[OPLINTECH] Office 365

[Chad Neeper]

The libraries I set up with Office 365 are using E1 licenses. Not having
used the online versions of Excel and Word, I was hopeful that they could
be a replacement for local copies of Office, but the online versions seem
to be lacking for all but the most basic work. So it looks like my
libraries will still be using their local copies of Office for now. They
are using the Outlook web interface rather than local Outlook, however.

Personally, being pretty well rooted in the Google/Android/Google Apps for
Business ecosphere, I found the Microsoft Outlook web interface to be
rather clumsy and inefficient, but that could easily just be chalked up to
what I'm more familiar with.

Ultimately, though, for the small libraries I work with E1 seems to be a
very good solution and likely to only get better with time, as long as
Microsoft continues to be friendly to public libraries. Plus, they still
have the option to bump to E3 as need requires.

2 cents,
Chad


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On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Travis McAfee <
Travis.McAfee at waylibrary.info> wrote:

>  My preliminary findings is that the primary differences are:
>
>
>
> E1: Free. Includes Exchange minus the security add-ons.  Online versions
> of Office Products but nothing local except Lync (an internal messenger
> app).  You still get Sharepoint/Sites.  Outlook’s online version is great
> but most of us are using the local 2010 version.
>
> E3: Cost per user.  You get the above and also downloadable local versions
> of Office programs and a ton of online storage.
>
>
>
> Right now we are only using the E1 licenses. No one is really using the
> online programs except Outlook occasionally.  However, I am planning on
> eventually using a mixed environment of E1 and E3.   I am essentially
> waiting until I can merge 365 with Active Directory and/or the next version
> of office comes out.  When that happens, using Sharepoint as our new
> collaboration/Intranet site should be easier.
>
>
>
> Travis McAfee
> Systems Administrator
> Way Public Library
> 101 E. Indiana Ave.
> Perrysburg, OH  43551
>
> Voice:  (419) 874-3135 x103
> Fax:     (419) 874-6129
> Email:   travis.mcafee at waylibrary.info
>
> Web:  http://www.waylibrary.info
>
>
>
> *From:* oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:
> oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] *On Behalf Of *
> sandusco at loudonvillelibrary.org
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 7, 2015 10:05 AM
> *To:* oplintech at lists.oplin.org
> *Subject:* [OPLINTECH] Office 365
>
>
>
> I've been following the thread regarding Office 365 Education. We are
> currently evaluating if this is something we may want to move to. What
> version are libraries going with? The free E1 or the E3 with a per user fee?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colleen Sandusky
> Network Administrator
> Loudonville Public Library
> sandusco at loudonvillelibrary.org
> 419.994.5531
>
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