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Microsoft is launching new Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions today. Office 365 is getting rebranded + Microsoft Teams for consumers
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Yeah, subs make more sense for businesses, but this way Microsoft doesn't have to support legacy software and gets people to keep paying.
Microsoft brings Teams to consumers and launches Microsoft 365 personal and family plans | TechCrunch
Microsoft today announced a slew of new products, but at the core of the release is a major change to how the company is marketing its tools and services
techcrunch.com
Yeah, the 2019 version. Whether they keep doing that, I don't know but Office is not something I will subscribe to since I use it so infrequently.
You're having a laugh if this is a road to a Windows subscription.
Yeah but subs just allow people to dip in and dip out. I don't need Word other than when I need to update my resume or draft a formal letter. I have a couple spreadsheets that I use once or twice a year. Rather than just buying a $120 version of Office, most people can just subscribe when they need to and leave immediately.
I guess the idea is that they would rather get those infrequent subscription payments than lose those people entirely to Google Docs.
Our office moved from Slack to Teams recently. It's overall worse, there's much less functionality, but it handles video meetings quite well and the integration with Outlook and Office is pretty handy.
Pretty minimal this time. They're only removing the Office moniker.
i hate teams. their video call feature is ok, but its a pain in the ass to navigate overall.
skype for business was much better. and skype before they took lync and branded it skype was even better.
skype for business was much better. and skype before they took lync and branded it skype was even better.
I think generally a lot of folks like Slack better for it's extensibility. Really easy to use it as a hub for many internal integration hooks.
Pretty sure they're sunsetting Skype, so there won't be a point for it much longer.
Basic includes 1TB of storage. Up to six seats so 6TB altogether.
Nice, I use Office 365 + Teams + MS Suite at work, and it's all great.
Man, I fucking hated using Skype. Our company has been a Lync/Skype for Business company for ever, but we piloted teams about 2 years ago, and then rolled it out company wide about 6 mos ago, but most people still used Skype. We went 100% remote 2 weeks ago because of the lockdown, and Teams has been a life-saver. Skype is slow, bug riddled, the text editor is shitty and out of date, it can't handle images or file transfers in any modern way, group chats would be delayed, error messages wouldn't be helpful just "Your message was not delivered..." Etc.
Skype for business was good for how it handled telephony, which was really seamless, and in meeting rooms. But 95% of Skype -- for us -- was using it as a work IM tool, and it was horrible for any normal work like file sharing, screenshots, sharing code/copy pasting anything, etc.
I liked Teams because I always used Slack for freelance, and so I was used to the Slack-way-of-doing-things when I jumped onto Teams.
Man, I fucking hated using Skype. Our company has been a Lync/Skype for Business company for ever, but we piloted teams about 2 years ago, and then rolled it out company wide about 6 mos ago, but most people still used Skype. We went 100% remote 2 weeks ago because of the lockdown, and Teams has been a life-saver. Skype is slow, bug riddled, the text editor is shitty and out of date, it can't handle images or file transfers in any modern way, group chats would be delayed, error messages wouldn't be helpful just "Your message was not delivered..." Etc.
Skype for business was good for how it handled telephony, which was really seamless, and in meeting rooms. But 95% of Skype -- for us -- was using it as a work IM tool, and it was horrible for any normal work like file sharing, screenshots, sharing code/copy pasting anything, etc.
I liked Teams because I always used Slack for freelance, and so I was used to the Slack-way-of-doing-things when I jumped onto Teams.
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Interesting, is this rebranding also being done with Office 365 for businesses and organizations? My non-profit that I volunteer for uses Office 365 ProPlus.
I still don't see much reason to subscribe for regular people. I use Office ALL the time for work and I do like it but I haven't ever really found the need to use it at home. I can't imagine a ton of people really needing Excel, PowerPoint, etc. at home to the point of paying for it instead of usin a "good enough" free version like Google Sheets or Apple Keynote
I use Office all the time for work and hate it. Wonder how they are going to mess around with the interface / location of tools some more...
yeah skype for business had issues because it was basically lync which sucked. i remember the file sharing issues you are talking about.
the issues i have with teams is mostly ui and user experience issues. i miss calls by outside numbers, because it doesnt pop up a notification and i have to literally navigate to their phone app to answer the call. if im not wearing headphones, i miss them altogether. navigating the app during a meeting is ridiculously hard. they need to support multiple screens.
Microsoft have a free version too, the online web versions. Haven't used them much so can't comment on quality or features but imagine they are basic.
I would never subscribe to this, but I just bought the 2019 Office since the free alternatives for Excel kept crashing on me. I figure I will use it for a long time on, so it's worth it.
I fear that with the success of Teams, MS will roll everything under the sun into it, turning it into a sort of iTunes, that is, a unfocused behemoth.
They'll keep doing as things change.
Right now the money is in the cloud, businesses software, and the OS. Azure, teams and windows is what they call it for now.
Teams and AzDo needs better integration. I used to be able to paste emails with images into user stories and now the images don't copy over have to paste into paint (lol) and then copy paste into azdo.
It's like an alternate reality in this thread compared to my experience. Everyone I know loves teams. Some schools are using it here during the lockdown as well.
Got this in an email:
Office 365 is becoming Microsoft 365
New name, same great value, same price.
Don't worry—you don't need to do a thing. Your product services, apps, and features will stay the same, along with the price. Your subscription name will update automatically in the admin center and your monthly billing statements on or after April 21, 2020.
New name, same great value, same price.
Don't worry—you don't need to do a thing. Your product services, apps, and features will stay the same, along with the price. Your subscription name will update automatically in the admin center and your monthly billing statements on or after April 21, 2020.
Office 365 Business Essentials
is now
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Office 365 Business Premium
is now
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Microsoft 365 Business
is now
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Office 365 Business
is now
Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Office 365 ProPlus
is now
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Glad we finally did this.
Much easier to explain to people and get them interested in the service.
Much easier to explain to people and get them interested in the service.
Bought 2016 for $10 through an ex's job. Only thing from her I love.
I love Teams too
Got it on my phone too so incase I need to speak with my co-workers/team.
Office365 is great but personally I still use Office 2007 since I only use Word and Excel for personal use.
Office365 is fine for work.
They'll be getting a subscription to "Microsoft," not "Teams."
Teams comes with your Microsoft 365 subscription.
They probably wish they had teams for consumers ready to go right now. People are looking for ways to stay in touch with groups of families and friends.
Teams, while clumsy in some areas, is phenomenal for my work. Once you wrap your head around the intent of the product, it is much easier to use.
Not perfect, but a lifesaver during this lockdown and its is ridiculously simple to use for meetings, calls, and file sharing. At least within my circles.
Not perfect, but a lifesaver during this lockdown and its is ridiculously simple to use for meetings, calls, and file sharing. At least within my circles.
