Whether they’re working on-site, teleworking, or in the field, with Office 365 agency staff can create, update, and collaborate with the same tools and features they already know well. Office 365 incorporates the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and other familiar productivity applications of the Microsoft Office Professional Plus desktop suite—along with their easy-to-use online companions, Office Web Apps—to give your workforce the freedom to write, edit, and share Microsoft Office files from virtually anywhere with a supported browser or mobile phone. Exchange Online makes it easy for users to access and manage work schedules, email, contacts, and calendars on nearly any device, and powerful web-based tools simplify online deployments for your IT department.

With its rich conferencing (audio, web, and video), presence, screen-sharing, and instant messaging (IM) capabilities, Lync Online enables agencies and people to work together in real time across distances while leveraging your agency’s existing unified communications tools. SharePoint Online makes it easier to bring virtual teams together and can help improve dynamic collaboration by offering both online and offline access to SharePoint content. Your agency can securely manage and share important documents with colleagues, partner agencies, and constituents without the need to set up SharePoint technologies in your own datacenter.

With guaranteed 99.9-percent uptime, geo-redundancy, and built-in disaster recovery, Office 365 provides the robust security and reliability your agency requires. A global network of geographically disbursed datacenters, protected by multiple security layers and strict privacy procedures, helps ensure the safe storage and availability of sensitive agency data, in compliance with ISO27001 and other regulations.