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Office 365 Apps Overview

Below is a brief description of the apps that come with Office 365.

Calendar App Calendar
Calendar is part of Outlook.com and is used to create and manage appointments and events. More information about Calendar is available at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Calendar-in-Outlook-Web-App-5219C457-D1FE-4C2F-9032-1A816B88E936.
   
Class Notebook Class Notebook
A Class Notebook has a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities. More information about the Class Notebook app is available at https://www.onenote.com/classnotebook.
   
Delve App Delve
Delve displays documents to which you have access that are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. More information about Delve is available at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/what-is-office-delve-1315665a-c6af-4409-a28d-49f8916878ca.
   
Dynamics 365 Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 is a collection of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) & ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) apps. More information about Dynamics 365 is available at https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/
   
Excel App Excel
Excel is Microsoft's spreadsheet program. More information about Excel is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/excel.
   
Forms Forms
Forms enables you to quickly and easily create online surveys, polls, and  quizzes. More information about Forms is available at https://support.office.com/en-us/forms.
   
Kaizala Kaizala
Kaizala is a mobile work management app that can be used to chat with team members, organize and manage tasks, collect data through surveys & polls, make voice or video calls, etc. More information about Kaizala is available at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-to-know-Kaizala-22700f1d-274f-4533-8956-247c733f6ae6.
   
OneDrive OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud-based file storage service. With OneDrive, you can access your files on any device and easily share your files with others. More information about OneDrive is available at https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/.
   
OneNote OneNote
OneNote is a digital notebook that you can use to organize and store information. More information about OneNote is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/onenote/digital-note-taking-app.
   
People People
People is part of Outlook.com and is used to create and manage contacts. More information about People is available at https://support.office.com/en-us/article/people-overview-outlook-web-app-5fe173cf-e620-4f62-9bf6-da5041f651bf.
   
Planner Planner
Planner is a project management app that you can use to create, organize, assign, and manage team tasks. More information about Planner is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/business/task-management-software.
   
Power Apps Power Apps
Power Apps enables you to build and share Office 365 mobile and web apps. More information about Power Apps is available at https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/.
   
Flow App Power Automate
Power Automate enables you to create workflows and automate tasks between cloud-based services. (For example, you can create approval workflows or sync your Office 365 calendar with your Google calendar.) More information about Flow is available at https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/.
   
Power BI Power BI
Power BI (Business Intelligence) is Microsoft’s business analytics service and can be used to create dashboards and interactive reports. More information about Power BI is available at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/.
   
PowerPoint PowerPoint
PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation program. More information about PowerPoint is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/powerpoint.
   
SharePoint SharePoint
SharePoint is an online platform that provides collaborative work sites for teams and groups. More information about SharePoint is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/collaboration.
   
Staff Notebook Staff Notebook
A Staff Notebook has a personal workspace for every staff member or teacher, a content library for shared information, and a collaboration space for everyone to work together. More information about the Staff Notebook app is available at https://www.onenote.com/staffnotebookedu.
   
Stream Stream
Stream is service used to share videos across an organization. More information about Stream is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-stream.
   
Sway Sway
Sway is a digital storytelling app that you can use to easily create professional-looking presentations, newsletter, reports, etc. More information about Sway is available at https://sway.office.com/.
   
Tasks Tasks
Tasks is part of Outlook.com and is used to create and manage task items and flagged emails. More information about Tasks is available at https://outlook.live.com/owa/.
   
Teams Teams
Teams provides a chat-based workspace that a group can use to communicate and share files. More information about Teams is available at https://teams.microsoft.com/start.
   
To-Do To-Do
To-Do provides several different viewing options for your Outlook tasks and flagged emails. For example, you can view items by day, important, or planned. More information about Tasks is available at https://products.office.com/en-US/microsoft-to-do-list-app.
   
Video Video
Video is being replaced by Stream. For more information about the Video to Stream transition, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/stream/migrate-from-office-365.
   
Whiteboard  Whiteboard
Whiteboard is a digital canvas that you and your team can use for collaboration. You can draw, type, add images, or add notes to each whiteboard you create, and your whiteboards are saved in the cloud for easy access.
   
Word Word
Word is Microsoft's word processing application. More information about Word is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/word.
   
Yammer Yammer
Yammer is a social networking platform for use by members of an organization. More information about Yammer is available at https://products.office.com/en-us/yammer/yammer-overview.