Introduction

Office 365 has grown up a lot since its debut as Microsoft Business Productivity Online Services in April 2009. Over the past eight years, it’s evolved into the premier online suite of business services, enabling organizations as small as one-person and two-person stores to the largest multinational retailers, manufacturers, and professional services organizations to harness the power of cloud scaling and availability. Office 365 provides services to more than 100 million monthly subscribers in commercial and public sectors.

The service is evergreen—built around the ideas of continuous improvement and feature release—to ensure that customers always receive the latest capabilities and enhance their ability to be more agile and productive. ...

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