Who Uses Microsoft 365?
Cloud-based subscription service that brings together the tools by combining apps like Excel and Outlook with cloud services making people in large companies to create and share from any device.
What Is Microsoft 365?
Microsoft 365 - formerly known as Office 365 - is more than just Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It provides powerful services like business-class email, online storage, and teamwork solutions that you can access from anywhere. Bring teams and resources together with solutions like Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business that make working together more productive and enjoyable regardless of where participants are located.
Microsoft 365 Details
Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com
Founded 1975
Microsoft 365 pricing overview
Microsoft 365 does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Microsoft 365 paid version starts at US$6.00/month.
Starting Price
US$6.00/month
Pricing Details
Office 365 Business: $8.25/user/month (billed annually) or $10/user/month (billed monthly). Office 365 Business Premium: $12.50/user/month (billed annually) or $15/user/month (billed monthly). Office 365 Business Essentials: $5/user/month (billed annually) or $6/user/month (billed monthly).
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes
Microsoft 365 deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Mac (Desktop)
- Windows (Desktop)
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- Not Offered
- Videos
Microsoft 365 Features
Calendaring Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Address Book
- Alerts/Notifications
- Appointment Management
- Attendance Management
- Attendance Tracking
- Automated Scheduling
- Availability Management
- Booking Management
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Calendar/Reminder System
- Class Scheduling
- Collaboration Tools
- Color Codes/Icons
- Customer Database
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Email Management
- Employee Management
- Event Calendar
- Event Management
- Event Scheduling
- Facility Scheduling
- Mobile Alerts
- Multi-Location
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Room Booking
- SMS Messaging
- Scheduling
- Task Management
- Task Scheduling
- Team Calendars
- Third Party Integrations
- Timesheet Management
- Website Integration
Collaboration Software
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Brainstorming
- Calendar Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Communication Management
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Discussions / Forums
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Live Chat
- Mobile Access
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Projections
- Real Time Editing
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Screen Sharing
- Secure Data Storage
- Single Sign On
- Status Tracking
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- To-Do List
- Version Control
- Video Conferencing
- Workflow Management
Document Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Archiving & Retention
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Compliance Management
- Compliance Tracking
- Configurable Workflow
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Digital Signature
- Document Automation
- Document Capture
- Document Classification
- Document Generation
- Document Management
- Document Review
- Document Storage
- Document Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Signature
- Email Management
- File Conversion
- File Management
- File Recovery
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Forms Management
- Full Text Search
- Offline Access
- Optical Character Recognition
- Projections
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Search/Filter
- Secure Data Storage
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Version Control
- Workflow Management
Email Management Software
- A/B Testing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Archiving & Retention
- Auto-Responders
- CRM
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Segmentation
- Canned Responses
- Chat/Messaging
- Click Tracking
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Recovery
- Drag & Drop
- Drip Campaigns
- Email Distribution
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Monitoring
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Inbox Management
- Monitoring
- Queue Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Response Management
- Routing
- Search/Filter
- Shared Inboxes
- Signature Management
- Social Media Integration
- Spam Blocker
- Subscription Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Whitelisting/Blacklisting
- Workflow Management
File Sharing Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Active Directory Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Archiving & Retention
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- Authentication
- Automatic Backup
- Calendar Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Compliance Management
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Data Synchronisation
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Signature
- Email Management
- Encryption
- File Management
- File Transfer
- Full Text Search
- HIPAA Compliant
- Live Chat
- Messaging
- Mobile Access
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Synchronisation
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- SSL Security
- Search/Filter
- Secure Data Storage
- Single Sign On
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Two-Factor Authentication
- User Management
- Version Control
- Workflow Management
Productivity Software
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Calendar Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Database Creation
- Document Generation
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Multiple Projects
- Notes Management
- Office Suite
- Presentation Tools
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Search/Filter
- Secure Data Storage
- Single Sign On
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Team Chat
- Third Party Integrations
- To-Do List
- Workflow Management
Spreadsheet Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Management
- Activity Tracking
- Audit Trail
- Calculators
- Calendar Management
- Charting
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Communication Management
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customization
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Data Extraction
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronisation
- Data Visualisation
- Database Support
- Document Automation
- Document Management
- Document Review
- Document Storage
- Document Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Employee Management
- File Management
- File Transfer
- Forms Management
- Full Text Search
- Multi-Language
- Multi-User Collaboration
- Multiple Format Support
- Multiple Projects
- Offline Access
- Project Management
- Project Templates
- Real Time Data
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting/Analytics
- Scheduled / Automated Reports
- Search/Filter
- Single Sign On
- Template Management
- Templates
- Third Party Integrations
- User Management
- Workflow Management
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Microsoft 365 Reviews for UK Users
Read all reviewsOverall rating
Average score
Mir fida N.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 27/02/2020
"Suitable package application software for small to large scale business"
Comments: Overall we are very much satisfied with the Office 365 subscription service. It's our daily to use tool for every project. Performance is always up to the expectation. Never encountered any serious bug or error halting an important bug. Still, some minor issues are faced rarely but nothing that cannot be handled. When utilizing each and every feature and app included in Office 365, then it will definitely prove a great asset to your organization which will boost sales and eventually profits in the long run.
Pros: Office 365 is the most beneficial package for our small business IT company. Including top-rated desktop applications Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote, One drive ..etc all are tools increasing daily projects productivity and efficiency. One of the fantastic features is that it's also available with a web cloud app and mobile app, making team collaboration available anywhere. Some Educational organizations can get free of cost features for staff and students to boost learning using technology.
Cons: Minor bugs occur rarely. Pricing is but high for initial and beginning level business and office. But in the long run, it's is useful if all of the apps and features are utilized to full capacity. The PowerPoint interface can be made easier and more user-friendly. Word has some difficulty handling a hundred pages large project docs and often messed up formating. One Drive synchronization and naming could be better. For Startups, I think the libre office provides a budget-level choice.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 27/02/2020
Mohsin S.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 17/02/2021
"Microsoft 365 has helped us collaborate easily with a remote team"
Comments: Microsoft 365 has helped us collaborate easily and transform digitally across various processes in our business.
Pros: Microsoft 365 is reliable and always online. We have seldom faced an outage and if there was one, it was only for a subset of features.
Cons: Mobile app could be more powerful, especially in allowing access to archived mailboxes where users on the move in this mobile first world need to be able to find what they need on the go.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 17/02/2021
John B.
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Overall Rating3 /5
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Ease of Use2 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for MoneyUnrated
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 09/04/2019
"Good Feature Set but Still a Ways to Go"
Comments: I believe that most companies signing up with Microsoft for email get an attractive deal for Office 365 as an included package. That makes the offering worthwhile. The office tools online are getting better but still have a ways to go. Online access and collaboration is worth the extra cost for Office 365 but just don't expect to have it transform your life completely.
Pros: The cloud availability and collaboration capabilities are definitely the best features of Office 365. It's nice to be able to access email, files and my tools from any device anywhere. That gives me freedom to not have my laptop with me in every situation. I love the ability to share and collaborate on documents with teammates and have a central location for us to all share files and ideas.
Cons: The tools are just not robust enough yet and in the case of SharePoint and Teams, they are downright clunky. We have all been spoiled over the years with the excellent products Microsoft has developed for their Office platform. The many generations of these products have given us business tools that we legitimately could not do without. Power Point is very good, Word is excellent, and Excel cannot be be beaten. However, their cloud counterparts still fall noticeably short of the client offerings. Yes, you can choose to edit your online doc in the client version but you actually must to access some of your favorite functionality. That is irritating and you find yourself just defaulting to the client if you feel like you have even marginally heavy lifting to do. SharePoint and Teams, in my opinion, are great ideas that don't yet have a positive user experience to make them must-have tools.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 09/04/2019
Verified Reviewer
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 12/03/2021
"I preferred the old school version of Office (and by Office I mean Excel)"
Comments: It would be easy to use in lots of places on different devices, but I only wish to use it on my desktop PC. As a result I feel that functionality has been sacrificed for networking features, which I broadly don't use or care for. If there were a downloadable hard drive resident version I would jump at it. So as a power user of Excel I'm disappointed.
Pros: I don't know that there is anything I like about this version compared to the previously installed version on my hard drive. I suppose sharing and being up to date with the latest version but that was never something I had a problem with before.
Cons: It (Excel) struggles to handle complicated formatting, for example, and I had to ditch some files with complex visual presentation, and in my view their are now over-simplified, and that's so they don't hang or crash. This is the sort of thing the hard drive resident application never struggled with. Conditional formatting layered up is the sort of thing that causes problems. So I'd say I'm not using all the features because it's not possible if you want a stable file. (I have a high spec set up and high speed ISP so I don't expect performance problems)
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 12/03/2021
Oscar A.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 04/02/2021
"Office 365 - Good for general use"
Comments: We liked a lot. We managed to unify all the administration of licensing, mail and storage in a single tool which helped us save money.
Pros: The storage it gives is superior to others for both cloud storage and mail, this has been one of the things that made us acquire the complete suit.
Cons: The integration with third parties has not been the same as with our previous provider, which was Gsuit. The ease of having an account for everything and being able to share with clients was degraded a bit.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 04/02/2021
