Microsoft to Combine Windows 10 and Office 365 for Business Customers

Microsoft has some good news for its business customers. The biggest tech giant is now selling Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 365 in one package to simplify management and cut cost. This will be a major move of Microsoft in streamlining the business work. So now the businesses have to pay only for one package subscription instead of spending money on purchase of Microsoft Office 365 and Windows 10 separately. The announcement was made by the corporate vice-president of the Office team Kirk Koenigsbauer.

This new service will have two editions- Microsoft Office 365 Business, tailored for small to medium businesses and Microsoft 365 Enterprise, for giant organizations. The former integrates  Office 365 premium along with "tailored security and management features from Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security", while the later one includes Office 365 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Enterprise mobility + security. 

The Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise will further have two editions, i.e. Microsoft Office 365 E3 and 365 E5. The difference of the features of the two has been explained with the help of a table. “Yes” in the table means that the particular feature is included in the Microsoft Office suite and vice-versa. 

Features	Applications	Microsoft 365 E3	Microsoft 365 E5
Word, Excel, PowerPoint	Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations	Yes	Yes
Outlook & Exchange	Email & calendar	Yes	Yes
Skype for Business	Voice, video and meetings	Yes	Yes
PSTN Conferencing, Cloud PBX	Voice, video and meetings	No	Yes
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, Office 365 Threat Intelligence	Threat Protection	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory P2	For identity and access management	No	Yes
Power BI Pro, My Analytics	Analytics	No	Yes
Delve	For analytics	No	Yes
Microsoft Intune	For device and application management	Yes	Yes

 

Microsoft Office 365 Business is particularly designed for up to 300 users. You can further select from Business, Business premium and Business Essentials. These three subscriptions have different features to suit the requirements of the businesses.

Pricing and Availability

The price of the bundle subscription has been revealed. You can buy Office 365 business premium for $12 user per month and Microsoft  Office 365 business for $20 user per month. The bundle will be available for the public preview on August 2, 2017.

For further information on download, installation and configuration of both the aforementioned bundles, you can contact the Microsoft customer support. The certified technicians by Microsoft will instantly help you out.