Business Class Email with Office 365

Using your own domain, enjoy full-featured enterprise-class email and more; without the hassle of managing your own server. Subscriptions can start from just a standalone Exchange Online plan, or as part of an Office 365 Business plan that includes Office and more.

Introducing Office 365

The Microsoft Office 365 suite is a hosted, online version of the traditional installed version of Microsoft Office software. This online service is subscription-based and includes Office, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync Online and Microsoft Office Web Apps.

The advantage of the Microsoft Office 365 suite is that the cloud service is provided by Microsoft and, thus, eliminates a company's IT maintenance tasks, such as patching, and infrastructure support costs. For end users, the advantage is the ability to access Office 365 offerings using any device anywhere with an internet connection.

Office 365 availability

“Your complete office in the cloud” is how we think of Microsoft Office 365. With over one billion people use Office, Microsoft deeply appreciate the responsibility they have to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations every day. They recognise that productivity apps are mission critical; using them is how work gets done.

As a Microsoft Partner, CIT (UK) understands that it is imperative that when choosing an email provider, the service must be trustworthy and reliable whilst continuing to add new capabilities in an ever-changing world. Our measure for this is service availability.

The worldwide uptime number for Office 365 for the last four quarters beginning April 2016 and ending March 2017 has been 99.98%, 99.99%, 99.99% and 99.99% respectively.

Office 365 Features

The Office 365 subscription service offers a huge variety of plans for businesses. Some of these plans are essentially identical to the Office 2016 suites but subscribers pay a monthly or an annual fee as opposed to purchasing the software license outright. Some Office 365 subscriptions are aimed at consumers or professionals and feature the Office applications, but others are intended for IT departments and feature server-side applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SharePoint Online.

  1. Tools for Teamwork

    With 1 TB of storage per user, you’ll have plenty of space for all your files. Plus, because your files are stored online, you can share with people in or outside your company, from wherever you’re working, whenever you need to. And with multi-party HD video, content sharing, shared calendars, and team chat, you’ll always be in sync with your team.

  2. Work better together

    Simplify and enhance collaboration with Office 365 Groups, which connects people, information and the tools you need to help you get more done together. With a group inbox, calendar, and conversation, your teams can self-organize and keep work moving forward. Sharing files with the group is easy with OneDrive for Business—you can coauthor in real time and when a file is updated, all team members are automatically informed. Access content, conversations, tasks, or schedules from your devices, using the Outlook app for iOS and Android or Outlook on the web.

  3. Work from anywhere

    Whether you’re working in your office or on the go, you get a familiar, top-of-the-line set of productivity tools. Office applications —always the latest versions—let you create, edit, and share from your PC/Mac or your iOS, Android™, or Windows device with anyone in real time.

  4. Taking security seriously

    Exchange helps protect business communication and sensitive information, simplifying internal and regulatory compliance. Built-in defenses against viruses, spam, and phishing attacks actively protect your communications. Data loss prevention features identify, monitor, and protect sensitive data through deep content analysis, and Policy Tips in Outlook inform users about policy violations before sensitive data is sent.

  5. Easy setup and management

    As a Microsoft Partner we’ll offer you the step-by-step guidance to getting your users up and running in no time. You can access the easy-to-use admin center from anywhere to manage all your services. In addition we offer a delegated partner service where we’ll administer and take care of your email requirements on your behalf through our helpdesk service.

  6. Remain in control

    Exchange lets you tailor your solution based on your unique needs and ensures that your communications are always available, while you remain in control.

    Manage powerful capabilities, including data loss prevention and Office 365 Groups, from the easy-to-use, web-based Exchange admin center. Role-based access helps you manage Exchange efficiently and delegate tasks. With Exchange archiving, large mailboxes, and retention policies, your users can keep important data in one place and you can take control of your storage and compliance demands.

Exchange
Online Plan 1

£38 user/year

Price does not include VAT.

Best for businesses who need secure and reliable business-class email with a 50 GB mailbox per user.

Office Applications

Office 365
Essentials

£48 user/year

Price does not include VAT.

Best for businesses that need business-class email and other business services. Office applications not included.

Office Applications

Office 365
Business

£96 user/year

Price does not include VAT.

Best for businesses that need Office applications plus cloud file storage and sharing. Business email not included.

Office Applications

Office 365
Premium

£114 user/year

Price does not include VAT.

Best for businesses that need business-class email, Office applications, and other business services.

Office Applications

(Not included)

(Not included)

  • Outlook

  • Word

  • Excel

  • PowerPoint

  • OneNote

  • Access

  • Publisher

  • Outlook

  • Word

  • Excel

  • PowerPoint

  • OneNote

  • Access

  • Publisher

Services

Services

Services

Services

  • Exchange

  • Exchange

  • SharePoint

  • OneDrive

  • Skype

  • Teams

  • Yammer

  • OneDrive

  • Exchange

  • SharePoint

  • OneDrive

  • Skype

  • Teams

  • Yammer

 

  • Business-class email hosting with 50 GB mailbox
  • Custom email domain addresses (name@yourcompany.com)
  • For web-client access, Outlook on the web provides a premium browser-based experience that matches the look and feel of the full Outlook client.
  • Shared calendar and contacts. Compare calendars to schedule meetings and access collaboration features, including shared calendars, groups, the global address list, external contacts, tasks, conference rooms, and delegation capabilities.
  • Security. Every mailbox is protected with premier anti-malware and anti-spam protection via Exchange Online Protection.
  • 24/7 phone and web support
  • Licensed for commercial use

 

  • Business-class email hosting with 50 GB mailbox
  • Custom email domain addresses (name@yourcompany.com)
  • Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (desktop versions of applications not included)
  • Shared calendar and contacts. Compare calendars to schedule meetings and access collaboration features, including shared calendars, groups, the global address list, external contacts, tasks, conference rooms, and delegation capabilities.
  • Security. Every mailbox is protected with premier anti-malware and anti-spam protection via Exchange Online Protection.
  • 1 TB of OneDrive storage
  • Inform and engage employees with a SharePoint intranet, and connect teams to content, expertise and processes with SharePoint team sites
  • Host unlimited HD video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people with Skype for Business
  • Chat-based workspace to connect your teams with Microsoft Teams
  • Manage tasks and teamwork with Microsoft Planner
  • Collaborate across departments and locations with Yammer
  • Maximum number of users: 300
  • FastTrack deployment support with purchase of 50+ seats at no extra cost
  • 24/7 phone and web support
  • Licensed for commercial use

 

  • (Business-class email hosting not included)
  • Desktop versions of Office 2016 applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, plus Access and Publisher for PC only
  • Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • One license covers 5 PCs or Macs, 5 phones, and 5 tablets per user
  • 1 TB of OneDrive for Business cloud storage and sharing per user
  • Maximum number of users: 300
  • FastTrack deployment support with purchase of 50+ seats at no extra cost
  • 24/7 phone and web support
  • Licensed for commercial use

 

  • Business-class email hosting with 50 GB mailbox
  • Custom email domain addresses (name@yourcompany.com)
  • Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (desktop versions of applications not included)
  • Shared calendar and contacts. Compare calendars to schedule meetings and access collaboration features, including shared calendars, groups, the global address list, external contacts, tasks, conference rooms, and delegation capabilities.
  • Security. Every mailbox is protected with premier anti-malware and anti-spam protection via Exchange Online Protection.
  • 1 TB of OneDrive storage
  • Inform and engage employees with a SharePoint intranet, and connect teams to content, expertise and processes with SharePoint team sites
  • Host unlimited HD video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people with Skype for Business
  • Chat-based workspace to connect your teams with Microsoft Teams
  • Manage tasks and teamwork with Microsoft Planner
  • Collaborate across departments and locations with Yammer
  • Maximum number of users: 300
  • FastTrack deployment support with purchase of 50+ seats at no extra cost
  • 24/7 phone and web support
  • Licensed for commercial use