And so Microsoft has done it, not only updating its Office 365 platform to the latest backend (Exchange 2012, Office 2013 etc..) and have now released a home premium . A subscription based service, monthly or yearly and includes a whopping great deal (below) and licensed up to 5 devices:
- A subscription based service for up to 5 devices to use Office 2013 (PC or Mac).
- The suite includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access – to me that is the same as Office 2013 Professional – yes I said professional.
- 20GB of SkyDrive storage which as you know is fully integrated with the Office 2013 suites.
- Office On-demand – lets see this as Office Web Apps rebadged.
- Now get this – 60mins of Skype talk each month to 40+ countries – so no more Lync as we can see where Microsoft is going with this merging the 2 products or either focusing Lync for the Enterprises and Skype for the home / SMB.
To give you an idea of the pricing and compare to the other versions of Office 2013, although home premium is a yearly cost I would asume the benefits of this would be free upgrades when Office 2015 / 2016 comes out. To be this makes are great proposition and gives you an idea of where Microsoft is going. All I would say is be careful you know where your Skydrive data, but check this:
To get a comparison of the full feature set then please see the new Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium here.
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