Is Microsoft 365 an Option for Your Business

Microsoft offers solutions that have a proven history of being assets when businesses adopt them - but like most any solution, what may fit well for one, may not fit well for all. Here, we’ll consider one of Microsoft offerings to help you determine if it is the right solution for your needs and requirements.

Most are familiar with the Office 365 suite in at least one of its iterations. Not so many are acquainted with the Microsoft 365 package.

What is Microsoft 365?

Microsoft 365 takes the business utility of the Office 365 solution suite and bundles it together with the Enterprise version of Windows 10, along with Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility + Security and machine learning features. As a result, it offers businesses who need these solutions a simple and convenient means to consolidate their assorted services into one - which is much easier to manage.

What Microsoft 365 Includes

In no uncertain terms, quite a bit:

• Windows Enterprise OS
• Installed versions of Microsoft Office applications 
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • OneNote
  • Access
    • Mobile versions of these applications
    • Office for the web
  • Outlook
  • Exchange
  • Teams
  • SharePoint
  • Yammer
  • OneDrive for Business
  • Sway for Office 365
  • Stream
• Task management tools
  • To-Do
  • Planner
  • PowerApps and Flow
• Device and Application Management
  • Microsoft 365 Admin Center
  • Intune
  • Windows Autopilot and Device Health Analytics
  • System Center Configuration Manager
• Identity and Access Management
  • Azure Active Directory Premium 1 and 2
  • Windows Hello
  • Direct Access
  • Credential Guard
• Threat Protection
  • Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics
  • Windows Defender Antivirus and Device Guard
  • Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection
  • Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
  • Azure Advanced Threat Protection
• Information Protection
  • Office 365 data loss prevention
  • Windows Information Protection and BitLocker
  • Azure Information Protection 1 and 2
  • Cloud App Security
• Security Management
  • Microsoft Secure Score
  • Microsoft Security and Compliance Center
• Advanced Compliance
  • Advanced eDiscovery
  • Customer Lockbox
  • Advanced Data Governance
  • Service Encryption with Customer Key
  • Privileged Access Management
• Advanced Analytics
  • MyAnalytics
  • Power BI Pro

We realize that’s a lot, and there are a lot of complicated services and features that you may not know if you need or even want. Fortunately, our technicians are very familiar with Microsoft 365 and its massive set of tools and capabilities. That’s why Kentucky businesses lean on CoreTech for assistance. Not only can we help you determine the best solution for your business, we’ll help you procure it, implement it, and manage it. Reach out to us at (270) 282-4926 to learn more.