■ A Closer Look at Office 365

■ Long-term data archiving ■ Security ■ Testing environment infrastructure A smaller percentage of companies have adopted a public cloud approach, which includes the following capabilities: ■ Audio/video/web conferencing ■ Data center network capacity ■ Desktop ■ File storage

■ Server

■ Service help desk ■ Test environment infrastructure

■ Training and demonstration ■ Voice over Internet (VoIP) infrastructure

■ Wide area network (WAN) capacity Office 365 enables you to create a cloud computing approach that offers just what your business needs require. The four main technologies—Exchange, SharePoint, Office Web Apps, and Lync—enable you to stay in touch by email and scheduling, create a shared team site (for both intranets and the Internet), collaborate on all sorts of projects using familiar Office applications, and stay in touch with instant messaging and video conferencing. The next section gives you a bird’s-eye view of the features in Office 365.

Office 365 makes it easy for you to work with the applications and programs you’re familiar with in the easy-access, always-on world of the web. You can use Office 365 to ■ Create a shared team site where you create data libraries, assign tasks, schedule calendars, and more