Give your business a highly secure, central location where employees can collaborate with team members efficiently, find organisational resources, manage content and workflow and gain the business insight to make well-informed decisions. Employees can create and manage custom team- and project-focused intranet sites for collaboration and document sharing.
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Windows Vista: 1 gigahertz (GHz) Pentium processor or faster and 1 gigabyte (GB) or more of system RAM
Windows XP: 500 megahertz (MHz) Pentium processor or faster (recommended 1 GHz) and 256 megabytes (MB) or more of system RAM
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Ideal for segments of an organisation who do not have messaging and collaboration capabilities today. The suite includes Exchange Online Deskless Worker and SharePoint Online Deskless Worker. Each standalone offer is priced at €1.70 per user per month; the deskless suite is priced at €2.56 per user per month—a 25% discount. Try | Buy
| Exchange Online Key Features | Deskless | Standard |
| Default Mailbox Size | 500MB | 5GB |
| Maximum Mailbox Size | 500MB | 25GB |
| Shared Calendar, Contacts | Yes | Yes |
| Office Outlook Web Access Light | Yes | Yes |
| Office Outlook Web Access Premium | No | Yes |
| Office Outlook 2007 Access | No | Yes |
| Mobility Access | No | Yes |
| SharePoint Online Key Features | Deskless | Standard |
| Assigned Storage per User License | 0MB | 250MB |
| Create & Edit Lists, Contacts | Yes | Yes |
| Participate in Discussion, Surveys | Yes | Yes |
| Fill Out Forms (Web and InfoPath) | Yes | Yes |
| Create, Edit & Save Documents | No | Yes |
| Create & Edit Sites, Workflows, Forms | No | Yes |
| Administration Functions | No | Yes |
Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft—including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Live Meeting and Office Communications Online—delivers hosted communication and collaboration tools for a streamlined experience with high availability, comprehensive security and simplified IT management.
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RED Saves Green Using Online Document Management Service
"The SharePoint online solution . . was significantly more attractive than the in-house solution because it had a lower cost of ownership, yet the same benefits and features".
Online Communications Solution Opens New Doors for IT Service Provider
"Our clients can subscribe on a per-user, per-month basis. They don't need to acquire individual client access licences. They don't need to worry about updating anti-virus and antispam software or upgrading".
Online Services Open Doors to Delivery of Mission-Critical Customer Applications
"Microsoft SharePoint Online makes the same benefits easily accessible to small and mid-sized businesses".
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