Microsoft brings together online versions of our most trusted communication and collaboration products with the security, reliability, and control you require.

Choosing Microsoft Online Services allows you to combine the power of rich desktop-based applications with the flexibility of fully-hosted Internet services. That gives your users an all-in-one integrated experience on the same rich clients your users already know with a consistent look and feel from virtually any device, in almost any location.

Microsoft Online Services benefits include:

The latest business productivity capabilities

• Business-class e-mail, web conferencing, instant messaging, document collaboration and workflow all designed to work together seamlessly.

Ease of use

• Services synchronize with your Microsoft Active Directory, so you maintain control and can continue to manage user policies centrally
• A single administrative panel enables simple and centralized provisioning and management of new and existing users
• End users can securely access the service virtually anywhere without the need for a VPN connection and through a wide selection of mobile
  devices

Privacy & rapid disaster recovery

• Secure Internet protocols including HTTPS and HTTP over SSL to access your services
• Redundant network architecture capable of disaster recovery
• In the event of datacenter connectivity issues, services switch over to a backup datacenter

Greater flexibility

• Build your own solution with individual services or purchase as an integrated suite
• Choose to run some applications on-premises, or choose Online Services hosted and managed by Microsoft or Microsoft Partners
• Leverage tools such as Active Directory Synchronization so you can make online, on-premises, or hybrid deployment choices by service, user roles,
  and geography to meet organizational needs best
• Adjust your deployment model dynamically as your business needs shift and grow

Improved agility

• Easily extend new capabilities to your organization without straining internal resources
• Expand your IT capacity by adding new services without investing in the development of new skills or deploying new hardware and software
• Free your valuable IT resources from routine management tasks to focus on core business initiatives that can deliver a true competitive
  advantage

Security & reliability

• Microsoft Online Services run on a global network of data centers protected by multiple layers of security and operational best practices
• Microsoft Online Services guarantee a service level agreement of 99.9% uptime
• Data centers and services managed by rigorously screened and highly trained staff