What’s the difference between Office 365 and Office 2013?įirst announced in 2010 to mainly target businesses, the 'old' Office 365 consists of hosted, online versions of Microsoft Server products, such as SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Lync Online. Hopefully after reading this, you can stop scratching your head. So what exactly is Office 365, and how is it different from Office 2013? How many editions are there, and how much do they cost? Now that Office 2013 and the new Office 365 subscription plans are available to the public, we've updated our FAQ to address these frequently asked questions and more. Inevitably, this has caused quite a bit of confusion. Surprisingly, at the time, the 'Office 2013' name wasn't brandished instead, Microsoft preferred (even till now) to call it the 'new Office', the 'next Office', or the 'modern Office'. FAQ: Microsoft Office 2013 & Office 365 FAQ: Microsoft Office 2013 & Office 365Īt a press event in July last year, Microsoft unveiled details about its next Office release.

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