In more than two decades, Microsoft Office suite has almost become the industry standard with Word, Excel, PowerPoint are riding high on the popularity of Windows operating systems. Now, it has gone cloud which means you can buy it or rent it over the Net instead of buying CD.
The licence available is annually and renting the software is cheaper than buying it. Office 365 is housed on Sky Drive which is convenient, if you access the Internet. But, if you want it on your device, you have to download 1.5GB software on each of your device using Office 365. The big caution: if you fail to renew your licence, all the files that you have stored on Sky Drive may get removed.
But, the software itself is amazing. If you're travelling or don't have access to your own devices or laptops, you can just log-in to office.com with your registered ID and get access to all saved files on Sky Drive. Now, Let's look at facts about Office 365 so that you can decide you should buy it or not.
Things about Office 365:
1. Storage Space: When you sign up for an Outlook.com ID, you get 7GB. When you buy Office 365, you get 20GB. The memory that comes free with Outlook.com ID stays with you even if you don't renew your Office 365. There is no option to buy an additional storage.
2. How it is split: If you log-in to all your windows devices using the same ID, that you used to sign up for Office 365, your devices can share this storage. Otherwise, 20GB will be available for the device from which you signed-up and log-in.
3. How to get the CD: You can buy a single licence of MS Office 2013 Home Edition & Student Edition for Rs.5499 (one time buy not annual cost). But, you won't get Sky Drive for online storage. You will need to buy each addition for your different computer or devices which uses Office 2013.
4. Touch and Try: You can get a free one month trial on Office.com. All features are available, but the account deactivates after a month. You can buy the version Office 365 for Rs.420 per month. There is no upgrade version is available for your previously installed Office version.
5. Office for business: Microsoft offers different offers and pricing for the corporate users. You will have to contact to their customer service.
6. For Linux and Android Users: It is not available for Linux and Also, the mobile version does not work on Android and Linux devices.
Difference between Office 365 and Office 2013
Microsoft Office 365, generally focuses on the online availability of Office features and user can edit, create and save files using provided storage space. It is a cloud based service provides online exchange of files and Microsoft features without downloading it. The different prices and offering is available for the different sizes of business. It is available as annual and monthly subscriptions.
Microsoft Office 2013 comes as installed version of Microsoft Office for your desktops and devices. A user have to buy it only one time, no need to subscribe annually. But, in this, you won't get Sky Drive online storage and can't synchronize devices. You can get the Office 2013 apps by buying subscription of Office 365 or simply buy the Home and Student Edition for your devices.
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