Office365 New Plans announced

 

In a move to achieve simplification of plans , Microsoft has announced 3 new plans effective 1^st October 2014. These plans are for the SMB Customers . SMB means Small & Mid Business Customers. They replace the 2 plans for Small Business and 1 plan for Mid Business which were in existence . There is no change in the Enterprise Plans though. Have a look at the chart which compares the new plans :

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/Office365PlansComparison.aspx

Some important points to be noted are:

1) The 3 new plans scale up to the maximum of 300 users. The 2 old plans for Small Business were able to scale upto 25 users only.

2) The Support is 24x 7 phone support. The previous Small Business Customers had only forum based support.

3) You can mix and match between SMB and Enterprise plans . This is a huge benefit. Earlier plans were in Silos meaning that you could not do a mix and match between Small Business and Mid market and Enterprise plans.

4) The older plan which offered only Office Pro Plus @ 720 per month . The new plan is called Business and it gives you Office Std for local installable copy of MS Office plus Office Online which is Office on a browser plus Office for Tablet plus Office for Smart phone plus One Drive for Business with 1 Terabyte Cloud Storage. Note that if you need MS Access, you ned to look at E3 or Pro Plus plan.

5) The existing Small Business Customers will see their cap of users increase to 300. And the existing Mid Business Customers will see their mailbox cost reduce from Rs. 900 to Rs. 750, the next time they renew subscription.

6) Active Directory integration available for all plans.

7) For existing Small Business and Small Business Premium and Mid Business Plan Customers , the action plan is 2 fold. Till 1^st October 2015 , they should remain with their current plan. After 1^st October 2015, they should upgrade to Business Essentials or Business Premium plan.

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Shared Mailbox in MS Exchange Online

 

In every Company , people change. So it always creates a disconnect between the Company and the external stake holders . Mails bounce or go unanswered. To overcome this problem, most of the Companies have a few public email id’s which never change. For example sales, info, service, etc. These are usually listed and given to Customers , vendors and other stake holders. This ensures that even if the person handling that function leaves the Company , the email id need not change.

Using MS Exchange , which is part of Office365, the Cloud Productivity Platform , you can create the Public email id by using “Shared Mailbox” . To know more about the same , visit ,

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/Sharedmailbox.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

MS Exchange Online Plan Comparison

 

MS Exchange is the World’s Best Email system. And as a part of Office365, the Cloud Productivity Platform , it is now within the reach of everyone, from a single person firm to an Enterprise with Hundreds of Thousands of users.

There are 3 variants of Exchange Online available for subscription namely  Exchange P1, Exchange P2 and Exchange Kiosk. In order that users can make an informed decision on which plan is best suited for them , let me share with you a resource where you will get a table comparing the 3 plans of Exchange Online.

To know the differences between the 3 Exchange Online plans available in Office365, visit

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/ExchangeOnlineComparision.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Mobile Device Management in Office365

 

There is a virtual explosion of Mobile devices at the Workplace. Almost everyone at work now uses his Mobile device for tasks related to work. While this has led to an increase in productivity , the downside is that the Mobile device has now become the single biggest source of leakage of Corporate Data . This is mainly due to the fact that the Corporate IT has no means to manage the User Mobile. Or if there are some 3rd party tools, they are so expensive and complicated to use that the IT does not have the resources to learn and implement the same.

Enter Office365 !

Exchange Online, which is a part of Office365 , the Cloud based Productivity Platform from Microsoft , has extensive inbuilt features which can assist the Corporate IT in managing the Mobile Devices.

To know more about how you can use Office365 for Mobile  Device management ,  visit   

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/MobileDeviceManagementwithOffice365.aspx

 

with warm regards

 Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007

Increase Collaboration with Calendar Sharing

 

We all use Calendar in our phones and the PC. Using Office365 , you can sync your Calendar across all your devices . But today I want to discuss a nifty feature available in Office365 by which you can share your Calendar with your Colleagues. This opens up terrific opportunities to collaborate with others.

To know more about Calendar sharing , visit

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/CalendarSharinginMSExchange.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Windows Server 2012 editions

 

Most of us are familiar with Windows Server . It is a de facto standard and is widely used as a File Server , Print Server, Application Server . Now Microsoft has released the Windows Server 2012 which does everything that was done by the earlier editions. In addition, it has great integration with Cloud . In fact it is a foundation over which Companies can build their Cloud.

The Windows Server 2012 has major differences as compared to Server 2008 R2 when it comes to packaging . To know what are the different editions of Windows Server 2012 and to find which version is most suitable for you, visit :

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/WindowsServer.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Email management : Flagging Email for followup

 

Managing Emails is a priority for most of us. Too often, we get an important email which we intend to act on later. However, due to work pressure, such mails get buried under the new mails.

There are various strategies one can use to manage the Emails. One of gems which many are unaware of, is called “Flagging for Follow up“.

To understand how to use this feature to manage your Emails , visit

http://www.techgyan.com/Pages/FlagEmailforfollowup.aspx

with warm regards

Suresh Ramani

www.TechGyan.com

Blog: www.CloudChangesEverything.com

Microsoft MVP 2009
Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year 2011 & 2007