With the release of Office 2013, Microsoft expanded Office 365 to include new plans aimed at different types of businesses, along with new plans aimed at general consumers, including benefits tailored towards Microsoft consumer services such as OneDrive (whose integration with Office was a major feature of the 2013 suite). All Office 365 plans include automatic updates to their respective software at no additional charge, as opposed to conventional licenses for these programs-where new versions require purchase of a new license.Īfter a beta test that began in 10-2010, Microsoft launched Office 365 on 28-06- 2011, originally aimed at corporate users, as a successor to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). The brand encompasses plans that allow use of the MS Office software suite over the life of the subscription, as well as cloud-based software as a service products for business environments, such as Skype for Business Server, hosted Exchange Server, and SharePoint, among others. Microsoft Office 365 is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office product line.
