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New Office 365 2013 Preview: Introduction

by Martin Emerson Low, Senior Systems Engineer on January 20, 2013
Microsoft Office 365 from the Web and I

REDMOND, WASHINGTON

Elegant. Simple. A revolution is coming to Microsoft. Its name? Microsoft Office 365 2013 Edition.

The features of the new system make it the best cloud productivity solution in the Industry.

Microsoft Office 365 with Office 2013 is a software suite that works equally well on the Mac as it does on a Windows PC.

One Microsoft Office 365 account can be installed on up to five computers, so multiple users can share Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac data.

Mobile computing works great on every kind of phone. The new version may even boast live video chat on mobile, which we will test out in this series.

Anything a business wants to accomplish can be completed with these tools.

Influential think tank Forrester Research says that the Office 365 cloud model provides a far lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) when compared to a traditional on-site installation of the same options.

Microsoft Office 365 2013 Edition is user-friendly whether you have a PC, Mac or Phone.

From a compliance standpoint, Office 365 services offers a 99.97% Financially-Backed Uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA).

New Office 365 2013 Preview Table of Contents

Starting with this introduction, there are three more sections which will showcase the most salient aspects of the new technology in a logical format. We are testing this new system out starting today, and the categories below will fill up as we complete our testing and research and fill in the categories. As of today we are starting with expected archetypal categories, but as we learn more these will change and grow from time to time.

Installation and Account Creation for Trial

  1. Signing Up
  2. Installing and Initial Configuration Office 2013  
  3. Account Administration
  4. Security Recommendations
Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office

Word, Excel,Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, and One Note

Word, Excel,Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, and One Note

Microsoft Office Desktop Edition 2013

  1. Installation
  2. New Interface  
  3. New Features
  4. Microsoft Word
  5. Microsoft Excel
  6. Microsoft PowerPoint
  7. Microsoft Publisher (Expected February 22, 2013)
  8. Microsoft Visio (Expected February 23, 2013)
  9. Microsoft Project (Expected February 24, 2013)
  10. Microsoft One Note (Expected February 25, 2013)
  11. Navigation (Expected February 26, 2013)
  12. Custom Settings (Expected February 27, 2013)
  13. Licensing Options (Expected February 28, 2013)
Email, Calendars, and Customer Relationship Management

Email, Calendars, and CRM

Exchange Server 2013

Exchange Server 2013

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Exchange 2013

  1. E-Mail (Expected March 23, 2013)
  2. Calendaring (Expected March 24, 2013)
  3. Social Networking (Expected March 25, 2013)
  4. E-Mail Merge (Expected March 26, 2013)
  5. Fax (Expected March 27, 2013)
  6. Lync Interoperability (Expected March 28, 2013)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

  1. Interoperability with Office 365
  2. Advantages (Expected March 29, 2013)
  3. CRM For Mobile (Expected March 30, 2013)

Website

Website

Public-Facing SharePoint Features

  1. CSS (Expected March 1, 2013)
  2. Other Coding (Expected March 2, 2013)

Office Web Apps

Office Web Apps

Office Web Apps

  1. Speed and Efficiency on Slower Machines (Expected March 31, 2013)
  2. Mobile and Specialty Cases
  3. Simultaneous document Editing (Expected April 1, 2013)
File Sharing and Project Management

File Sharing and Project Management

SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013

SharePoint Server 2013

  1. Intranets (Expected March 3, 2013)
  2. Extranets (Expected March 4, 2013)
  3. Share Point Project Management Solutions for Small Businesses (Expected March 5, 2013)
  4. New Extensibility and Coding Options (Expected March 6, 2013)

Microsoft Project Management Server on Office 365

  1. Introduction (Expected March 7, 2013)
  2. Local Installation (Expected March 8, 2013)
  3. Project Management in Information Technology
  4. Project Management for Law Firms
  5. Project Management for Medical Practices (Expected March 9, 2013)
  6. Project Management for Education and Government (Expected March 10, 2013)
Instant Messaging, Presence, and Conferencing

Instant Messaging, Presence, and Conferencing

Microsoft Lync 2013

Microsoft Lync 2013

Lync 2013

  1. Enterprise Instant Messaging (Expected April 2, 2013)
  2. Lync Mobile (Expected April 3, 2013)
  3. Audio Conferencing (Expected April 4, 2013)
  4. Telephony (Expected April 5, 2013)
  5. Universal Messaging (Expected April 6, 2013)
  6. Video Teleconferencing (Expected April 7, 2013)
  7. Video “Brady Bunch Style” Tiled User Meeting (Expected April 8, 2013)
  8. Audio / Visual Meeting with Simultaneous Document Editing by Multiple Users (Expected April 9, 2013)

Mobility

Mobility

Windows 8 Phone

  1. Installation with Windows Synch: Zune (Expected March 11, 2013)
  2. Office 365
  3. Loading Music (Expected March 12, 2013)
  4. Synchronizing Contacts (Expected March 13, 2013)

Microsoft Office 365

  1. SharePoint (Expected March 14, 2013)
  2. Exchange (Expected March 15, 2013)
  3. Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Security and Trust

Security and Trust

Compliance and Risk Management

  • 99.97% Guaranteed Uptime Financially Backed Service Level Agreement (SLA) (Expected April 10, 2013)
  • Financially Backed Service Level Agreement (SLA) (Expected April 11, 2013)
  • ISO 9000 Compliance (Expected April 12, 2013)
  • Sarbanes Oxley Act Compliance (Expected April 13, 2013)
  • HIPAA Compliance (With hybrid on-site compliant servers on-site) (Expected April 14, 2013)

Economic Considerations

  1. Cost Calculator (Expected March 16, 2013)
  2. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) (Expected March 17, 2013)
  3. Return on Investment (ROI) (Expected March1 8, 2013)
  4. Adoption by Fortune 500 Businesses (Expected March `19, 2013)
  5. Adoption by Foreign Governments (Expected March 20, 2013)
  6. Acceptance by US Government Accounting Office (GAO) and use in U.S. Government (Expected March 21, 2013)
  7. Use in State Government (the Web and I is a registered and licensed state vendor) (Expected March 22, 2013)

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