Microsoft 365

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Microsoft 365
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Your productivity cloud for work and private
Office package in the cloud and also on the desktop
languages over 30, also German
operator Microsoft
editorial staff Microsoft
user approx. 28 million (end customers) (2017)
approx. 180 million (companies) (2019)
Registration Microsoft account
On-line June 28, 2011
https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-365

Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office 365) is a combination consisting of an online service , an Office - Web application and an Office -Software- subscription . Microsoft 365 is available as a single or family version, which is intended for private customers, as well as business or enterprise packages for companies. The range of functions differs considerably; despite the common name, it sometimes contains completely different services.

Microsoft 365 offers users the option of working from any supported device, regardless of location. Saved data is located in Microsoft data centers that can be accessed via the Internet.

Scope of services

The web applications under Microsoft 365 Online include the online versions of Word , Outlook , OneNote , PowerPoint , Excel and OneDrive as well as Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio depending on the plan . Office Online is an independent web application and can be used by anyone with a Microsoft account free of charge and regardless of the operating system.

Microsoft 365 Online is comparable to the free offers Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms or Zoho Office Suite .

The fee-based Microsoft 365 subscription includes, depending on the tariff, in addition to the web applications mentioned, additional services such as B. a professional e-mail solution or web space for a website. So far, the offer of the corresponding tariffs can be used with a browser regardless of the operating system and can therefore also be compared with the paid offer from Google Apps .

Depending on the tariff, there are also the more functional desktop versions of the Office applications, as well as Access , Publisher and, most recently, Teams as online and desktop versions. The desktop applications require one of the two operating systems Microsoft Windows or Mac and are automatically updated for the duration of the subscription.

history

Office 365 goes back to the so-called Business Productivity Online Suite ( BPOS ), which Microsoft offered exclusively for small and medium-sized companies. Office 365 was officially presented as the successor in October 2010. After a closed beta phase , Office 365 was brought into regular operation in June 2011. It was then announced that the existing offer ( BPOS or Office Live ) would be discontinued by May 1, 2012 at the latest.

Since the introduction of Office 2013 , Microsoft has also offered the service to private individuals. As part of monthly or annual subscriptions, the buyer has the right to install the desktop software on two or five devices, as well as additional storage space with OneDrive, free minutes for Skype and access to the Office Web Apps. In May 2013, Microsoft reported that the latest version of Office 365 had been sold over 10 million times since it was launched. At the end of 2013, the group started the Student Advantage program, through which learners from participating educational institutions can obtain a license for Office 365 ProPlus free of charge in the DreamSpark shop.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, Microsoft took in more revenue from Office 365 than from the traditional Office suite for the first time.

On April 21, 2020, there was a rebranding of Microsoft Office with package extensions to include additional Microsoft services.

variants

Microsoft offers Microsoft 365 in several tariffs. As of April 2020, the following editions are available, whereby the variants for non-profit organizations and authorities correspond to those of the Business Basic, Business Standard and Enterprise variants:

Microsoft 365 editions
Edition Office Online single Family ProPlus Business standard Business
Premium 		Business
essentials 		F1 Enterprise education Education
E1 E3 E5 A1 A3 A5
Devices per user (computer / tablet / smartphone ) - 1/1/1 5/5/5 5/5/5 5/5/5 5/5/5 - / 5/5 - / 5/5 - / 5/5 5/5/5 5/5/5 - / 5/5 5/5/5 5/5/5 5 / - / -
Max. Users 1 1 6th unlimited 300 300 300 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 1
commercial use No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Skype minutes worldwide No 60 min / month 60 min / month No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mailbox size 15 GB 50 GB 50 GB - 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 2 GB 50 GB 100 GB 100 GB 50 GB 100 GB 100 GB -
OneDrive storage 5 GB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 2 GB 1 TB unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited
Word WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WebApp only WebApp only WebApp only Yes Yes WebApp only Yes Yes Yes
Excel WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WebApp only WebApp only WebApp only Yes Yes WebApp only Yes Yes Yes
PowerPoint WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WebApp only WebApp only WebApp only Yes Yes WebApp only Yes Yes Yes
OneNote WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WebApp only WebApp only WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook WebApp only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WebApp only WebApp only WebApp only Yes Yes WebApp only Yes Yes No
Publisher No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Access No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Sway Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Skype for Business No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yammer No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
SharePoint No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exchange No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Microsoft Teams No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Planner No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
StaffHub No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Power BI Pro No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No
Forms No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Stream No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Power Automate (formerly "Flow") No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
PowerApps No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
School Data Sync No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Bookings No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
  1. ↑ Limited to WebApps depending on the educational institution .
  2. ↑ a b c d Since the Home Edition contains up to 6 users, the following applies: Devices up to 30/30/30; Skype up to 360 min / month, OneDrive up to 6 TB and 300 GB mailbox
  3. ↑ a b c On Outlook.com .
  4. ↑ a b Not available for macOS .
  5. ↑ a b Client only
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g Not in government version
  7. ↑ a b c d e Not in non-profit version

It is possible to switch between the individual tariffs, but not between Personal or Home and the Business and Enterprise tariffs.

software

Exchange Online, Lync Online and SharePoint Online are services that are provided in the cloud . This means that the user does not have to worry about the maintenance of the programs or the administration of a server . Also updates are automatically installed and available immediately. The office package Microsoft Office with Word , Excel , PowerPoint and Co. can either be completely downloaded and installed or streamed . The latter means that the applications are loaded from the Internet and are not set up permanently. The streaming function is only possible on a computer with Windows 7 , Windows 8 and Windows 10 ; older versions of the operating system and OS X are not supported.

Microsoft guaranteed an annual average availability of all applications and services in Office 365 of 99.9 percent .

As part of the introduction of Office 365, Microsoft has also started to produce software for smartphones and tablets from other manufacturers that are supposed to facilitate access to Office 365. These include, for example, Microsoft Teams for Android and iOS, which enable a VoIP connection, and SharePoint for iPhone and iPad . Office Mobile for iPhone has also been available since June 2013, which enables Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to be edited on the iPhone. An active subscription to Office 365 is required.

Office Graph

Office Graph is a component that works in the background of Office 365. It collects and networks data from various Microsoft Office products. Office Graph uses machine learning, among other things. Not only the data, but also the interaction of the users with the data and with each other is analyzed. The goal is a kind of software-based personal assistant that supports you in your work by pointing out files and contacts that may be of interest. Only data to which the user has access rights is taken into account.

criticism

By laws of the US federal government as FISA and the Patriot Act have US intelligence and cooperating intelligence services of other countries access to user data in the European Union . Although Microsoft asserted its consistent compliance with European and German data protection guidelines in a press conference on the subject of data protection , Office 365 administrators can see exactly what actions users are performing when in their e-mail account if they have access rights for the target e-mail Have accounts. You can see who read which emails and when, which attachments were opened and where the message came from - and much more. The Activities API is a programming interface that provides information similar to that received by e-mail admins who operate e-mail servers themselves in-house. Upon specific request, Microsoft admitted the existence of this "undocumented function". Despite the application of the General Data Protection Regulation in the EU, users were not previously informed about these functions.

On November 13, 2018 it was reported that an investigation by the Dutch government came to the conclusion that Microsoft Office 2016 and "365" were collecting personal user data and were in breach of the GDPR . Microsoft has responded to this criticism and made some changes. This can be seen from the re-examination of July 29, 2019, although the investigation still sees open points, such as. z. B. Data on the number of pages, paragraphs, etc., significant changes have been made.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tony Redmond: Office 365 Reaches 180 Million Monthly Active Users. Office 365 for IT Pros, April 25, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The office in the clouds. In: Internet World. October 20, 2010, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Markus Franz: Change: On May 1st, 2012 Office Live will be closed. In: Netzwelt . February 20, 2012, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Andreas Sebayang: Subscription version of Office Home offers more than the permanent license. In: Golem . January 29, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Achim Sawall: One million users for Microsoft's Office 365. In: Golem. May 30, 2013, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Marisa Nipatsiripol: Microsoft: Office 365 free of charge to schoolchildren and students. In: Gulli . December 5, 2013, accessed December 5, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Microsoft 4Q17: Office 365 revenue surpasses traditional licenses . In: Ars Technica . ( arstechnica.com [accessed August 23, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Goodbye, Office 365: Microsoft's Office package is now called differently. In: Chip. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
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  10. ↑ Select the Microsoft 365 Business Plan. Microsoft, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Office 365 Personal. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  12. ↑ Office 365 Home. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  13. ↑ Office 365 ProPlus. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  14. ↑ Office 365 Business. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  15. ↑ Office 365 Business Premium. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  16. ↑ Office 365 Business Essentials. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  17. ↑ Office 365 F1. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  18. ↑ Compare all Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Office. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  19. ↑ Office 365 for education. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  20. ↑ Office 365 Education. In: Microsoft . Retrieved on August 7, 2018 (German).
  21. ↑ Jannis Moutafis: Office 365: The company test can begin. In: CHIP Online. November 22, 2011, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  22. ↑ Overview of the setup architecture of Click-to-Run for Office 365. In: Office 365 Bibliotek. Microsoft, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  23. ↑ Michael Ehlert: 10 questions about Office 365. In: Computerwoche. September 30, 2011, accessed on June 20, 2013 (question 6).
  24. ↑ Lync 2013 for Android. In: Play Store. Google, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  25. ↑ SharePoint Newsfeed. In: iTunes Store. Apple, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  26. ↑ Lars Budde: Office Mobile for iPhone: Available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In: t3n magazine . June 19, 2013, archived from the original on June 23, 2013 ; Retrieved June 20, 2013 .
  27. ^ Microsoft Office Graph. August 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Achim Sawall: European cloud data not secure from US access. In: Golem. June 30, 2011, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  29. ↑ Microsoft is taking the lead in data protection in cloud computing. Microsoft, December 5, 2011, accessed June 20, 2013 (press release).
  30. ↑ Office 365: Undocumented function enables user monitoring. Heise Verlag, July 4, 2018, accessed on July 4, 2018 .
  31. ↑ heise online: Investigation: Microsoft Office collects data and violates the GDPR. Accessed November 27, 2018 (German).
  32. ↑ New DPIAs for Microsoft Office and Windows software: data protection risks continue (long blog). July 29, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .