They are awesome! I wonder if you would consider doing a blog post on backup strategies and options for Office365 (in non-hybrid setup). I’m sure I have smatterings referring to this issue in other articles, but this one should stand to clear up the questions once and for all–this will be something I can point people to moving forward.Īlex, Love your site and your blog articles. I guess the moral of the story is 'subscriptions aren't always bad', but like anything else it all depends on your needs.A new reader question came in, and frankly it’s one that I hear a lot. I cannot explain how cost-effective this subscription service is for us. We are also a mixed-platform family: I prefer Apple products (MBA 13' / iPad / iPhone), my wife prefers Microsoft and Android products (Windows laptop, Note 3 phone), and the kids that are old enough have a mix of Apple and Android mobile devices). In our family (myself, my wife, and six children in school) it's WELL worth the cost. It will either be worthwhile for you, or it won't. You'll be seeing new features rolling out more quickly (like Google does with Google Drive).Īs with everything you need to evaluate how you plan on using the software. I also expect that Microsoft will ramp up iterative development and you're going to start seeing a much shorter release cycle for subscription software. You essentially get Office Professional 2013 x 5 ($399.99 * 5 = $1999.95) and the ability to edit documents on tablets (no stand alone pricing equivalent). But for what you get, it's *extremely* beneficial pricing. If you don't need all of that and you're only using it for tablets then it's quite likely significant overkill. If you only installed the standalone version on a single PC every four years you'd be at a break-even point of $100 bucks per year.

The standalone version is Office Professional 2013 at $399.99. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Access

Just so everyone is on the same page, here are the apps you get with the subscription:

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