Can you still just buy a single-purchase standalone version of Office? It's so weird to me that they launched this whole thing into a service when most people use Word/Excel pretty infrequently.
Office 365, which has long been the brand for the company's subscription service for its productivity tools like Word, Excel and Outlook, is going away. On April 21, it'll be replaced by new Microsoft 365 plans, including new personal and family plans (for up to six people), at $6.99 and $9.99 respectively. That's the same price as the existing Office 365 Personal and Home plans.
These new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans will include access to Outlook and the Office desktop apps for Windows and macOS, 1TB of OneDrive storage per person (including unlimited access to the more secure OneDrive Personal Vault service) and 50G of Outlook.com email storage, Skype call recording and 60 minutes of Skype landline and mobile phone calls.
And since this is now Microsoft 365 and not Office 365, you can also get Windows 10 technical support with the subscription, as well as additional security features to protect you from phishing and malware attacks.
Can you still just buy a single-purchase standalone version of Office? It's so weird to me that they launched this whole thing into a service when most people use Word/Excel pretty infrequently.
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.Yeah, subs make more sense for businesses, but this way Microsoft doesn't have to support legacy software and gets people to keep paying.
Pretty minimal this time. They're only removing the Office moniker.
Pretty sure they're sunsetting Skype, so there won't be a point for it much longer.Skype is so baffling. What's the point with Teams pushing forward then, just a user base thing with Skype. It's not quite Google hilarity but close.
Basic includes 1TB of storage. Up to six seats so 6TB altogether.
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.
yeah skype for business had issues because it was basically lync which sucked. i remember the file sharing issues you are talking about.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.
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
Skype is so baffling. What's the point with Teams pushing forward then, just a user base thing with Skype. It's not quite Google hilarity but close.
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.
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.
That lifetime Office licence I got from my old job is still such a blessing.
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.
My brain is having trouble with who thought their Teams brand should be used for an individual user wanting Word on their Acer? Why would this person who just uses Office alone think they want a subscription to Teams?
They'll be getting a subscription to "Microsoft," not "Teams."My brain is having trouble with who thought their Teams brand should be used for an individual user wanting Word on their Acer? Why would this person who just uses Office alone think they want a subscription to Teams?
My brain is having trouble with who thought their Teams brand should be used for an individual user wanting Word on their Acer? Why would this person who just uses Office alone think they want a subscription to Teams?
Yes. It's been super helpful during this time.
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.