Office 365: Mobile office instead of desk

The colleague from the sales department sits in the train on the way to the customer, as the boss mails. Slide 5 of the presentation he had to change quickly. He has everything he needs for it: his tablet with mobile Internet and Office 365. Now only the presentation with the Office Web App edit PowerPoint, thanks to Sharepoint online with the boss vote, send to the customer via email, ready . And if the employee does not want to leave the impersonal mail, he’s still holding a video conference with him.


Where can I get my Office 365?


Of course, bosses and customers are not always so easily reachable and tuning chains usually longer. But the example shows how fast it could go in the ideal case with Office 365. The cloud is behind all this. Your principle: Instead of installing Microsoft Office locally on the employees' computers, the companies rent the application Office 365 from a professional IT service provider such as the Telekom.


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Via the Internet, the employees access software and data, which are located in secure data centers. Investments in hardware and software are therefore superfluous. In addition, companies no longer have to worry about IT maintenance or software updates: That means, whoever rents Office 365 always works with the latest version, automatic updates are included.


Depending on the size, organizations can choose from several versions of Office 365: from the smallest edition with e-mail and calendar to the complete package including corporate website, Lync, Sharepoint and MS Desktop versions.

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The packages can be booked on cloud marketplaces, such as the Business Marketplace of Telekom, similar to an App Store. The companies get an overview and can compare quickly between the different offers.


It is particularly important to the companies that the cloud market places are safe. The Telekom has found out in a customer survey. Accordingly, security and reliability are at the top of the list (85%), followed by extensive customer service (78%) and potential cost savings (77%). The Business Marketplace therefore offers a high security standard. Each application is tested for quality and security before it hits the market.


Currently there are more than 40 applications from over 20 partner companies for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition to Microsoft Office 365 security solutions from Symantec, software for the comfortable collaboration in the team from the supplier box or project management software. No matter which of them you book - the companies always have only one contract and contact person with the Telekom: They provide the offers, offers a free German-language servicehotline and calculates over a single invoice. In addition, companies can test all offers free of charge for 30 days.