Microsoft 365 Business Reviews

There is a focus on major products like SharePoint and Active Directory for tasks like managing databases and accessing user accounts.

I am highly satisfied with the security features and user-friendly interface.

There is potential for it to offer even more features such as compliance reporting and device management. Given the rapid growth of other companies, especially in product management, I believe that Microsoft 365, being widely used by organizations, could incorporate additional features to compete effectively with these fast-growing companies in the market. It could enhance its functionality, possibly through the inclusion of an Apex Gateway.

I have been using it for one year.

It provides excellent stability capabilities. I would rate it nine out of ten.

It is quite scalable for medium or small-sized companies. There are eight hundred individuals in our company that actively use it.

My colleagues often discuss this, since they are usually engaging with the support team. They express positivity about it, although there have been some minor complaints, particularly about speed. I would rate it seven out of ten.

Neutral

It is user-friendly and straightforward, making it accessible even for those less experienced in system administration. I would rate it eight out of ten.

The base price is reasonable, but when it comes to the specialized tools for servers, the cost can become quite high.

Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.

We use Microsoft 365 Business for scheduling emails and meetings and for features like Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

The platform is stable and easy to use.

There could be less frequent product updates.

I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten.

The initial setup is easy for the cloud version.

We implement the product with the help of our in-house team.

I recommend Microsoft 365 Business to others and rate it a ten out of ten.

We use this product internally for our own systems, and we also recommend it and set it up for our clients too. We're partners with Microsoft and I'm the managing director of our company. 

We have seen an improvement in efficiency; the ability to have multiple people edit documents concurrently using Teams is a great feature that saves us a lot of time. 

I like that the solution is available online as well as via desktop applications when it's deployed in the cloud.

Some of the menu options are not as logical as you would think, and it takes a lot of skill and thought and sometimes a little bit of research, to figure out what it is you're actually wanting to do and how to go about it. I think the solution could be a little better on mobile; viewing some things can be a bit difficult and if you're trying to edit something it can be somewhat challenging.

I've been using this solution for a couple of years. 

Stability of the solution is good, we haven't had any problems. 

The scalability is good, we have hundreds of users. 

The technical support is good, once you create a ticket the support is there. There's also plenty of documentation online. 

The initial setup is straightforward although I'm an IT professional and that helps. If you were a standard user, deployment might be a little more difficult. 

License fees can be paid monthly or annually and there are no extra costs involved. Licensing is reasonable and is on a tiered system so you can select what you want. In that respect, the license is scalable and it works well for some of our smaller clients who don't need all the features. 

The Microsoft mail server is a very strong and stable solution, good for business reliability and usability rather than some of the smaller email solutions or trying to host the solution yourself. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

We are using Access, which is part of the Microsoft 365 Business, to analyze databases together as a team. Additionally, we use the other program as part of the package to work collectively on other files and documents.

The solution comes with many applications as part of the package which is useful.

I have been using this solution for approximately two years.

We have approximately 25 users using this solution in my organization.

The technical support need to improve, I have had bad experiences.

The installation is straightforward and takes approximately 30 minutes.

I did the implementation myself and we need one person to do the maintenance of the solution.

We are on an annual license for the solution. The solution could be cheaper overall.

I rate Microsoft 365 Business an eight out of ten. 

The product has multiple use cases. We have solutions for installing endpoint remote work. We have solutions for ERM, ADF systems, and we have systems for cybersecurity.

It's a good solution for enterprise-level organizations.

Microsoft is a very trusted brand.

It's very good that it's an all-in-one solution with many Microsoft applications bundled within it.  

It has great tools built in that offer protection of our information.

The product scales well.

We've found the stability to be very good.

It would be good, for example, if the solution offered some programs within the solution that could provide training the personnel to use the product. 

It would be ideal if they could improve the cybersecurity of the endpoints, and provide pictures of new zero-days cybersecurity threats as soon as possible.

We've been using the solution for two years or so. It's been a while. We got it with our official licenses from Microsoft Business Solution.

The stability of the solution is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It doesn't give us any trouble. Its performance is reliable.

The scalability is very good. It's great for enterprises and a company can expand it to meet its needs.

We currently have 300 users on the solution right now.

We do have a plan to increase the usage. We want to, in fact, digitalize and transform our corporation, and improve our IT infrastructure, and therefore we have a plan for future growth.

We've been very pleased with technical support overall. They are quite helpful and responsive. 

The installation of the solution takes between two and four hours. It's pretty straightforward and doesn't take too long.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. There are some improvements that could still make it a better product.

That said, I'd recommend the product. Microsoft in Ukraine has a very good CLA, and second-line support is also very good. I'd recommend it to our counterparts and our partners.

We use all aspects of the solution, including SharePoint, Outlook, and Office - whole nine yards.

We're using SharePoint as cloud storage. We are usually using Microsoft Office. We're using Microsoft Project. We are using Microsoft Teams. We're using Skype for business. We're using Excel and Word. We tend to use everything more than average users are using its capabilities.

The integration between all of the apps is helpful. 

We're using Excel quite a bit, including Visual Basic, including macros, including all kinds of features there, to do reporting and to generate various reports. This is being used, it is good, and its functionality is great.

Microsoft Project is also used quite a bit and we like how easy it is.

However, some things and applications are still not up to speed. For example, I'm talking to you through a Jabra earpiece. If I speak via Skype for Business, and I want to end the conversation, I can press a button on my earpiece and it drops the call. Skype on Teams doesn't work this way.

I find Microsoft Office 365 initial setup is very easy.

The stability is pretty good.

Microsoft has different tweaks on various interfaces. If you look, for example, at where the button to update Microsoft Office software is in Word, Excel, and Outlook, they're in three different places. They need to standardize the design in a lot of ways.

Once you update Office, there's a button which takes you to the Microsoft website that is supposed to show what is new in the latest release of Office. It hasn't been updated for at least half a year. Right now, what's listed there is from February.

Teams is, in some respects, lagging behind Skype for Business in some telephone-related features. For example, if I'm talking to you through our Jabra earpiece and if I speak on Skype for Business, and I want to end the conversation, I can press a button on my earpiece and it drops the call. However, Skype on Teams doesn't work this way. This is the telephony side and integration with voice devices could be better.

In Excel, Microsoft is creating better programming functionality, which would allow you to programme without actually programming, which is easier than Visual Basic. They call it Labmda functionality in a beta release, but they have not released it yet. I wish that it would have been available already.

The Office solution has collaborative capabilities, however, it's not as advanced as, for example, Google Docs. 

If Word colaborative work on a document works in most cases. However, in Excel, two people can work on the same document, however, it's not truly in real-time. 

The product can get expensive. You do need to pay for features and add-ons.

I would not be able to pin down exactly when we started using 365 Business as we have been using Microsoft projects for 25 years. However, when it switched to 365 Business, we started using it. That was a couple of years ago.

The solution is fairly stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't really have the best real-time collaborative aspects, however, that's more functionality as opposed to stability.

We have about 100 users on the solution so far. We haven't come across any issues with scalability so far.

We have connections to a person who worked at Microsoft, and often, when we have questions, we direct our queries to him instead of Microsoft directly.

We found the initial setup to be quite simple and straightforward. It's not overly complex.

I cannot recall the exact amount of time it took to deploy the solution.

The solution basically maintains itself. It's on the click-to-run version. It does its own updates. I'm trying to be on the biweekly schedule, so that, as soon as they released something new, I'm grabbing it. Sometimes, however, for example, this feature with lambda programming, which was to be released in March, has not come yet.

Beyond that, if any maintenance is needed, we have an IT department that can handle any tasks related to that.

I was able to handle the setup myself. It didn't require us to find an integrator or consultant to help us. It was pretty easy to handle in-house.

The solution can get quite expensive once you add everything that you need as an organization. You do need to pay for product features and add-ons.

We are using the latest version of the solution.

We are currently migrating to the cloud. Most of it's SharePoint, however, it's still a mix of on-prem and cloud. We have to do a complete migration to the cloud eventually.

While there may be some open-source tools on the market, we find that you do get what you pay for and Microsoft does offer quite a bit. In general, I'm mainly used to Microsoft and have been happy with it. I'd recommend it to others.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

Students use it mostly for sending emails, storing their documents, and collaborating.

Office products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are strong points of this solution.

Microsoft Teams can be improved. It is a bit taxing on resources and is resource-heavy on the devices. When you install it on a PC, it uses a lot of memory.

They should look for a better price model for educational institutions, and it should be free. We are also using Google Suite, which is free for educational institutions. They charge business people, not nonprofit institutions.

I have been using this solution for some time.

It is stable.

It is scalable. We have around 2,000 users, and we want to increase the usage.

We get support from Microsoft through their local dealers. Their support is fine.

We are also using Google Suite. Microsoft 365 has a price attached, whereas Google Suite is free for educational institutions. Microsoft 365 has got popular applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, whereas Google Suite has got similar products that do the same thing, but they are not very popular.

It was straightforward.

I installed it myself.

They are always a bit pricey. They should reduce their prices or make it free because we already have other solutions, like Google Suite, which are cheaper or free.

If you can afford it, then go for it. It is a good product.

I would rate Microsoft 365 Business a six out of ten.

We use the product to collaborate for client meetings via video calls using Teams. We can also use it for storage and share documents with other colleagues.

The product's most valuable features are quick integration and video calls.

The platform's pricing needs improvement.

We have been using Microsoft 365 Business for ten years.

It is a stable platform.

The technical support team responds to the queries.

I use Google Docs sometimes.

The initial setup process is straightforward. It takes a few minutes to complete once connected to the internet.

The product can be implemented with the help of an in-house team.

The product's pricing could be better. 

I recommend Microsoft 365 Business and rate it an eight out of ten.