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Overview of Office 365 Clients

  Overview of Office 365 Clients

Office 365 Clients

• Office 365 supports the following client packages: Microsoft

Office 365 ProPlus, Visio and Project Pro, Office Online,

Office 2016 for Mac, and Office for Tablets and Mobile

Devices. 

• The packages that are available for installation by your end

users are dependent upon your organization’s Microsoft 365

license plan. 

• If your organization subscribes to different types of license

plans, then the packages that are available to an end user

are dependent upon the plan that your IT administrator

assigns to the user.

Different types of client packages

• Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus

o Office 365 ProPlus, which is a downloadable version

of the Microsoft productivity suite, includes Microsoft

Word 2016, Excel 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Outlook

2016, Access 2016, Publisher 2016, OneNote 2016, and

the Skype for Business 2016 client.

o Office 365 ProPlus is a locally installed version of

Microsoft Office, so users do not have to be connected

to the Internet to use the ProPlus applications. However,

users will need an Internet connection during installation.

• Visio and Project Pro

o Installation of Visio and Project Pro requires the

purchase of an additional subscription because they are

not part of Office 365 ProPlus. However, they are

deployed in the same manner as the Office ProPlus

products.

• Office Online

o Office Online includes online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, a Microsoft OneDrive for Business client, and a Yammer app.


Difference MS 365 ProPlus &  MS 365 Business Plans

• Microsoft 365 Business can be deployed on up to 300 users

per organization, while Microsoft 365 ProPlus does not have

such a limitation.

• Microsoft 365 ProPlus provides Microsoft Skype for

Business application while Microsoft 365 Business does

not.

• Microsoft 365 ProPlus allows you to run Office client apps in

virtual desktop scenario, while Microsoft 365 Business does

not allow this.

o Microsoft 365 ProPlus supports Group Policy–based

deployment configurations. This is not possible with

Microsoft 365 Business. 

o Microsoft 365 ProPlus provides InfoPath Designer application while Microsoft 365 Business does not. Also,

Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power View are not

supported in Office 365 Business


 Microsoft 365 Mobile Clients

• Office 365 supports mobile clients for Android, iOS, and

Windows Phone/Windows 10 devices. 

o Android Devices - Office for Android includes Excel,

OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Additionally,

Skype for Business, Yammer, and OneDrive for

Business can be added to Android tablets and phones.

Version 4.0 or later of the Android OS is supported by

Outlook for Android. 

o iOS Devices - Office for iOS supports the iPhone,

iPad, and iPod Touch. The same set of applications are

available, and version 8.0 or later of the iOS is required

for iOS for mobile devices. 

o Windows Phone and Windows 10 Devices -

Windows 10 devices can use the pre-installed Mail and

Calendar apps, or they can install the same set of Office

applications as the other platforms. A similar set of Office

applications is available for the Windows Phone 10

platform.


 Office Online

• Office Online provides an alternative way to use Office

applications online. You cannot use Office Online in an

offline mode because it runs either from Microsoft 365 or

from on-premises servers in a web browser. 

• Therefore, you need Internet access or network access to

use Office Online, and you also must subscribe to a

Microsoft 365 plan that includes SharePoint Online. 

• Once you meet these requirements, you can use the

following Office Online apps to view and edit documents

online: 

o Microsoft Word Online

o Microsoft OneNote Online

o Microsoft PowerPoint Online

o Microsoft Excel Online

o Microsoft Teams Online

3 Online vs. Microsoft 365 ProPlus

• While Office Online provides limited versions of the

Microsoft 365 ProPlus and Microsoft 2016 Professional Plus

features

• Word Online - Includes features that allow you to perform

basic document editing and formatting in a web browser.

However, to perform advanced editing, you must open the

documents in Word by using the Open in Word command.

After you finish your edits, you can save them to the website

from which you opened Word Online.

• OneNote Online - Enables you to take notes and organize

note pages in a web browser. However, to perform

advanced editing, you must open the notebooks in OneNote

by using the Open in OneNote command. In OneNote

Online, you cannot open notebooks that are created with

versions prior to OneNote 2010.

• PowerPoint Online – Enables you to create and share

basic presentations in your web browser. You can work

simultaneously with others and present your slide show

from anywhere. To perform advanced editing, you must

open the presentations in PowerPoint by using the Open in

PowerPoint command.

• Excel Online – Enables you to view a workbook in a

browser window and use basic editing and printing

features. However, to perform advanced editing, you must

open the workbook in Excel by using the Open in Excel

command.

• Teams Online – From team meetings to live streaming, or

dialing into a conference call, Microsoft Teams is designed

for all your meeting needs. Experience Microsoft Teams

meetings on desktop, mobile, or Skype Room Systems with

HD video. To preform Advanced editing open the Teams

workbook by using the Open in Teams.

• Office Online apps open when a user selects a document to

view or edit from the OneDrive for Business page in the

Microsoft 365 portal. Users also can open Office Online

apps from on-premises editions of Office Web Apps,

Exchange, and SharePoint.While Office Online includes

commonly used editing features, users can access

advanced features by editing a document in an existing

Office installation, such as Microsoft 365 ProPlus.


The default locations for saving documents

• The default locations for saving documents are different in

Office Online and on-premises Office, including: 

o Word Online - Users must save documents manually,

because there is no auto-save feature, and they can

save them locally. 

o Excel Online - Users must save the worksheets

manually. They can use the download command to

download a copy to the local computer.

o OneNote Online - If a OneNote notebook is saved to a

Microsoft SharePoint document library, the OneNote

notebook is available online. Users can share the

notebook by sending a link in an email message, rather

than sending it as an email attachment. Recipients can

click the link to read notes in their web browser.


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