asked on 5/16/2011

office 365

since office 365 is in the "cloud" wouldn't that mean that if you don't have an internet connection for whatever reason, you can't work on documents, or whatever you need to do?
I saw a demo, and it looked like you don't have any actual software on your laptop. It is all run through a web browser.

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JeffBeall

5/16/2011

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JeffBeall

5/16/2011

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so if I am following correctly, you would still need a copy of office on your laptop even if you are using office 365. or maybe office 365 is the office suite on your laptop - and your actual files sit on the "cload" to be accessed from anywhere. and you can have a cached copy of your files in case you loose your internet connection.
even though the cached thing can be accomplished right now if your company has a file share server where your files exist, and you use the "offline" windows feature, and if your company has an exchange server - use cached mode in exchange. ( i have this exact setup )
therefore - i don't see the benefits of the cloud? i mean i even have a VPN so that some people use their home pc's to VPN into the office and access their work pc's ( very "GotoMyPC" like ).

JeffBeall

5/16/2011

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thanks for the help.

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Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

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