FAQ : Is Office365 Office in a Browser?

The FAQ section is where we cover some of the most common questions we are asked on a day to day basis.

So, does Office365 = Office in a browser?

The answer is you have to view the browser as one of the many platforms that Office365 will run on.  We inhabit a world dominated by the consumption of rich applications across many different client computing platforms, and for each of these we have a version of Office365 that has been developed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of that platform. For example, a browser is perfectly suited to allow multiple users to edit lines of the same spreadsheet concurrently without having to download it.  Conversely, a browsers lack of offline capability makes it less suited to use where connectivity is patchy.  Office365 delivers the Best Productivity Experience across the Personal Computer, the Mobile Device and the Browser with full document fidelity regardless of where you choose to be productive.