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Seamless remote teamwork and efficient communication enhance workflow
What is our primary use case?
The main use cases for Office 365Â are both for our clients and internal use.
What is most valuable?
The best features with Office 365Â include the ability to access email anywhere since it's not an on-premises server, it's in the cloud, which saves us on storage and exchange administration, making it a significant change going from on-premises, which we were for the longest time, to the cloud, so it's definitely a benefit.
Office 365 definitely enhances our remote work capabilities, making it easier for us.
What needs improvement?
I don't think of any areas that could be improved or things that I would want to see in the next releases of Office 365.
Microsoft could improve their support; I don't deal with Office 365 or Office 365 application-specific issues, but I wonder if it's similar where you get someone from Microsoft to hold your case, which could take a couple of days, maybe a week in between when they get back in contact with you.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been dealing with this product for probably two and a half to three years.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a different collaboration tool before this; when I arrived, this was already in place.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing, licensing, or setup costs with Office 365 is that it's the same thing; I'm not really involved with the pricing, so that's not my area of responsibility.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
From my personal experience, I don't know the main differences between Office 365 and other collaboration tools out there because I never really looked at other collaboration tools. One of the things that probably makes it easier is the fact that everything is a one-stop shop, making it convenient since everything is right here.
What other advice do I have?
I assess the integration capabilities of Office 365 applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive as working well with no complaints.
We employ Microsoft Teams as a tool for communication. Microsoft Teams helps facilitate teamwork and efficiency through immediate communications. It makes meetings much easier, and due to the fact that it's under one umbrella, everything is more streamlined.
I am satisfied with Teams. We used Zoom and LogMeIn before, but Teams is very integrated and has some excellent features. For us, it's a good package with phone calls, and I'm actually using Teams for this conversation, which is convenient because remote workers don't have to carry a separate phone.
We have just started using Power BI a little bit, nothing extensive yet.
I assess the effectiveness of Office 365's advanced security measures such as multi-factor authentication and data loss prevention for helping with sensitive information as good so far.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate Office 365 an 8 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Facilitating seamless communication and collaboration for effective teamwork
What is our primary use case?
We use the Microsoft Office 365 suite for personal purposes. We use Teams for communications, and we use Azure DevOps for some of our workflow management.
I use Office 365Â for Outlook for emails. I use Excel spreadsheets for managing lists of things, test plans, traceability matrix for testing, and requirements. I create pivot charts to monitor progress with things. I use OneNote to keep information relevant to different topics that I'm working on or that I'm interested in.
We use Teams from Office 365 for one-to-one chats and collaborative teams that we put together. A team and then channels are used for file sharing and direct communications. I have some apps that I use in Teams, such as the Microsoft Lists app that I use for bug tracking quite often.
I use OneDrive all the time, and I find it really easy to use in evaluating the integration capabilities of Office 365 applications such as Excel, Outlook, Word with OneDrive for cloud storage in terms of enhancing remote work capabilities. It's great that you can sync it to your Explorer. You can just use it the same way that you would use a file store. I don't really know about the integrations between different Microsoft products, but I do use OneDrive, it's very useful.
What is most valuable?
Teams has been really valuable recently as a feature of Office 365 when I've been working on projects where I've needed to collaborate with quite a large group of people. Having all the communications in one place, rather than large email trails going backwards and forwards where it's harder to keep the thread of the communication, has been really useful to have that collaborative space in Teams. That's probably been the most useful feature that I found recently.
Microsoft Teams has helped facilitate teamwork and operational efficiency over the years, and we've had channels where we can add people from different organizations. We've got trusted partners where we can invite them to a private, secure channel where we can communicate directly with each other. We can share files, and we can interact with lists to manage our workload. Within that, we can have private channels so that not everyone who's in the team can see certain channels, which makes it extra secure. The video call capabilities are great for having productive meetings that don't need to be face-to-face. Recently we have Copilot, which can transcribe our calls, which is great.
What needs improvement?
I don't have any ideas off the top of my head at the moment about what I would improve about Office 365. I can't think of anything that frustrates me about the tools.
I mentioned that I use Copilot, and maybe I would Office 365 to implement more AI, artificial intelligence within my daily routine with Office 365. I haven't used Copilot too much because I don't have a license for that at the moment. It's not rolled out to everybody yet. I'm not really sure of the limitations of it.
For how long have I used the solution?
It's difficult to pinpoint how long I've been working with Office 365. It has probably been more than five years.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have experience with solutions such as UiPath which we were looking into about 18 months ago, but the cost at the time wasn't something that we could consider. Power Automate , we do have access to at the moment, but I've not used it very much, so I'm limited in knowledge.
I've started looking at Playwright for test automation. I'm doing some training on that just now, and we're possibly going to be implementing that in the future. It's still early days with that, so I haven't really got anything to share at this present time.
What other advice do I have?
I'm just an end user of this tool. We just get the monthly updates from Microsoft pushed out to our devices. I'm sure it'll just be the latest version that we're using.
I'm not a security expert by any means, but I can see we do have MFA enabled. I have to authenticate into our environment with my mobile phone with the authenticator app. It's really straightforward and simple to use in assessing the effectiveness of Office 365's advanced security measures, such as multifactor authentication and data loss prevention. I can only really speak to it as a user because I'm not involved in configuring that at all or the technical underlying infrastructure behind it. As an end user, it's very seamless.
I rate Office 365 nine out of ten.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Excel's advanced formulas increase accuracy for sales and security features bolster data protection
What is our primary use case?
Our main use cases for Office 365Â include the price books, for quotes, writing letters, bank recs, and reconciliations.
We work in wholesale retail with Office 365Â .
We're a small to mid-sized business using Office 365.
What is most valuable?
My favorite features of Office 365 include Excel with the abilities to do the different formulas and everything. It's quick and easy to formulate to get stuff to look nice on it, and being able to sum and automatic adding makes it easy and accurate for quotes.
Office 365 has positively impacted my organization by making the salespeople more accurate because they've been able to use the features in Excel instead of relying on the calculator or adding machine, and some of the AI with writing and things with Word has helped improve things with that, too.
What needs improvement?
One of the big changes is when Microsoft updates anything, they will switch where some of the settings are and where to find them, which becomes a little frustrating because you're used to it in one spot and it's someplace else.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been dealing with Office 365 for 13 years, including the downloads and other features since I've been here.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The initial setup for Office 365 was straightforward.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The integration capabilities of Office 365 with Word, Excel, and Outlook with OneDrive for cloud storage have been smooth and work well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We don't really do a lot of remote work with Office 365, which is nice.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the technical support or customer service with Microsoft as probably an eight. The main issue is just trying to get in touch with somebody, and at times if you're trying to use their online support, they'll send you to an article that may or may not have anything to do with what you're looking for.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before Office 365, they were using LibreOffice, but it didn't always open up Word or Excel documents quite right, so it was not as user-friendly.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for Office 365 was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
I did the install of Office 365 myself.
What was our ROI?
An example of how the security measures have been helpful is just having that little bit of extra security so that people can't breach it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with the pricing or licensing of Office 365 is that a lot of times we've gotten them when they've been on sale, so we've had really good pricing for the Microsoft products.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I haven't used Power BI.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Office 365 a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Teams streamlines collaboration but Outlook experiences occasional slowness on Mac
What is our primary use case?
In Office 365Â , you can open Excel and Word documents and even PDFs without having to save the file or navigate outside Office 365. You can save your files on OneDrive. It offers access to all the software in the Microsoft ecosystem. Through Office 365, you can access applications such as Drive, Excel, and Word.
What is most valuable?
Regarding security, we have two-factor authentication governed by organizational policy. When trying to login to Office 365, Teams, or any Office 365 app, we are required to provide a password and use Microsoft Authenticator to sign in using a code. This is how two-factor authentication is implemented in our organization.
Office 365 offers a suite of apps including OneNote, though I don't use it very often. In terms of integration with Microsoft ecosystem, it offers everything needed to get work done without any hassle.
What needs improvement?
For how long have I used the solution?
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
What about the implementation team?
What was our ROI?
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
There are competitors such as Google Workspace and Zoho, but in terms of support and reach, Office 365 surpasses them in features and integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, especially with Azure integration capabilities.
What other advice do I have?
Power BI is used extensively, but we have a separate team for that. I don't work on Power BI. The solution is deployed on cloud, not on-premises.
My rating for Office 365 is 7.5 out of 10. It would be interesting to see how it performs for Linux users, as there aren't as many Linux users as Mac or Windows users.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Experience boosts efficiency and seamless teamwork through document collaboration but online usability needs improvement
What is our primary use case?
We use Office 365Â for ordinary regular documentation, using Excel and similar applications.
The integrations with Teams and SharePoint are beneficial as we use Teams for sharing and editing documents. The integration helps with document collaboration, though I have not used it as much as Microsoft Word.
What is most valuable?
It is a standard platform used across many organizations, making it valuable due to people's general exposure to Microsoft products.
What needs improvement?
Microsoft could improve their online apps compared to the desktop versions, as they are not easy to use. Users often face issues with typing and incorrect inputs. I have noticed that when trying to use the online version, I immediately switch to the desktop version because of its superior usability.
I would give Office 365Â a rating of 7. I appreciate Office 365, but some products, such as OneNote, are somewhat outdated. There could be improvements made specifically for OneNote. While it is a tidy, neat note-taking app, there is more potential for development. However, products such as Excel and Word rank very high, though some products could perform better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have approximately 3 to 4 years of experience with Office 365.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The desktop version is stable, but the online version has stability issues. When multiple people use a document in the online version, we encounter problems that do not occur in the desktop version. This creates an inconsistent experience between the two versions.
How are customer service and support?
I cannot rate the customer service with Microsoft on a scale of 1 to 10 as I have never faced any issues, raised concerns, or attempted to contact technical support for Office products.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I am not familiar with the initial setup process as it was implemented organization-wide, so I am uncertain whether it was easy or difficult or if any issues were encountered.
What other advice do I have?
I am not aware if our organization purchased it through AWSÂ marketplace.
I do not know the pricing for our Office 365 or Microsoft 365.
I would recommend Office 365 to other businesses or people considering using it, though I have not used the AI features.
Regarding documentation, I do use the online resources. The online documentation is helpful, but not as beneficial as unofficial forums such as Reddit where users share their experiences and solutions. On these unofficial forums, other users who have faced similar issues provide answers. These tend to be more accurate and updated than the official Microsoft forums and knowledge base. While the official documentation helps, I often turn to Reddit or other platforms for additional information when the knowledge base does not address my needs.
I would rate my experience with that type of support at 7 out of 10.
Overall, I rate Office 365 a 7 out of 10.