{"id":3439,"date":"2013-10-25T18:12:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T23:05:13","slug":"hosted-desktop-vs-office-365-which-one-works-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/hosted-desktop-vs-office-365-which-one-works-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosted Desktop vs. Office 365-Which One Works For You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both <a href=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/products\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hosted Desktop<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and<a title=\"What is Office 365?\" href=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/what-is-office-365\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> Microsoft Office 365<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>are great solutions and essentials for your business! However, both are extremely different from the other, whether it\u2019s through features or by benefits. Below, you\u2019ll find the comparisons between the two and can discover which solution would suite your business best.<\/p>\n<p><em>So what are the differences? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Office 365: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The main purpose of Office 365 is to provide a predominantly web based solution that provides email and the ability to create, edit and save documents.<\/p>\n<p>With Office 365 when you open a document it will have to transfer in its entirety to your host device. If you have more than a couple of users using Office 365<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hosted Desktop:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With a Hosted Desktop, all of the processing is carried out within the Hosted Desktop boundaries. This effectively means that nothing needs to transfer to your host device (thin client, iPad, smartphone; iPhone\/Android, desktop) so you won\u2019t incur any bandwidth issues, the only thing that is transferred is the screen pixels.<\/p>\n<p>A Hosted Desktop includes Hosted Email, Microsoft Office, all your applications (eg Sage, CRM, Acrobat) and all of your data. With a Hosted Desktop you no longer need to worry about hardware, backups, security or maintenance, all of that is taken care of. You never need to upgrade or replace your server again.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>HOSTED \u00a0 DESKTOP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>MICROSOFT OFFICE \u00a0 365<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Simple\u00a0and familiar for end users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Low\u00a0monthly cost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>All\u00a0applications and data available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Accessible\u00a0from any machine that has web access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Full\u00a0disaster recovery solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Can\u00a0be integrated into more solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Changes\u00a0to the desktop will reflect on all devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Extends\u00a0the life of your machines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>Capital\u00a0expenses are decreased<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>No\u00a0maintenance of host device required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\">\n<ul>\n<li>New\u00a0users can be added quickly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"295\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><em>Which one works for you\u2026? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[php snippet=8]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We compare our &#8220;Technology of the Month&#8221; Hosted Desktop to Office 365.  Which one do you like? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/hosted-desktop-vs-office-365-which-one-works-for-you\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[87,83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}