Overview

Microsoft Online Services benefits include:

• Discover the latest in business-class email, Web conferencing, instant messaging, document collaboration and workflow
• Get the benefit of the latest messaging and collaboration features, which are designed to work together seamlessly
• Build your own solution with individual services or purchase as an integrated suite

• Your end users have a unified experience to access all of the hosted services you're using
• Administrators only have one place to go to manage subscriptions and to configure all Online Services
• End users have the ability to access the service securely, anywhere without the need for a VPN connection and through a wide selection of mobile devices

• Secure Internet protocols including HTTPS and HTTP over SSL to access your services
• Redundant network architecture capable of disaster recovery
• In the event of datacentre connectivity issues, services switch over to a backup datacentre

• Online offerings integrate with on-premises servers and applications so that organisations can run some applications internally and others as hosted services
• Leverages tools such as Active Directory synchronisation so you can make online, on-premises or hybrid deployment choices by service, user roles and geography to meet organisational needs best

• Quickly enhance or expand your IT capacity by adding new services without having to invest in the development of new skills or deploying new hardware and software
• Free your valuable IT resources from routine management tasks to focus on core business initiatives that can deliver a truly competitive advantage

• Microsoft Online Services run on a global network of world-class datacentres
• Our datacentres and services are protected by multiple layers of security and operational best practices
• Microsoft Online Services guarantee a service level agreement of 99.9% uptime
• Managed by rigorously screened and highly trained staff