The toolset is pretty impressive

The toolset is pretty impressive, including online versionsof Word, Excel and other Office applications pluscloud-based storage and access to hosted implementations of its Exchange and SharePointservers. An online version of the company's unified communication solution -Lync Server 2010 - is similarly bundledwith the service.

Full implementation of Lync

It's not a full implementation of Lync, for all that. Office 365subscribers can make PC-to-PC VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calls, nevertheless the online version lacks the fullPBX telephony and PSTN connectivity available with the in-house version of theproduct.

According to the Office 365 blog, this may be added later,nevertheless for now Microsoft is pointing small business clients at partners, such asBT, to deliver the missing telephony elements. It's as well bundling licencesfor the on-premise Lync server as part of high end enterprise price plans forthe Office 365 service.

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