Office for the web
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General Service Terms
Notices
The Communication Services Notices apply (refer to Notices). Any onboarding, migration, or deployment services provided to Customer are subject to the Professional Services terms (refer to Professional Services terms).
Core Features for Office 365 Services
During the term of Customer’s subscription, the Office 365 Services will substantially conform to the Core Features description provided (if any) in the Office 365 service-specific sections, subject to Product restrictions or external factors (such as the recipient, message rate, message size and mailbox size limits for e-mail; default or Customer-imposed data retention policies; search limits; storage limits; Customer or end user configurations; and meeting capacity limits). Microsoft may permanently eliminate a functionality specified in the Office 365 service specific sections only if it provides Customer a reasonable alternative functionality.
Administration Portal
Customer will be able to add and remove end users and domains, manage licenses, and create groups through the Microsoft Online Services Portal or its successor site.
Service Encryption with Customer Key
Customer assumes all risks of data deletion, inaccessibility, and service outages that result from any unavailability of an encryption key caused by Customer.
Microsoft Threat Experts
Any services provided to Customer through the Microsoft Threat Experts service are subject to the Professional Services terms (refer to Professional Services).
Endpoint Compliance Features
If Customer does not have an active subscription to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, an instance will automatically be provisioned for the limited purpose of enabling the endpoint features of the Compliance Services.
Viva Engage
For Office 365 Services that include Viva Engage, External Users invited to Viva Engage via external network functionality do not need User SLs.
Service Specific Terms
Core Features for Office 365 Services
Office for the web or its successor service will have the following Core Features capabilities stated in the General Terms:
An end user will be able to create, view, and edit documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote file types that are supported by Office for the web or its successor service.
External Users
External Users invited to site collections via Share-by-Mail functionality do not need User SLs with Office for the web.