<p>Although Office 365 runs locally on your PC, laptop or tablet, free SkyDrive storage space is offered to encourage the storage of documents online. There are advantages to using cloud storage not least that you can access your files anywhere, on any machine on which Office software is installed. (See also: Office 2013 review.)Office 365: price</p><p>The deal on Office 365 Home Premium is more tempting than that for Office Professional 2013. Although the 80-per-year Home Premium product is restricted to non-commercial use, you can install the suite on up to five machines, PC or Mac. With Office Professional 2013, you pay 390 for a single-user perpetual licence. For more business software reviews visit Business Advisor.Office 265: review</p><p>Office 365 Microsoft's increased emphasis on the cloud for document storage, updates and troubleshooting assumes you have a fast, reliable broadband connection. This is fine if you live and work in a city, but a decent web connection is not always a given in rural areas. Some of our testing was conducted in a rural setting using a satellite link; although this is rated at 18Gbps, it can be much slower we witnessed noticeable pauses when moving documents to and from SkyDrive.</p><p>Microsoft is encouraging its customers to move to its subscription-based Office 365 suite by offering more flexible licence terms. You can have up to five installations of Office 365, on any combination of desktop and portable PCs or Macs. You can also move around these installations, deactivating Office 365 on one machine and activating it on another.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/software/3256468/microsoft-office-365-review-cloud-based-office-suite-offers-value-for-those-with-good-connections/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-365-and-yammer-integration-an-update-on-whats-coming-when-7000012849/">Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer integration: An update on what&#039;s coming when</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/my-time-microsoft-office-365-subscription-office-2013">Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2013: Flexibility for a good price</a> (Network World (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031138/end-is-in-sight-for-free-microsoft-office-2013-preview.html">End is in sight for free Microsoft Office 2013 Preview</a> (PCWorld)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAaAMVFdUA1NZcMzdHcM0WT4Se11M&ned=us">34 additional articles.</a></p>