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LibreOffice
And perfectly working software that covers whatever else MS365 offers, e.g. Thunderbird
I'd love for more people to change to Linux, but these are all (also) Windows software.
Sometimes I find myself annoyed by Lemmy users. We love to tout foss alternatives, even when they don't work as well, or aren't nearly as polished.
Libre office is a different story, it has everything you'll need, it's really complete, it does everything you want and it can read any format you throw at it and save its output in any format you need. It launches faster than Microsoft office, it's more stable, I really have absolutely no complaints, everyone should be using it.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic gives you all this:
Plan highlights:
Identity and access management for up to 300 users
Web and mobile versions3 of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Custom business email (you@yourbusiness.com)
Chat, call, and video conference with Microsoft Teams
1 TB of cloud storage per employee
10+ additional apps for your business needs (including Microsoft Bookings, Planner, and Forms)
AI chat experience with web grounding, writing assistance, data analysis, and access to agents4
Automatic spam and malware filtering
Anytime phone and web support
LibreOffice gives you ………. 1 of those bullet points lol. Not really a like for like replacement is it?
Libre Office, like some office software, can't meet the needs of businesses at the pace they're moving. Furthermore, developers aren't going to spend their time and resources creating a project that can compete with proprietary software. It would take an organization with more resources to try to keep up, but that would take a few years.