This article depicts that G Suite beats out Office 365 across the range of critical factors companies care about. And what about the two key metrics that every company today cares about most: Innovative and Productive? So far G Suite has rolled out better experience in terms of collaboration and security when it comes to innovation and productivity. Tables given below clearly tell you about the advantages of collaboration and security of G Suite over Microsoft 365.
| Collaboration and Communication |
| Key Factors |
G Suite |
O365 |
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Coauthoring: Assign tasks -
Ability to assign tasks to users on shared documents
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FULL CAPABILITY
Users can assign an Action Item to anyone in the Docs, Sheets and Slides of desktop and mobile apps by pointing out their name in a comment and checking the new Action Item box. The person to whom they are assigned will get an email and will be able to see the item clearly underlined with a blue bar once the file will open
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NO CAPABILITY
O365 feature not found
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Coauthoring: Resolve assigned task -
Enables collaborators to give user an action item that once completed can be traced as completed
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FULL CAPABILITY
When an action item is completed, users can resolve the action item comment so that it no longer is highlighted on the right side of the screen. History of action items and comments is kept in the comment icon
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NO CAPABILITY
O365 feature not found
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Coauthoring: Link to Comment -
Enables collaborators to share files that immediate display referenced comment rather than user searching for a specific comment somewhere in file
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FULL CAPABILITY
Sends users to a specific comment in a file, similar to a bookmark
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NO CAPABILITY
O365 feature not found
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| Security |
| Key Factors |
G Suite |
O365 |
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Centralized Security Control -
Centralized access of security controls
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FULL CAPABILITY
Security Center for G Suite offers security analytics, actionable insights and best practice recommendations in a single comprehensive dashboard
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NO CAPABILITY
Microsoft O365 Security is composed of 4 main products: Cloud App Security, Advanced Threat Protection, Threat Intelligence, and Secure Score. Features are found at various SKUs. Centralized portal for all security features not found
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Support FIDO U2F with security keys-
Enables FIDO security keys to be used for 2 step verification
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FULL CAPABILITY
Supported in G Suite. This sends an encrypted signature rather than a code, and ensures that your login cannot be phished
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NO CAPABILITY
Not supported in O365
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Control access of created groups in apps/services
Enables admins to ensure that only the right users have access to the right apps
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FULL CAPABILITY
Can only select groups that were created by an admin in the org - not applicable for user-created groups
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PARTIAL CAPABILITY
O365 has similar capabilities with Azure AD (not sold in O365 offerings)
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