Here’s a quick way to see how you can use Microsoft 365 on a variety of phones and tablets.
Mobile comparison chart
Select your Office 365 plan:
- Select your Office 365 plan
- Office 365
- Office 365 operated by 21Vianet (China)
If you’re looking for information about how to set up a specific phone or tablet, use the following topics:
|
Area |
Task |
Surface with Windows RT |
Windows Phone |
iPhone, iPad |
Android |
BlackBerry® BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services1 |
Nokia (Symbian OS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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Use Outlook Web App to read mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Light version |
Light version |
Light version |
|
Use Outlook for iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch or Outlook for an Android phone or tablet |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
Use POP or IMAP email |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Use Exchange ActiveSync |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Search global address list |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Sync calendar and contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Remote wipe |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Admin PIN reset |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
Collaborate |
Edit |
View-only in browser. Edit in Office Mobile |
View-only on iPhone. Edit on iPad |
View-only, including in browser on tablets |
View-only |
View-only |
|
|
Use OneNote to view and edit notebooks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
Use Office on mobile devices (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
View documents in OneDrive for work or school |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Use features that require ActiveX Controls |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
Communicate |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes. Install Lync 2010 for Nokia3 |
|
|
Set and view presence |
Yes |
Yes3 |
Yes3 |
Yes3 |
No |
Yes4 |
|
|
Support for push notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
not applicable5 |
No |
not applicable4 |
|
|
Use Lync to view and search the contacts list and the global address list |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Start and accept IM conversations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Send location in an IM |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Manage call forwarding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Handle someone else’s calls if configured as a delegate |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Join a Lync Meeting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Administer Microsoft 365 |
Administer Microsoft 365 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Notes:
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BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is available only with Microsoft 365 Enterprise.
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For detailed information about Lync support in mobile clients, see Microsoft Lync 2013 for Mobile Clients.
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Lync mobile clients don’t update a user’s presence based on the user’s free/busy calendar information:
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Lync runs in the background on the device, so push notifications aren’t required.
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If a mobile client user is also signed in to the Lync desktop client, the desktop client updates the user’s presence based on the user’s free/busy calendar information.
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If the user is signed in to only a mobile client, the user’s presence doesn’t update based on free/busy calendar information.
Note: This article applies only to Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet in China.
|
Area |
Task |
Surface with Windows RT |
Windows Phone |
iPhone, iPad |
Android |
BlackBerry® |
Nokia (Symbian OS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Use Outlook Web App to read mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Light version |
No |
Light version |
|
Use POP or IMAP email |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Use Exchange ActiveSync |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
Search global address list |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Sync calendar and contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Admin PIN reset |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
Collaborate |
Use Office for the web |
View-only |
View-only |
View-only |
View-only |
View-only |
View-only |
|
Use OneNote to view and edit notebooks |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
View documents in OneDrive for work or school |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Use features that require ActiveX Controls |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
|
Administer Microsoft 365 |
Administer Microsoft 365 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
