Microsoft 365 Apps in the enterprise
This tutorial will you understand about Microsoft 365 Apps in the enterprise. Microsoft 365 Apps is a version of Office that’s available through many Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) plans. It includes the applications that you’re familiar with, including Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Skype for Business, Teams, and Word. You can use these applications to connect with Office 365 (or Microsoft 365) services such as SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business Online.
Similarities between Microsoft 365 and Other versions
Microsoft 365 Apps is similar to other versions of Office that you can deploy to your users. Here are some important similarities:
- Microsoft 365 Apps is a full version of Office.
- Its system requirements (for example, memory, hard disk space, and operating system) are similar to other current versions of Office. For more information, see System requirements for Office.
- Like other versions of Office, Microsoft 365 Apps is available in a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. When you deploy Microsoft 365 Apps, it’s installed on the user’s local computer. Microsoft 365 Apps is not a web-based version of Office. It runs locally on the user’s computer. Users don’t need to be connected to the internet all the time to use it.
- You can use many of the same tools to deploy and configure Microsoft 365 Apps that you’re already using to deploy Office. For example, you can use Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to deploy Microsoft 365 Apps. For more information, see Choose how to deploy.
- In addition, you can use many of the same Group Policy settings that you use with other versions of Office to configure and enforce Microsoft 365 Apps program settings.
What’s different about Microsoft 365 Apps?
Even though Microsoft 365 Apps is a lot like other versions of Office, there are differences, including for Deployment differences and Licensing differences.
Deployment differences
- Firstly, By default, Microsoft 365 Apps installs as one package. But, you can configure the deployment to exclude or remove certain Office applications, such as Access, from client computers.
- Secondly, Because Microsoft 365 Apps uses a different installation technology, called Click-to-Run, there’s a different way to apply software updates, such as security updates.
- Subsequently, Microsoft 365 Apps also provides the ability to control how often users receive feature updates.
- Also, Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) provides a web-based portal where users can install Microsoft 365 Apps themselves. Keep in mind that users have to be local administrators on their computers to install Microsoft 365 Apps.
More information about Microsoft 365 Apps in enterprise
- You can use Microsoft 365 Apps with supported versions of Exchange Server (Exchange Server 2013 or later) or SharePoint Server that are installed on-premises in your organization. Or, if they’re part of your Office 365 (or Microsoft 365) plan, you can use Microsoft 365 Apps with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
- Users can store the files they create with Microsoft 365 Apps on their local computers or elsewhere on your network, such as a SharePoint site. Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) also provides cloud-based file storage options.
- Microsoft 365 Apps isn’t the same as the web versions of the Office applications. The web versions let users open and work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote documents in a web browser.
Reference Documentation – About Microsoft 365 Apps in the enterprise