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Overview

Microsoft 365, formerly Office 365, provides web, desktop, and mobile apps for Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote,...

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Excel is a spreadsheet management software program with data analysis tools to help users track and visualize data for greater...

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Pros

Very positive experience - any successful business would find significant efficiencies and opportunities by moving to 365.
I love how secure the platform is, the software is easy to navigate. I love the fact that it is accessable worldwide.
We utilize all that the product has to offer on a daily basis and are quite happy with the product. It helps us manage our business better and provides the tools necessary to communicate effectively.

Pros

It is so powerful, and I know I'm barely scraping the surface of what all it's capable of. It is amazing for tracking progress, analyzing data, and staying organzied.
I like the ease of this software to input my numbers that have been acquired over the year and is a good reference to keep my numbers straight.
I would easily recommend it as it's perfect for kids in school, in the work place etc. All it's features are detailed and open doors for me to be as creative as I want to be.

Cons

This is the sort of thing the hard drive resident application never struggled with. Conditional formatting layered up is the sort of thing that causes problems.
Sometimes i get logged out and have trouble logging back in. This is very rare but can be confusing and upsetting as everything is on there.
I hate, hate, hate, hate the fact that you cannot install each app on its own. It is pointless to force people who only need Excel or Word to install EVERYTHING.

Cons

Some of the error messages are hard to decipher when using the software and the functions have confusing variables to put in at times.
The software cannot be readily integrated or harmonized with other information systems. The software is totally insensitive to human errors; it does not prompt the user when there is an error.
When there is a large amount of data entered into a spreadsheet it's inevitable to have trivial human mistakes made. Sometimes it's very difficult to find those mistakes later.
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Key features

  • Total features69
  • @mentions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Book
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Trail
  • Booking Management
  • Brainstorming
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar/Reminder System
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Conferencing
  • Contact Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Visualization
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email Monitoring
  • Email Templates
  • Event Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Full Text Search
  • Image Editing
  • Inbox Management
  • Live Chat
  • Meeting Management
  • Microsoft Outlook Integration
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Multiple Projects
  • Notes Management
  • Office Suite
  • Offline Access
  • Presentation Tools
  • Productivity Tools
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real-time Updates
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Room Booking
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Calendars
  • Templates
  • To-Do List
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • Version Control
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Streaming
  • Video Support
  • Total features15
  • @mentions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Book
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Trail
  • Booking Management
  • Brainstorming
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar/Reminder System
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Conferencing
  • Contact Management
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Visualization
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email Monitoring
  • Email Templates
  • Event Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Full Text Search
  • Image Editing
  • Inbox Management
  • Live Chat
  • Meeting Management
  • Microsoft Outlook Integration
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Multiple Projects
  • Notes Management
  • Office Suite
  • Offline Access
  • Presentation Tools
  • Productivity Tools
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real-time Updates
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Response Management
  • Room Booking
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Calendars
  • Templates
  • To-Do List
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • Version Control
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Streaming
  • Video Support

Integrations

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  • Total integrations969
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Ben W.

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Always my go to

Reviewed 3 years ago

I am able to send attachments into an email with Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

Pros

It is great for putting documents together. This includes writing an essay or a letter. The formatting is also great.

Cons

Some of the tool bar options can be a little overwhelming and always unsure on where to go. But once you get used to it, its not bad.

BM
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Brandon M.

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Microsoft Office

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall I'm satisfied with Microsoft office, especially Excel.

Pros

I use the Excel program everyday for my business. Once a spreadsheet is setup (formulas in place) it keeps my data organized.

Cons

If I accidently erase a formula, the undo button doesn't work. Instead I have to exit out of the program without saving then open the program again.

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Internet, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

impressed with office 365

Reviewed 4 years ago

If i Want to describe office 365 It's just "great"

Pros

Microsoft Excel,Access,Word & Power point

Cons

Price of software is much more as per current situation of my Country [INDIA]

BM
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Blake M.

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Microsoft 365

Essential tools at work

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

- use excel and powerpoint everyday, necessary work tool

Cons

- have experienced crashing lately, particularly with microsoft excel

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Fernando P.

Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Microsoft 365

Microsoft office for business and the cloud world, welcome to the future

Reviewed 5 years ago

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) online everywhere in every platform.

Pros

Much better set of tools and experience compared to Google Drive. It is almost all the same you are used to deal with during your entire life with Microsoft Office but It is completely online, you get OneDrive cloud storage, exchange server for your mails, minutes of Skype call and etc.

Cons

It is expenseive, even more if you compare to Google Suite, for smaller companies It is not worth it, you can do almost everything but with not so good experience with Google Suite. For mail Google is also much better and have the advantage of having google login everywhere.

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Randy B.

Religious Institutions, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Microsoft 365

Great for our Church

Reviewed 4 years ago

We use Microsoft excel and PowerPoint as well as word.

Pros

This is a great software for everything Church related. We use it for teaching and preaching outlines and for monthly Calenders and spreadsheets.

Cons

The price could be a little cheeper. It is a great option to use it on multiple computers for one yearly rate

MD
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Monika D.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Professional and Needed

Reviewed 3 years ago

Microsoft 365 is so useful for professional work. Excel makes reporting, tracking, and budgeting easy. Power point makes presenting easier. Word makes many administrative burdens easier.

Pros

I like how Microsoft sift 365offers a variety of platforms from Microsoft word to excel.

Cons

Formatting can be tricky to figure out. Especially on word.

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Andika N.

Internet, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Very easy and helpful

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

I really like the Power Point because I can produce very good videos with morph effects.

Cons

Microsoft Excel is very helpful in completing administrative tasks

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Airlines/Aviation, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Critical software

Reviewed 2 years ago

We use Microsoft excel for spreadsheets for all kinds of things at work like overtime sheets, stakeholder records and so much more. I'm overall happy with Microsoft 365. Definitely worth every cent.

Pros

Microsoft excel is really amazing for keeping record of all our shifts as it calculates everything with a few buttons to push. Microsoft word is so easy to use and has many great features that make life easy; definitely helped make my thesis writing easier.

Cons

Without proper training Microsoft excel can be quite challenging.

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Katie N.

Higher Education, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend1/10

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Microsoft 365

Outdated

Reviewed 2 years ago

Honestly, Microsoft is falling behind a lot of other file storage/sharing platforms. Very disappointed. Really only use Excel since it is the only app in my opinion that has no real competition.

Pros

Microsoft 365 is home to many amazing applications that are extremely powerful (namely Excel). Super great that it has become more collaborative now with Microsoft Teams and online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.

Cons

Big files cannot be opened online. Also difficult to have multiple team members working on the same document in real time. Outdated look and feel. SUPER slow at times (namely OneNote). OneNote is so buggy and difficult to use both through Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office.

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Insurance, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Microfost Office 365

Reviewed 5 years ago

We use the Office 365 suite for basics; documents in Microsoft Word, Logging and Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel, and LOTS of emails in Microsoft Outlook

Pros

I love ALL of the amazing things you can do with this software.

Cons

It can be cumbersome to figure out HOW to do your specific request.

MA
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Muhammad A.

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Microsoft 365

The use of Microsoft office 365

Reviewed 4 years ago

-Microsoft PowerPoint to conduct business presentations -Microsoft Word to compile reports -Microsoft Excel to import large data and conduct data analysis to solve real world problems

Pros

The countless uses each software package offers that constitute office 365: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc. The easy software interfaces and the seemless transfer of information between each of the packages.

Cons

The fact that the software is expensive and requires a yearly renewal for service

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Larissa R.

Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Office 365 Has All The Microsoft Office Applications

Reviewed 4 years ago

I use Microsoft Office 365 to get access to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. I have the latest versions of each, and it says that when new versions come out, I will get it automatically and free of charge. This is better than the situation I have seen sometimes where some people have an older version, and they can't share files with each other.

Pros

I like that Office 365 gives me all the Microsoft Office software I'm used to using at work, like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Cons

I think it would be neat that if you use at work, you also can use it at home, like a job benefit.

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Barbara V.

Hospitality, 11-50 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Office, email and everything.

Reviewed 4 years ago

Overall I love what Microsoft has to offer word, Excel, Outlook. etc.

Pros

I have use microsoft office software for decades now. I use daily and even though there are other free options you can't compare them the software products offered by Microsoft. I a love Outlook for email more than google.

Cons

Over the years I have gotten used to and adapted to the Microsoft line of products and I still prefer them over any others.

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Rostom Z.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Reviewed a year ago
Pros

It's great to have access to Microsoft Apps - even online versions of Word, Excel, etc - with Microsoft 365.

Cons

Using Outlook for Web is easier and more intuitive than the actual Outlook App!

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Grant H.

Media Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Real-time collaboration features in Office 365 are enough to justify the subscription

Reviewed 4 years ago

Since upgrading to Office 365, along with getting the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint, we also get the ability to have real-time co-authoring through the cloud. This lets us work on the same documents and see changes appear instantly. This has become a really productive way to work, especially when we are in different offices, or travelling between jobs.

Pros

I value the real-time co-authoring available in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint that are available with Office 365.

Cons

There is nothing that I do not like about Office 365. I have nothing to say that is negative about it.

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Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great substitute for G Suite for college students

Reviewed 3 years ago

I usually just use Microsoft 365 for Word and Excel for college assignments.

Pros

If you're a college student, you're able to get Microsoft Office for free! I love using this software because a lot of workplaces use these tools as well. It's easy to learn how to use especially if you have experience with google products.

Cons

I would say the only cost is that others have to pay a lot to use Office 365, but I do think it's worth it due to it's ability to work fast with little lag.

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Ubaldo Antonio G.

Logistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Office 365

Reviewed 3 years ago

One of the best softwares of all times. Very easy to use.

Pros

This software allows you to use all other applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Microsoft word and any other related applications that require Microsoft office.

Cons

In order to have a full functionality of this software, you need to either updated to the latest software and/or purchase it.

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Iisha H.

Consumer Goods, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Love this product

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

I will always love my Microsoft office. Especially word and excel

Cons

It has a tendency to stall just a little

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David B.

Photography, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

A Full Suite of Microsoft Office Programs

Reviewed 4 years ago

Like most companies, we require access to the Microsoft Office family of programs, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Office 365 gives us this, and to date has worked perfectly.

Pros

I most like that Office 365 gives us the full, latest versions of all the Microsoft Office software that we need to conduct business.

Cons

I don't dislike anything about Office 365.

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jayathi r.

Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft 365

Easily connect with your workplace by using powerful mobile computing features.

Reviewed 5 years ago

As a quality assurance engineer i'm daily maintaining multiple test-case documents and status documents. There fore i'm using Microsoft word, Microsoft excel, Microsoft power-point to fulfill my daily tasks.

Pros

Main thing is i can create or edit work-sheets over mobile devices from anywhere at any time. Also i have subscribed "Office 365 Enterprise E3" package in my workplace. And i can access all the required features, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Power-Point, Access,One-Note

Cons

When internet connections is not steady, application will show "laggier responses" to our commands. It's better if you have a good network connection if you're using this application. Other than that there are no any cons to say.

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Rob G.

Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Microsoft 365

It's got everything u need

Reviewed 3 years ago

I like it and use it for several functions and its what's commonly used everywhere.

Pros

I like the fact that microsoft office 365 is the complete package. The program has Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, and outlook Express.

Cons

I dont like the fact that it is to costly for only 3 devices. For the price u should get at least 5 devices or unlimited with in same network.

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Wan Rou T.

Entertainment, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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The use of Microsoft Office 365

Reviewed 3 years ago

It's easy and convenient to use. Hereby, would like to recommend to all.

Pros

This Microsoft Office 365 is a combination of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access which convenience user to complete their task accordingly.

Cons

Limited access to the mobile version. Will need to upgrade the software version in order to use it...

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Jamintha H.

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Microsoft 365

Reviewed 3 years ago

I used microsoft 365 to teach my students.

Pros

we can access free. The online versions of microsoft word, powerpoint and excel

Cons

we can use microsoft 365 only if the connection state is active.

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vgc s.

Apparel & Fashion, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Best cloud-based application is Microsoft 365

Reviewed 10 months ago

Microsoft Word, OneDrive, calendar and Excel, have saved me many long periods of work every month.

Pros

We have used multiple versions of Microsoft Office. Microsoft 365 is the best cloud-based used office application i have ever used. I'm using 365 cloud one dive space for all my backups. Outlook email and meeting schedule is my favorite futures.

Cons

Frequently update are receiving to install this is the least point.

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Traoré L.

Internet, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft Excel

Classify your data no limits.

Reviewed 5 months ago
Pros

I can do all mathematics formulas that I need

Cons

For access it in the Microsoft 365 internet is needed.

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Internet, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft Excel

Gold-standard for data management and calculations

Reviewed 3 years ago

Long-time user of Excel, haven't found any other tool (including new entrants like Airtable) as helpful when it comes to core computation tasks.

Pros

Excel has always been the easiest way to manage and process numerical data. Google Sheets has been a recent alternative, but Excel remains the most powerful tool (i.e. custom formulas, shortcuts, acceptable data) in play, and should be installed on every computer.

Cons

Easier sharing, especially if the recipient is not integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem (e.g. no Microsoft / Office 365 acct).

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David P.

Consumer Goods, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Microsoft Excel

Excel for Inventory Forecasting

Reviewed 4 years ago

We've used excel as a tool to help track sales and also forecast inventory. Our planner has developed different sheets and workbooks to help our business function without having an actual inventory system and forecasting tool. As a small business, its been very useful for us and has saved us a lot of money.

Pros

+ The functionality around pivot tables + The layout and flexibility in being able to edit how you want your toolbar to look + The help section is actually very helpful, compared to other softwares

Cons

+ It does crash now and then, but might have something to do with Microsoft Office 365

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Matthew E.

Design, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Microsoft Excel

Excel - Don't try and reinvent the wheel.

Reviewed 4 years ago

I use excel everyday for comparison charts to doing engineering calculations. Making things automated saves me hours a week in busy/tedious work.

Pros

Everyone know's what Excel is, it is the pioneer of the spreadsheet software and is well recognized by everyone who has ever turned on a computer. It is stable, familiar and to say it simply... it just works.

Cons

Excel is part of the Microsoft Suite/365 packaging which can be expensive for a lot of people.

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Frank F.

Telecommunications, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Excel Experience

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

Being able to use pivot tables to create charts and graphs.

Cons

Relearning where the features are when new versions of Microsoft Excel are updated (i.e. Excel 2007 to Excel 365)

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Marketing and Advertising, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Golden Standard for All Data Needs

Reviewed 4 years ago

Ultimately, very satisfied with the capabilities that are important for almost all businesses.

Pros

Microsoft Excel established the industry standard for data manipulation and editing. The new functions and all ones, such as pivot tables, are necessary for many businesses who deal with data.

Cons

The 365 version currently is not supported by many businesses and it is the only cloud alternative available by Microsoft.

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Jacqui L.

Gambling & Casinos, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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The Spreadsheet Bar

Reviewed 4 years ago

Microsoft Excel gives me a comprehensive solution for spreadsheets and the extra features that come with 365 are quite useful.

Pros

Microsoft Excel is a titan in the spreadsheet scene and it's easy to see why, Microsoft continues to improve Excel with every iteration, the "Tell me what you want to do" feature is an example of this, allowing less experienced users to accomplish more complex tasks with a simple search. All in all a powerful, simple to use solution for spreadsheets. Would definitely recommend.

Cons

I've had no real gripes with Microsoft Excel in all my years of using the software to be perfectly honest, any bugs I have experienced have usually been fixed with updates.

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Silvia R.

Construction, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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Excel issues

Reviewed 4 years ago

Building a database of products and services, as well as estimates was easy to do. But sending out the lists to customers was flawed. After my subscription runs out, I will not be renewing.

Pros

I liked that it was available with my Microsoft Office 365. Easy to customize data and add what was needed.

Cons

Utilizing the invoice generator, while easy to set up, anytime it was emailed the sheet was flawed. While it looked fantastic on my end, estimates sent out to customers would be displayed askew. Lines not shown on my side would be highly visible to the customers, the format (especially text) would be moved and display only a few correctly.

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Donald D.

Photography, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Spreadsheets for everyone

Reviewed 3 years ago

Excel is a great program if you are using it locally or take it with you on the go and don't have to rely on cloud storage. It does what it says it will and does a fantastic job.

Pros

Microsoft Excel is a product that has been around for a long time and has got better with age. Excel has made a name for itself as the definitive spreadsheet program on the market. This program is great for creating spreadsheets or interpreting data and creating graphs.

Cons

Microsoft Excel does not come standard with cloud-based save options unless you have the Microsoft Office 365 subscription which can cost $80 per year. Would be nice if this was included free.

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Ikechukwu O.

Financial Services, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Microsoft Excel

essential office document

Reviewed 3 years ago

it has been a great a experience so far, best office tool for me

Pros

Really this is like one of my most essential tool at work , it is great for data sorting and analysis as a fund manager that is essential.

Cons

There is n't any thing to dislike about excel, my issue is with the pricing of the microsoft 365 suite as a whole

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Leandro V.

Internet, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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essential tool in the job market

Reviewed 2 years ago

My financial life is all built and analyzed in excel. with excel I've done several types of business, create a spreadsheet according to the needs of the company where I worked and with it I also control my financial life without much effort. Spreadsheet development in Excel has helped me and continues to help me with native Excel functions. Spreadsheets with Macros. Spreadsheets with VBA (Visual Basic) Forms. Spreadsheets with Charts. Spreadsheets with Dashboard. excel is essential.

Pros

You can access it from any device, anywhere

Cons

Excel with Microsoft 365 could be a little cheaper and previous versions with example: excel 2003 could be released to users for free.

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Nonprofit Organization Management, 10,001+ employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Helpful Organizational Tool

Reviewed 3 years ago

Excel makes organizing data and information really easy. I also love that Microsoft 365 has integrated a Forms app to use with it.

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I love using Excel to store information and data, whether it is keeping track of contacts and their information, or organizing research data.

Cons

I don't really have any complaints except that I know that Excel has way more capabilities for statistics and commands than I actually use. I'd love to learn more!

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Alexandra N.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used weekly for 2+ years

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