Office 365 is the brand name used by Microsoft for a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and/or related services to its subscribers. For consumers, the service allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windowsand OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skypeminutes per month. For business and enterprise users, Office 365 offers plans including e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Lync, SharePoint and Office Web Apps, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software.
After a beta test that began in October 2010, Office 365 was launched on June 28, 2011,[1] as a successor to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (MSBPOS), originally aimed at corporate users. With the release of Microsoft Office 2013, Office 365 was expanded to include new plans aimed at different types of businesses, along with new plans aimed at general consumers wanting to use the Office desktop software on a subscription basis—with an emphasis on the rolling release model.
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