Agenda Microsoft s Mission What is Microsoft 365 & Office 365 ProPlus and how is it different from the On-premise Client? Why should customers deploy ProPlus? Why ProPlus when Microsoft is releasing Office 2019? Why should customers stay up to date on Office 365 ProPlus? What s happening in year 2020 and how does it effect me? How do I get ready for all of the changes
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Microsoft mission Empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more
more personal computing the intelligent cloud platform productivity & business processes
Enabling digital transformation
Microsoft 365 Unlocks creativity Built for teamwork Integrated for simplicity Intelligent security
Office 365 ProPlus The most secure suite of Office cloud productivity apps Authoring Mail & Social Sites & Content Management Chat, Meetings & Voice Analytics Word Excel Outlook OneDrive for Business Skype for Business Excel PowerPoint OneNote Secured and Compliant Manageable Extensible Always up to date
Office 365 ProPlus overview Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote Access (PC) Publisher (PC) OneDrive Skype for Business 5 PC installs 5 tablets and 5 phones Online versions 1 TB cloud storage Up to date Secure and compliant FastTrack assistance 24/7 phone support
Office 365 ProPlus vs Office Professional Plus CLOUD-MANAGED CLIENT Office 365 ProPlus Familiar & full Office applications (online / desktop / mobile) ON-PREMISES CLIENT Office Professional Plus 2016 and 2019 Familiar & full Office applications (online / desktop) Licensed per User, (5 PC / Mac + 5 Tablet + 5 Mobile) Licensed by Device, (+ Software Assurance) Subscription (USL) (+ transition benefits) Perpetual License Regular feature updates with subscription New features every 3-4 years with each major release Staying current means semi-annual ~100 MB update packages Staying current means updates ~1 GB Use Office while update packages install in the background Use Office only after all base files and patches fully installed Streamed to your deployment infrastructure or direct to PC OneDrive for Business file storage (1 TB) Cloud-powered, intelligent features in the Office apps
Office 365 ProPlus vs. Office 2019 ProPlus is the most secure, intelligent and collaborative today and will continue to get even richer. Features in ProPlus that will not be in Office 2019 Unlocks creativity Built for teamwork Integrated for simplicity Intelligent security
Why Stay Current on Office 365 ProPlus? Security Simplified management User productivity Security and non-security changes provided monthly Updates are cumulative Smaller, easily managed updates instead of large, complex upgrades Smaller download sizes for upgrades when you stay up to date Value delivered faster, with less impact on users 120+ new features since the last release of Office Professional Existing features are enhanced and more reliable
Office 365 ProPlus servicing overview Updates, not upgrades Background updating Take control of change Smaller, easily managed updates instead of large, complex upgrades Security and non-security changes provided monthly Updates are cumulative Deltas are calculated and downloaded in background Value delivered faster, with less impact on users Telemetry provides data to facilitate a fact-based approach to managing risk Consistency enables process automation Several options to provide IT controls
Legacy software s challenges with Office 365 Older client versions can result in increasingly poor user experience End user experience Security and reliability Reduced functionality due to legacy client dependency Inconsistent experience across web, mobile, and desktop Fewer legacy scenarios in adoption resources Slower response to modern cyber threats Greater IT liability for compliance and security Greater IT responsibility to monitor client health Outdated protocols not optimized for cloud services
1 2 able to access, edit, save or collaborate on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote documents on SharePoint Online 3 Subscription users as well as users on Office PC/Mac 2019 perpetual won't experience any change 4 5 Mobile or web app users won't experience any change
For information workers, front-line task workers For limited use cases, where absolutely no changes can be tolerated Examples include industrial and medical control devices IoT-like devices, often shipped preconfigured from a value-added reseller (VAR) Windows Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) Windows Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC)
Changes to O365 ProPlus System Requirements in 2020 Effective January 14, 2020, ProPlus will require Windows 10 in version semi annual channel. No support for LTSC windows 10 version. Documented here
Provided as a C2R package (no more MSI) Same effort to deploy and maintain as Office 365 ProPlus Same App compatibility as Office 365 ProPlus Will not receive new features after his release Will be supported only on Windows 10. 7 years of support (5 years mainstream support, 2 years extended support) Office 2019 Volume License considerations
MessageOps Making rollouts of Office 365 ProPlus Easier Legacy Office versions should be removed before deploying Office 365 ProPlus The old versions take up storage space on users machines Users are confused about which version of each app to use The old versions still need to be maintained (bug fixes and security patches) IT Pros are looking for the following when uninstalling legacy MSI Office versions Clean uninstall Approach supported by Microsoft Integration with Click to Run deployment tools Remove additional applications such as Project and Visio during legacy Office uninstall Remove Office applications that are not in the approved standard for each user group MSI Express Upgrader: Fully supported; integrated into C2R via the ODT in Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) March 2018 release/ Semi-Annual Channel July 2018 Finds and removes Office 2010, 2013, 2016 (suites, standalones & language packs) Always leaves machine in supported state (if error, left as-is for further investigation Coming in future updates: Customization of legacy Office product removal vs. all-or-nothing Match language(s) of Windows 10 installation automatically 22
Office Customization Tool Demo 23
Microsoft Legacy Analyzer for Finding Out if your are ready for the new Office 365 enhancements Add-in inventory from Windows Upgrade Analytics New tools catalogue the add-ins used in your organization Office Versions Helps enterprises using legacy versions of Office to assess and validate the compatibility of their add-ins and documents containing VBA (macros) Integration with Ready for Windows Understand enterprise adoption of 3rd party add-ins 24
What s Included with CSP: MessageOps is your single point of contact for all of your Office 365 needs A dedicated CSP Success Manager as your personal concierge 24x7x365 U.S. based technical support Critical situation support and escalation to Microsoft CSP Boss platform to quickly and easily manage your Office 365 licensing Customized billing and invoicing World-class tips and tricks Free value-added tools and services only available with MessageOps Quarterly Security Assessment Quarterly Network Assessment Office 365 Adoption platform Office 365 Exchange Migrator Training videos and resources Webinar Special: Get a Yeti cooler through July 3 rd!
Jan April July Oct Jan April July Oct Jan April July Oct Jan April July Oct Jan Office 2007 in extended support Office 2010 in extended support Office 2013 in mainstream support Office 2013 in extended support Office 2016 in mainstream support Office 2019 (in mainstream support) O365 ProPlus (in mainstream support) Announced updates to the Office 365 system requirements for Office clients (April 2017) RPC over HTTP end of support (October 2017) New system requirements for Office 365 ProPlus (January 2020) Enforcement New Office 365 system requirements for Office clients (October 2020) Enforcement