Office 365 has come a long way

In reality, Office 365 is just more than just Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. It has become a lot more like a Project collaboration system enhancing business productivity with all the right tools in place. The apps are now equipped with AI and other cutting-edge innovations to give businesses a strong foundation to carry out their operations. The different Office 365 plans are there for companies of different sizes. The plans like Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3, Office 365 E5, and Office 365 subscriptions for Government and Education will remain unchanged under this rollout of changes in Microsoft 365.

The new changes facilitate the SME’s with newer subscription plans

At least, this is what Microsoft says officially. Microsoft has now evolved every module of O365 with cloud and AI, thus, providing modern SME’s with a lot of opportunities already. The Office 365 plans like ProPlus has been very popular with businesses and with the Addition of Teams into Office 365, they get a chance to host rich virtual meetings utilizing the cloud storage and other cutting-edge innovative components to make them do more with less.

Summary of changes

To cut the Long story short, here is a summary of the name changes:

• Office 365 Business Premium > Microsoft 365 Business Standard
• Office 365 Business > Microsoft 365 Apps for Business
• Office 365 ProPlus > Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
• Office 365 Business Essentials > Microsoft 365 Business Basic
• Microsoft 365 Business > Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Also Read: 5 processes to automate for better Microsoft CSP Productivity

MachPanel – the one-stop cloud automation Control Panel for productive business operations

MachPanel provides end-to-end automation Solutions for Microsoft Enterprise Applications & the Cloud. It’s the favorite Multi-Cloud Service Orchestration Platform for (Managed) Service Providers, Enterprises, and Governments to Automate and Manage On-Premise and Multi-Cloud end-to-end Service delivery. The various modules include the Automation module for Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft CSP, Microsoft Skype4B, Microsoft Hyper-V, Active Directory, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics 365.

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Microsoft makes Remote working easier

Microsoft had taken many important decisions to make remote working easy for IT people.  Whether it is cloud service providers or Customer Service representatives, Microsoft technologies cater business communication with all IT personnel working remotely. Microsoft Azure facilitates work from home in many ways. It is a simple, yet fully secure service by Microsoft that eases compliance management. The modern era requires next level of collaboration over the internet. Microsoft provides tools for remote teams that cater for modern collaboration needs.

Windows Virtual Desktop redefines desktop sharing

While at work, it might be easy for you to just go over your graphic designer’s system and discuss about for that one particular navigation bar problem in the latest website spec by simply pointing on the desktop. This is not so easy for remote workers though. To assist remote workers with scenarios like these, Microsoft offers Windows Virtual Desktop tool that supports Windows 10 and optimizes Office 365 ProPlus. Despite being inexpensive, it allows for multiple users to share the same virtual desktop that makes collaboration easier.  In addition to this, the remote working software is also secure with latest VPN connection established for secure transfer and sharing of data.

It supports remote desktop services that are an ideal option to opt during any remote working situation. Experts recommend Remote Desktop Services while they provide tips for working remotely to businesses for effective and flexible working environments.

ALSO READ: How RDS helps combat coronavirus crises for businesses

Microsoft Teams gives a new meaning to collaboration

Another recommended remote working software amongst the many tools for remote teams available online is Microsoft Teams. Loaded with modern-day collaboration features, Teams is secured and user friendly in many ways. It is a fact that employees do not have to consistently work on their systems all the time; they pour in ideas, discuss matter with other employees, and have meetings and exchange guiding material with each other. Luckily, Microsoft caters to that need during work and provides Teams for that effective between-the-work communications that not only bring more productivity to their performance but also the overall business. There are many digital cloud communication platforms that offer integrated tools and built-in Teams capabilities like Calling in Teams solutions to carry out workplace communication for remote workers and in-house teams.

MachPanel Automation tools for Remote Desktop Services

MachPanel is a robust cloud automation platform that facilitates professionals working from home with its tools for remote teams. Its service, Remote Desktop Services, offers virtual and terminal sessions to customers to make them utilize their hardware resources in an optimized manner. With MachPanel, companies do not have to invest in a full-fledge infrastructure to get the service. MachPanel offers best in line security and reliably of services.

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You might remember us telling you about Microsoft acquiring FSLogix last year. FSLogix is a dynamic next-generation app-provisioning platform which requires lesser resources, lesser time and labor for the provision of desktop and apps virtualization experience. This provides faster load times for users of accessing Outlook or OneDrive who don’t use these apps very frequently. With the new Windows Virtual Desktop public preview, FSLogix will be supporting both client and server RDS deployments. In this way, teams at FSLogix will be providing all the help needed for on-premises users to migrate to a bigger and better Windows Virtual Desktop for a better hybrid experience.

Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) extension options for Partners

Partners have a lot of options to extend Windows Virtual desktop. For example Citrix can utilize their Citrix Cloud services to extend the Windows Virtual Desktop capabilities. Samsung partnership with Microsoft will lead to a Windows Virtual Desktop that can utilize all Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus experience through Samsung DeX. Many SaaS providers can extend Windows Virtual Desktop capabilities and offer specific solutions in Azure marketplace for targeted customers. Specifically as we mentioned above, Microsoft Cloud Service Providers can deliver end-to-end automated desktop as a service (DaaS) to end customers with Azure subscription. Cloud Service Providers can also unlock the potential of value-added services related to DaaS and offer to their clients and make more revenue out of it in their cloud business.

ALSO READ: Why is Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) gaining popularity

Cloud Service Providers prefer to expand their value added services and portray them to the clients in an effective manner. Smart resellers take the opportunities before they are actually launched in the market and take over as much customers as possible.

MachPanel is the best Management and Orchestration Solutions Platform out there which enables Cloud Service Providers to provide best-in-line services to automate their cloud business and provide them top-notch customer support. It also makes resellers adjust their margins and gain maximum profits for their hosted services. Resellers and Cloud Service Providers opt for best services to gain maximum revenue out of their SaaS business and for greater profits and which lead to better growth of their cloud services. Smart resellers opt for the best Management and Orchestration Solutions Platform available in market for a successful growth of their cloud business.

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