

Each employee can install the software on up to five Windows 7, Windows 8 or Mac OS computers. Businesses can have licenses for up to 25 employees. Office 365 Small Business Premium works in the same way, except that licenses are per employee at a cost of $12.50 per month. Office 365 Home Premium includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher. Settings, preferences and documents can be synchronized via the cloud among the different devices included in the subscription.Ī feature called Office on Demand lets users stream the suite to a device not included in the subscription for one-time editing purposes, such as when users are traveling and using a hotel PC. The Office 365 Home Premium license includes 20G bytes of storage in the SkyDrive online storage service, and 60 minutes of Skype IP telephony per month. The software is downloaded from a Microsoft data center and will be updated with new or updated features several times a year, according to Microsoft. In the buyer's household, multiple people can use the suite, each with his or her own account. One Office 365 Home Premium license gives the buyer the right to install the suite on up to five Windows 7, Windows 8 or Mac OS computers.

Now that the pricing information is available, customers will have the last word about which purchase model ends up being the preferred one - paying once for the suite and using it for years on one device, or paying an annual fee that lets them access the suite in multiple devices. Since announcing the new Office, Microsoft has been clear in saying that it would prefer that buyers choose the new subscription model, but that it recognizes that there will be people who prefer the conventional license. It hasn't said when the new Office versions will be available commercially. Microsoft will offer details later about versions of the new Office suite for large companies.
