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IN THIS CHAPTER
» Exploring some of the key benefits and features of Office 365
» Working with cloud-enabled Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
» Developing your understanding of cloud-based Exchange and SharePoint
» Finding out how to use Teams to instantly communicate with text, voice, and video
Chapter 2
Moving to the Office 365
Cloud
As we mention in Chapter 1, cloud computing is simply using a software application over the Internet. Microsoft Office 365 is a grouping of Microsoft products that are hosted and managed by Microsoft. You sub- scribe to the service on a monthly basis. This model of using software is often called software as a service (SaaS). With the Office 365 offering, Microsoft takes care of all the installation and management of the complicated server products, such as SharePoint, Exchange, Teams, Dynamics, and Power BI (Power Business Intelligence). Your organization simply signs up, starts paying the monthly fee, and uses the software over the Internet (meaning “in the cloud”). The burden of the installation, patches, upgrades, backups, and maintenance (among other stuff) is all taken care of by smart Microsoft employees. To make you feel more comfortable, Microsoft has a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee that is backed by a legal contract called a service-level agreement (SLA).
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