Resources
Introduction
Evaluation, migration, and purchasing for Office 365 are outlined in the Nov. 2014 Research Report, “Office 365 Evaluation Guide.”
Office 365 service descriptions, which explain subscription plans and their components, are at https://technet.microsoft.com/library/office-365-service-descriptions.aspx.
Office 365 E5 was announced at https://blogs.office.com/2015/11/30/office-365-brings-significant-new-value-to-business-customers-worldwide.
Microsoft’s Office 365 roadmap is at fasttrack.microsoft.com/roadmap.
The Online Services Support Lifecycle Policy is at https://support.microsoft.com/gp/osslpolicy.
Office 365 update channels are described at https://support.office.com/article/Office-365-release-options-3B3ADFA4-1777-4FF0-B606-FB8732101F47.
Release and retirement plans for Microsoft enterprise software are outlined in more detail in the Enterprise Software Roadmap.
For an overview and roadmap for Azure services, see the Azure Roadmap.
The Microsoft Ignite 2016 conference, which takes place in Atlanta on Sept. 26-30, will provide an update on Office 365 plans; information is at https://ignite.microsoft.com.
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