Slide purpose: Explain what Office 365 is at a high level. Keep in mind most people when they hear “Office 365”, they only hear “Office” and think “Word, PowerPoint, Excel”. And when they hear cloud, they think web apps only, thinking this is only a browser-based version of Office, similar to Google Apps. So it’s important to take your time and labor on these 2 points specifically.How to present this slide: Transition from previous slide by saying, with all the business challenges they face, we are excited that there is a solution available that makes sense to them.OverviewOffice 365 is a cloud-based productivity service hosted by Microsoft.It includes the latest version of the familiar Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) that you can run on your PC or laptop, with business class email and calendar and built-in virus and spam protection, the ability to share documents, and capabilities to show presence, do IM and audio/video conferencing.(If you feel customers will know the product names, you can mention this) These are all services powered by our enterprise-grade solutions, Exchange Online for email, SharePoint Online for document sharing and business processes, Lync Online for IM, presence, and conferencing.All these services are built to work together seamlessly so you can easily start an IM or schedule an online meeting in Outlook or any Office applications.It works perfectly with the Office you know and use so your employeesdon’t have to learn a new tool or require additional training from you.What’s unique with Office 365 too is that it is designed to help you work seamlessly online or offline:[Unique for Professional Services] Say you are working on a proposal and want to get feedback from your partner or customer, you can start working on it on your own computer, share it securely [using SharePoint Online] with partners or customers for feedback so they can access the documents and work on it with you online instead of emailing different versions back and forth. If you go offline, say on a plane, you can still access the documents and work on it offline [using SharePoint Workspace], and it’ll automatically prompt you to upload as soon as you have connections again.What’s also great with that scenario is that when you share a document using Office 365, you can access that [using Office Web Apps] from anywhere using any major browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome). When you open or edit a file with the browser, you can be sure that it will not messed up the formatting you spent hours perfecting. Which is not the case with other collaboration tools.Another thing unique to Office 365 is that these are all business-grade services designed to give you the reliability and security you expect.E.g. We do not violate your privacy or confidentiality requirements by reading your email for targeting advertising like some other providers.Additional and optionalbackground info on each of the components:Familiar Office - Office Professional PlusSeamlessly connected and delivered with cloud services—for the best productivity experience across the PC, Mac, Phone and Browser. (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome).The world’s leading productivity tool now seamlessly connected and delivered with cloud servicesFlexible service offering with pay-as-you-go, per-user licensingThe complete, familiar Office experience with services integration in Office 365 A simplified user setup to preconfigure servicesAlways the latest version of the Office apps, including Office Web AppsODF support: View and edit ODF documents in Office Web Apps.New Browser support: Use Office Web Apps with Chrome and IE9 in native mode. Business email - Exchange OnlineCloud-based email, calendar, and contacts with always-up-to-date protection from viruses and spam.25GB MailboxOutlook and Outlook Web AccessPremium antivirus/anti-spam (Forefront)Shared calendars, contacts, and tasksMobile email for most mobile devices including BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, Windows PhoneEmail archiving and compliance capabilitiesHigh-quality Office document attachment previewing with Outlook Web App and Office Web Apps integration Document sharing - SharePoint Online Keep colleagues, partners and customers in sync and up-to-date on documents using the SharePoint Online Team Site. Central online content storage and management: Faster and easier access to content, easier file sharing with customersPeople search (SharePoint Online): Faster access to internal subject matter experts Post, view, share, and edit important documents, insights, and status with colleagues from almost anywhereKeep teams in sync and manage important projectsUpload docs to the Team Site in a few simple steps.Find important documents and people easilyStay up to date with company information and news Grant access to Team Sites and set permissions10GB per tenant + 500MB per user External sharing and collaboration through Windows LiveID support for SharePoint Partner AccessSharePoint Online addition of Business Connectivity Services (BCS) via WCF endpointSite scalability up to 100,000 usersAbility to connect to lists and document libraries with the Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango” updateWeb conferencing - Lync OnlineCloud-based instant messaging, presence, and online meeting experiences with PC-audio, video conferencing, and screen sharing. Instant messaging and presence – quickly communicate or check someone’s availability.PC-to-PC audio and video calling - invite colleagues, customers and partners to Lync Online presentations and virtual meetings that include PC-audio, video and web conferencing. Click-to-communicate from Outlook, SharePoint, and other Office Applications Online meetings with PC-audio, video conferencing, and screen sharing - easily schedule online meetings in just a few clicksSingle-click meeting creation and join from Outlook - External participants can also join via a web browser to view meeting contentCalendar integration with Outlook and ExchangeOn-the-go communication and conferencing via Lync mobile clients across multiple platformsApple-device integration with Lync for Mac client, and iPad access
Slide purpose: Use this time to demo Office 365 to the audience. How to present the demo: Below is a link to Office 365 demos available for partners. Choose the option you are most comfortable with. http://demoshowcasesuite.com/Theme/ThemePage/Office365 There are different types of demos available:Video demoClick-through demoSelf-provisioned demo (coming soon) If you do not feel comfortable presenting a demo, choose one of these videos:http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/office365Recommended demo content for Professional ServicesEasy to build task listEasy to find objectsEasy to build a new contact listWork remotelyProject siteCenter of knowledgeDocument section (contracts, etc.)SharePoint Workspace to take content offline (also show what are the limits; can’t take subsites, limit of 10.000 docs)MySite for presentation of agents (their skills, language, expertise, skills, location, contact information)
Slide purpose: Use this time to demo Office 365 to the audience. How to present the demo: Below is a link to Office 365 demos available for partners. Choose the option you are most comfortable with. http://demoshowcasesuite.com/Theme/ThemePage/Office365 There are different types of demos available:Video demoClick-through demoSelf-provisioned demo (coming soon) If you do not feel comfortable presenting a demo, choose one of these videos:http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/office365Recommended demo content for Professional ServicesEasy to build task listEasy to find objectsEasy to build a new contact listWork remotelyProject siteCenter of knowledgeDocument section (contracts, etc.)SharePoint Workspace to take content offline (also show what are the limits; can’t take subsites, limit of 10.000 docs)MySite for presentation of agents (their skills, language, expertise, skills, location, contact information)