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• With COVID-19 as impetus, Microsoft and Google come out swinging with their collaboration software

  Posted on March 4, 2020 at 08:01 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Talk about silver linings to a very dark cloud…

  Apparently prodded by the collapse of the convention industry, both Microsoft and Google are offering free use of their meeting software. From Mehedi Hassan, on Thurrot.com:

  Microsoft Teams Giving Away Paid Features for Six Months Due to Coronavirus

  Google Making Advanced G Suite Meeting Features Free in Response to Coronavirus

  There’s also an overview from Charlotte Trueman at Computerworld, As coronavirus worsens, companies renew focus on collaboration, remote work.

  Very good news, indeed.

  Other COVID-19, G Suite, Teams

• Office 365 vs G Suite

  Posted on February 15, 2017 at 11:12 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Galen Gruman has an excellent article in InfoWorld detailing the differences between Office 365 and Google’s G Suite. It’s incredibly difficult to explain the differences side-by-side, and Galen’s done it.

  Microsoft Office handily beats G Suite both on the desktop and on mobile devices. Office has long been derided for having too many features that few people use, and there’s truth to that. But for desktop users, it has the features that anyone in your company is likely to need, and they work well.

  If you’re debating about Office vs G-Suite, this is a must-read analysis. Even if you end up with G-Suite!

  Office News G Suite, Office 365