Updated: July 12, 2020 (March 11, 2013)

Office 365 for Businesses Updated

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Office 365 has been updated to use the latest versions of Microsoft’s client and server applications. Office 365 is a set of services that combines Microsoft-hosted online services with optional subscription licenses to the Office desktop suite. Customers joining after Feb. 27, 2013, will automatically receive services based on the 2013 versions of Microsoft’s applications and new Office 365 management and user interfaces that integrate the services together. Existing customers will receive advance notification and be updated during 2013. This release more closely mirrors on-premises capabilities and may persuade more customers to migrate to the service.

What Is Office 365?

Business editions of the Office 365 services combine Microsoft online services with optional subscription licenses to Office suites for installation on subscribers’ hardware, available as monthly per-user subscriptions rather than with perpetual licenses. The online services now include the following:

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