Here is a not-too-well-known fact: Microsoft is the only software vendor that offers a complete hybrid cloud approach to IT solutions. What that means for government agencies ready to transition to the cloud is that by subscribing to Office 365 government agencies can:
Office 365 meets 3 mission-critical IT challenges
Microsoft Office 365 solves several IT problems for government agencies, specifically the need for security, compliance, and agility.
What that means for agencies:
The Office 365 service plan
Office 365 U.S. Government plans include features available to private users. In fact, Microsoft has designed this product around the paradigm of personal computing, which is moving to an intelligent cloud environment and is reinventing the notion of productivity in support of mission accomplishment.
The plans are available to qualified government entities–i.e., U.S., state, local, territorial–on a monthly subscription basis. There is no limit to the number of licenses the agency can purchase.
Standard features available to government Office 365 subscribers
Backed by 24/7 support for mission critical issues, each Office 365 U.S. Government subscription plan includes access to MS Office on line, email and calendars, collaboration through conferencing and team intranet sites. Users can share and store their files in the cloud under the supervision of a security and privacy monitoring and access control system designed to keep data safe and private.
Going the full-installation route
The full-featured plan is the Office 365 U.S. Government E4 with the following features:
Compare plans designed for the specific needs of U.S. Government organizations with the chart located on this page.
What Government Agencies Get for Free
Government Office 365 subscribers benefit from a lifetime of automatic Office 365 software updates. Software update and maintenance headaches go away. Agency IT staff are freed from technical trouble shooting and can concentrate more in mission-critical areas.
Office 2016 upgrades
Additionally, Office 365 now incorporates the newest version of the MS Office 2016 Office suite upgrades. Online as of November 2016, among other new and enhanced features, with Office 2016, users can:
How agencies procure Microsoft online services
Typically, buying a subscription to Office 365 for a government agency requires working with a Microsoft partner. The partner helps the agency to license and install the software and get moving in the cloud.
We are your Microsoft partner
Whatever your agency’s local {city} needs and plans on moving closer to full cloud deployment, {company} can help you. Contact us at {email} to learn more, or call us at {phone}.
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