What is Office 365?

Office 365 (O365) is a subscription service that includes the most-recent version of Office, which is currently Office 2016. All subscriptions include a web-based version of the Microsoft Office suite. 


What is Office Online?

Office Online is a free web-based version of the Microsoft Office suite, which includes the following applications:

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

OneNote

Office Online does not include the Outlook application, but users can use Outlook.com.Office.


Is Office 365 or Office Online compatible with ADVANTAGE VBM?

So long as the user has a 32-bit version of Office installed on their computer that is compatible with the version 2 of ADVANTAGE VBM installed on the computer, Office is considered compatible with ADVANTAGE VBM. This includes 32-bit versions of Office installed with Office 365.


If you are using Office Online or If your Office 365 subscription only includes web-based applications:

Web-based Office applications are not compatible with ADVANTAGE VBM. There is no plan to integrate ADVANTAGE VBM Version 2 with web-based versions of the Microsoft Office applications.


If your Office 365 subscription includes the Office 2016 software suite:

Office 2016 32-bit is compatible with ADVANTAGE VBM.  


*Note: 64-bit Office is not supported with ADVANTAGE VBM.