Is Microsoft 365 the same as Office 365? Microsoft 365 and Office 365 are one and the same as of April 2020 when Microsoft announced that Office 365 was officially renamed to Microsoft 365. Think you already know all about Microsoft 365? Think again because Microsoft Office 365 offers far more than basic access to programmes like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Instead, it’s a collection of cloud-based services that keep your business running smoothly. Which apps are included in Microsoft 365? WordExcelPowerpointMicrosoft TeamsOutlookOnedrive Why should you use Microsoft Office 365? With Microsoft 365, gone are the days of worrying about maintaining your own servers to sync your team’s work. With its cloud properties, Office 365 does all the hard work for you. Through services like Outlook OneDrive and Teams, Office 365 provides the basis for all your business tasks, from the simple to the more complex, making it virtually indispensable

What is the Cloud? “We Scots love to talk about the weather: Dreich. Haar. Pure Baltic. So if you stuck your head out of the window and looked up when you first heard people talking about ‘the cloud’, we don’t blame you” What is the cloud? How does it work why is everyone talking about it? Everyone talks about the cloud but apart from another bit of techie jargon do you know what it is and how it can benefit your business? As an IT provider, we are always talking about techie things and love to attach names to technologies or systems that make perfect sense to us but if you are “not in the know” then it’s just another bit of techie jargon. If you are a non-technical IT decision-maker and don’t know what the cloud is you are potentially missing out on a great set of technologies that