Microsoft Office 365

 

Office 365 was launched on June 28, 2011, as a successor to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (MSBPOS), originally aimed at corporate users.

Office 365 is the brand name used by Microsoftfor a group of  Software Plus Services Subscriptions that provides Productivity Software and related services to its subscibers

 For consumers, the service allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's Cloud Storage Service OneDrive and grants 60 Skype  60 Minutes per month

With the release of Microsoft Office 2013, Office 365 was expanded to include new plans aimed at different types of businesses, along with new plans aimed at general consumers wanting to use the Office desktop software on a subscription basis—with an emphasis on the rolling release model

On February 25, 2015, Microsoft announced that free subscriptions to Office 365 would be made available to students in eligible universities and colleges in close to 140 countries outside of the US. After signing up on the Office in Education website, students will have access to the latest versions of Office, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access and Publisher; be able to install them on up to five computers (Windows or Mac) and five phones or tablets; have access to Office Online; and have 1 TB of OneDrive storage