Office 365 Reviews

My primary use cases are for Word: 

• I write memos
• PowerPoint 
• Pitch decks
• Excel
• Financial models.

I like all of the features. 

In terms of improvement, a better help bar would be good. I find it's generally not very helpful and I have to search online.

I have been using Office 365 for twelve years. 

It's stable.

It's easy to expand and add new things like Google Docs and new PowerPoints.

I use it all the time. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The process was short. I did it myself. 

In the next release, I would like to have a more intuitive tutorial.

I would rate Office 365 a ten out of ten. There's nothing else like it. 

We primarily use the solution for office communication.

Everything about the solution is useful.

Outlook is great. We like that there's SharePoint connectivity. The OneDrive is amazing. 

I love all of the applications being interlinked. I do not have to separately work on an independent system when it comes to file storage, email, and other tools. 

It's great that there's also one single sign-on and all features are available.

I started working a lot on Microsoft Teams and I find it a bit vast. It should be divided out a bit so that someone can use it for basic functionality, like audio, video, and calls. Then, if someone wants more advanced functionality for file sharing and team creation, and so on, they could use a separate app. I would prefer it as separate options (advanced vs basic). Currently, it is all bundled in one big product and it's confusing.

I've been using the solution for three years at this point.

The stability of the solution is good. The functionality is never affected by bugs or glitches. It doesn't freeze or crash. After using it for more than two years, we haven't had a problem.

The scalability of the solution is good. We've never had any issues with it.

Although we haven't contacted Microsoft's technical support for this solution, my past experience with them was largely positive. Generally, they are very quick to respond if we need help.

The initial setup was not complex. It was very straightforward. We were online in a matter of minutes.

Deployment has taken about two and a half years.

We didn't need the assistance of an integrator or reseller to help us set anything up. It's cloud-based so it's easy.

I'd recommend the solution to others. They should just take the product and start using it. It's fantastic having everything in one place.

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

• Great set of productivity and collaboration tools
• Strong security, if properly configured
• Constantly evolving with new features, which can be challenging for users.

• Great impact on project management and team collaboration. 
• Improved communication and documentation.
• SharePoint's great platform for controlled document storage and management of digital assets. 
• The phone VoIP product provides genuine a unified communication solution.

• SharePoint: search, portal pages, collaboration
• Teams: project management, event management, and section teamworking
• Phone: VoIP unified communication with Skype for Business across mobile, VOIP handsets, and Teams. Good reporting and good value subscriptions for international calls.

Teams still has some shortcomings, however, new features and fixes being rapidly released. Security is still complex, but the admin console improving. 

Office 365, Skype for Business Online, SharePoint.

Less overhead, work anywhere/anytime. Tools for teamwork, productivity, and administration.

The ability to work with SharePoint from within the Office applications is limited. (There is still a need for third party tools like Harmon.ie).

Five years.

Negligible.

Negligible.

High level of technical support from Microsoft.

On-premises: Office 1010/2013/2016, Sharepoint Server, Skype/Lync farm. We switched because of the ease of administration and reduced overhead.

With the help of a clear project plan and adoption plan, implementation of Office 365 is mostly straightforward. SharePoint does need more attention. Mostly adoption issues.

Contact Microsoft about any pricing issues.

No.

Adoption is key! Don't push it. Especially for users who are used to working with traditional tools, it will be hard to adopt a new way of work.

You know that there a lot of features are available. SharePoint and Yammer are the most valuable.

Any user can get updates from this portal easily.

• Yammer
• RMS
• Delve

I have used it for the last three years.

We have not encountered any deployment issues.

We have not encountered any stability issues.

We have not encountered any issues like that.

Customer service is very good.

Technical support is very good.

We used only Google, but we have Microsoft AD, Exchange, SharePoint, System Center, Lync/Skype for Business, so that Office 365 Enterprise is the most important for us.

Initial setup was not complex.

We implemented it with our team.

We got a lot of ROI from the business site.

You need to compromise regarding the licensing and pricing.

I would recommend using products from the same vendor (i.e., Microsoft).

It is excellent for any organization's business productivity.

Our primary use case for Office 365 is productivity, such as email.

The most valuable feature is the integration between net and mobile devices.

Sometimes the synchronization between the desktop and online is a little bit slow.

Office 365 would be improved if the CRM integration were better.

I have been working with Office 365 for the past five years.

We have not experienced any bugs or glitches.

Scalability has not been a problem.

I have not been in contact with technical support.

The initial setup is straightforward.

In summary, this is a good product and one that I recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

• Microsoft Office
• Skype for Business
• Office 2016
• Data loss prevention

• Provided us with better capability to trace emails, and provide security over those emails.
• Provided the ability to encrypt email.
• Gave us a professional video conferencing system.
• Easily manageable.

The default reporting is not very helpful; extendable mostly through PowerShell; must have knowledge of PowerShell to fully utilize.

I have used it for a little over one year.

I have not had an issue with anything going down. On Google Apps for Business, it was frequent.

No issues with scalability; easy to work with and extend.

Honestly have not had to deal with technical support; most problems have been resolvable through the community and online research.

We previously used Google Apps for Business. Solution was incomplete, a headache to manage and extend. Email filtering was essentially useless.

Initial setup was very straightforward; was able to set up and migrate with little assistance.

We use a parallel licensing structure through Dell. Originally, there were some limitations; however, those limitations are now rare.

We looked into an onsite email server, as well as staying with Google Apps for Business.

Know PowerShell. This is where the true power of Office 365 lies.

I like that mail and calendar are available anywhere. It is easy to share with colleagues.

I can make changes in seconds. It is easy to share the mailbox and the calendar. It is easy set the 'out of office' status.

Microsoft Excel for Mac (version 15.30) is very slow with a large Excel document. Microsoft Excel for Windows is much faster on the same Mac with Windows (Boot Camp). I’d like to see an improvement in the speed of Excel for Mac in relation to Windows.

We have used this solution for one and a half years.

Microsoft Excel on Mac OS can be very slow.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I would give technical support a rating of 8/10.

In our case, the installation was fairly easily, after good preparation and a plan of action. The migration of all old mailboxes to Microsoft Office 365 takes a long time. We completed this with no problems.

This is not the cheapest option, but the product can scale to the needs of the company.

We evaluated CommuniGate Pro Server and Kerio Connect Mail.

Have a good plan with shared mail and calendars.