the ability to archive images, files and documents to the cloud.
In addition to that, the Office for Business version adds the following services. Exchange Server is a mail and calendar server that runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems. It is an extremely powerful application that allows for the creation and management of all company mailboxes and calendars for every single employee within a company.
Microsoft Sharepoint is a collaboration platform that allows for the sharing of documents and files within a company. To reduce the retail price for the Student edition, Microsoft licenses it only for non-commercial activity by households. Even schools and other academic institutions are not allowed to purchase the Home and Student edition and install it on PCs for their students' use.
The Business edition, however, can be used for any purpose -- commercial or not. Prices for Office — the next version of Microsoft's office suite — have not been made public. Allen Bethea has written articles on programming, web design,operating systems and computer hardware since Allen has extensive experience with desktop and system software for both Windows and Linux operating systems.
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