Microsoft Office 365 is an online based service that Microsoft claims will transform your small business allowing you to compete with the big boys. We are putting the key points down so you can see straight away what you get.

If you are still thinking about upgrading to Microsoft Office 365 Business or Premium, think no more. We recommend you do it ASAP and here’s why.

For one, you can have access to your software (be it Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Etc) anywhere that you have a web connection as Microsoft has based all these tools in the cloud. Don’t worry about security, everything is encrypted and Antivirus signatures are kept up to date.

You can work on your documents and save them on the SkyDrive and access them from any computer connected to the web. You can collaborate and share all your documents with this streamlined service.

Microsoft offers 1TB of online storage and sharing space. That’s a great deal.

With The Premium service you have Business-Class email with 50GB of mailbox storage.

Also with the Premium version you will be able to video conference in HD using Skype.

If you are going to be working on web based system, you want to know there will be minimum downtime. Rest assured, Microsoft Office 365 Business has a 99.9% all systems go record.

A huge selling factor is the maintenance side of things. Microsoft takes care of all that for you. Updates, patches and upgrades happen in the background and you don’t have to give it a second thought. You will always have the most up to date version of Office direct from Microsoft’s servers.

You can use all the excellent applications on your Apple devices and your Android ones too.

If you use the Contacts and the Calendar service, you will be please to know it will sync with your iPhone and Android devices.

One feature we like is that each user can have up to 5 copies of the Office desktop application installed on any device, such as Mac’s Tablets, Phones etc. If you have several machines you want to use, then yippy, you’re on easy street.

You will get 24/7 full phone & Web support from Microsoft, It can be hit and miss on how good the quality will be, but you will have GEEX support to rely on if you think Microsoft is letting you down.

Don’t worry about what system you are using, Microsoft Office 365 will work with pretty much anything you are using at your office and home, even XP.

If your business relies on Office 365 to do government work or have auditing concerns, no problem, all services are compliant with ISO 27001 standards, completed SAS70 Type I and II audits and achieve the EU Safe Harbour seal.

All in all, the service is excellent value for money and the affordable price will more than pay for itself with the time you save and the value it adds to your business. We at Geex highly recommend office 365 business to all who are wondering to take the plunge

Call Geex today to talk to us about how to move all you systems across to Microsoft 365 business and Premium.