Office 365 vs. Microsoft 365 – Explained

What’s The Difference Between O365 And Microsoft 365?

Simply put, Office 365 is a cloud platform that offers Exchange online, OneDrive, Word, Excel, Outlook, as well as other services and applications via a subscription plan whereas Microsoft 365 offers the same services and applications as Office 365 but also includes Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise, Mobility + Security for a complete Enterprise offering under a single subscription plan.

Microsoft 365 offers customers, which have not made the transition to Office 365, is an out of the box solution with all the features of Office 365 plus Windows 10, including security and device management right from the start. Additionally, Microsoft 365 is the beginning of a future where desktops and devices are primarily joined to your Office 365 Azure Active Directory subscription taking over the traditional on-premises role of Active Directory running on servers in your datacenter. With this new paradigm, you would generally only need to maintain a backup Active Directory Domain Controller on-premises for redundancy in the event of a temporary loss on network connectivity.

If you are already on Office 365 you still have the option to deploy Windows 10 Pro and subscribe to a security service, however, this approach is not as simple as subscribing to Microsoft 365 from the beginning.

If you would like to learn more about Office 365 and Microsoft 365 we have provided some resources to get you started. If you would like to speak to one of our cloud migration specialists you can contact us here.

Resources To Get You Started

Transform Your Workplace With Microsoft 365

New Tools To Help Prepare For Deployment And Ensure PCs Are Up-To-Date

Microsoft 365 Security – Everything You Need To Know In 8-Minutes

Azure AD Pass-Through Authentication And Seamless Single Sign-On