Office 365 U.S. Government

The best choice for government organizations with advanced IT requirements that want the flexibility to move to the cloud at their own pace.

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Use Office anywhere

Provide users with the Office applications they know, optimized for their devices, so they can work their best wherever they are.

Simplify collaboration

Hold multi-party HD online meetings with screen sharing, note taking, and annotations. Start an IM, call, or video chat with just a click.

Safeguard your data

Your data is segregated from commercial data, it is stored within the U.S., and access is restricted to screened Microsoft personnel.

All Office 365 U.S. Government plans include:

Email and calendars

Use business-class email through a rich and familiar Outlook experience you can access from your desktop or from a web browser using Outlook Web App. Get a 50 GB mailbox per user and send attachments up to 150 MB. Use your own domain name. Learn more

Online conferencing

Host online meetings with audio and video using one-click screen sharing, HD video conferencing, and virtual whiteboard. Excellent for distance learning. Learn more

Instant messaging and Skype connectivity

Connect with other Skype for Business users via instant message, voice calls, and video calls, and let people know your availability with your online status. Share presence, IM, and audio calling with Skype users. Learn more

File storage and sharing

OneDrive for Business gives users 1 TB of personal storage that syncs with their PC/Mac for offline access. Easily share documents with others through Office or SharePoint. Learn more

Team sites

Work together on projects, in study groups, or in clubs with team sites that help keep related documents, notes, tasks, and conversations organized together. Up to 300 subsites. Learn more

Office Online

Create and edit Word, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Excel documents from any modern browser. Learn more

Mobility

Sync email, calendar, and contacts; access SharePoint sites; view and edit Office documents with Office Online using a browser on Windows Phone, iOS, and Android™ devices. Learn more

Apps for Office and SharePoint

New third-party and customer-developed apps work with Office and SharePoint to bring web services right into your documents and sites.

Administration

The admin portal provides IT detailed configuration options for your services, either from an online portal or through automated management with PowerShell commands.

Reliability

Get peace of mind knowing your services are available with a guaranteed 99.9% uptime, financially backed service level agreement (SLA).

Security

Cutting-edge security practices with five layers of security and proactive monitoring help keep customer data safe. Learn more

Privacy

Your data is yours. We safeguard it and protect your privacy. Learn more

Up to date

No need to pay for version upgrades; updates are included in your subscription. New features are rolled out to Office 365 customers in an IT-configurable experience.

Active Directory integration

Manage user credentials and permissions. Single sign-on and synchronization with Active Directory.

Support

24/7 phone support for critical IT issues. For less urgent issues, you can make service requests directly through the admin portal. Learn more

Some Office 365 U.S. Government plans also include:

Office suite

Now includes the new Office 2016 apps for your PC and Mac.

Always have the latest versions of:

Capture your ideas however you work best—using a keyboard, pen, or a touchscreen.
Easily format information in Excel with tools that recognize your pattern and autocomplete data.
Easily incorporate content from PDFs to create your own great-looking Word documents.
Design customized marketing materials that fit your brand and customers.

Office on PCs, tablets, and phones

Enjoy a fully installed Office experience across PCs, Macs, Windows tablets, iPad® and Android™ tablets, and most mobile devices. Each user can install Office on 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets (Windows, iPad, and Android), and 5 phones. Learn more

Enterprise management of apps

Simplify management of apps in your organization with Group Policy, Telemetry, and Shared Computer Activation.

Search and discovery

Stay in the know. Search and discover content across Office 365 based on personalized insights. Office Delve is the first experience to be powered by Office Graph, a collection of analyzed signals or insights derived from each user’s behavior and relationships to content, topics, and contacts. Learn more

Advanced email capabilities

Use archiving and legal hold capabilities, plus unlimited storage, for compliance needs. And use data loss prevention (DLP) policies for additional compliance enforcement.

Voicemail integration (Unified Messaging)

Hosted voicemail support with auto-attendant capabilities. Voicemails are recorded to Exchange Online and users can access them from Outlook, Outlook Web App, or a compatible mobile phone.

Advanced Business Intelligence tools

Get the insight you need fast with interactive dashboards with Full Excel Services. Perform big data analyses and data visualization mash-ups with the new Excel client with Power Pivot and Power View.

More details

To see all the features that are included, view the detailed service descriptions.

Frequently asked questions

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Will my trial information be transferred to my Office 365 subscription?

Yes. If you purchase an Office 365 subscription with the same number of user accounts you created by the end of your free trial, the information and configuration for these users' accounts will remain intact. Once your free trial expires, you won't be able to continue using Office 365 for free. You will have an additional 30 days to purchase Office 365 before your account information is erased. Once your trial account information has been erased, it cannot be retrieved.

I will need extra help setting up Office 365. Who can help?

Microsoft experts are trained IT and development companies that can help you move to Office 365 or develop custom solutions for your business. You can find a listing of all of our Microsoft experts in Microsoft Pinpoint.

Will Office 365 work with my copy of Office?

Office 365 U.S. Government E3 and Office 365 U.S. Government E4 include the latest desktop version of Office, which delivers the best experience for your employees and makes it easy for IT to manage deployment and upgrades. For the Office 365 plans that do not come with the latest desktop version of Office, Office 365 works with the latest version of Office, Office 2013, and Office 2011 for Mac, so you can take advantage of the rich Office 365 cloud services such as business-class email, HD video conferencing, and file sharing. Previous versions of Office, such as Office 2010 and Office 2007, may work with Office 365 with reduced functionality. This compatibility with Office does not include the Exchange Online Kiosk or Office 365 Enterprise K1 plans.

Is Internet access required for Office 365?

Internet access is required to install and activate all Office 365 plans and to manage your subscription account. Internet connectivity is also required to access Office 365 cloud productivity services, including email, conferencing, IT management, and other services.

Many Office 365 plans also include the desktop version of Office, for example, Office 365 Business Premium and Office 365 Enterprise E3. One of the benefits of having the desktop version of Office applications is that you can work offline and have the confidence that the next time you connect to the Internet all your work will automatically sync, so you never have to worry about your documents being up to date. Your desktop version of Office is also automatically kept up to date and upgraded when you connect to the Internet, so you always have the latest tools to help you work. Compare Office 365 plans.

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