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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Q: Office 365 and SharePoint Online — how many offerings and plans are actually out there?


A: SharePoint Online is a subscription-based service that provides customers with an enterprise-grade solution for creating sites to share documents and information with colleagues and customers. SharePoint Online is one of the several cloud services offered as part of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft's premier SaaS offering.

Office 365 is also a subscription-based service that combines Exchange Online, Lync Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Professional into a cloud-based package for end users. With Office 365, users can access familiar Microsoft Office applications from anywhere, while the backend infrastructure is fully hosted, managed, and guaranteed by Microsoft.

While there are many benefits, you should ask yourself the following questions:

  • Office 365 includes services other than SharePoint as part of its package. Does my organization need these additional services?

  • Will Office 365 actually...