Microsoft Launches New One-Stop Solutions Bundles for Businesses
July 09, 2017
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Microsoft has launched new one-stop solutions bundles for businesses that rely on the company's software and cloud offerings for their end-user computing. During the Microsoft Ignite conference in Washington D.C., the software giant announced Microsoft 365, a new licensing option that includes the Windows 10 operating system, Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), the company's cloud-based mobile device and application management product. Microsoft 365 will be available in two flavors, Enterprise for large organizations and Business for the small and medium-sized business (SMB) set. If it all sounds familiar, that's because Microsoft launched a similar bundled licensing option called Secure Productive Enterprise last fall. In fact, Microsoft 365 Enterprise replaces Secure Productive Enterprise, revealed Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office, in a July 10 announcement. Microsoft 365 Enterprise will be offered in two plans, E3 and E5, when it goes on sale on Aug. 1, according to Koenigsbauer. Both offer access to Office applications, Intune device management and an assortment of security-enhancing technologies. Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 builds on those capabilities and adds PSTN (public switched telephone network) conferencing, cloud PBX (private branch exchange) telephony features, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and Power BI Pro analytics, among other functionality. Smaller organizations, meanwhile, can purchase Microsoft 365 Business for $20 per user per month when Microsoft releases it in the fall.
Microsoft Corporation is the world's leader in the design, development and marketing of operating systems and software programs for PC's and servers. The group also builds and sells computer equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of operating systems and application development tools (47.9%): primarily for servers (Azure, SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, System Center, GitHub, etc.) and (Windows);
- development of cloud-based software applications (23%): programs for productivity (Microsoft 365; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher and Access), integrated management and customer relationship management (Dynamics 365), online file sharing and management (OneDrive), and unified and collaborative communications (Skype and Microsoft Teams);
- sale of video gaming hardware and software (7.3%) : mainly Xbox;
- enterprise services (3.6%);
- sale of computers, tablets and accessories (2.6%);
- other (15.6%).
The United States accounts for 50.4% of net sales.