Is a free version of Microsoft 365 that you can use in a web browser. However, there are no upgrade options, which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price. One-time purchases are available for both PCs and Macs. Is sold as a one-time purchase, which means you pay a single, up-front cost to get Microsoft 365 apps for one computer. You decide what works best for you: Small business, Enterprise, School, or Non-profit. Most of the Microsoft 365 plans for business, schools, and non-profits include the fully installed desktop apps, but Microsoft also offers basic plans with the online versions of Microsoft 365, file storage, and email. See the Microsoft 365 Basic FAQ for more information. It includes 100GB of cloud storage, secure ad-free email, secure photo and file storage, and Microsoft support. As network performance supports, every Navy employee will have access to the Flank Speed cloud.Note: Microsoft 365 Basic is a subscription for one person. Users will also retain access to old CVR accounts until it shuts down on June 15, and NMCI O365 until it reaches its end of life later this fiscal year.
This site has plenty of information, including a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), a Flank Speed 101 Brief, Flank Speed “Slick Sheets,” a CVR Sunset Fact Sheet, and various NAVADMINS pertaining to the transition.įlank Speed will provide increased data security in a new cloud environment, improve user experience, and provide modern collaboration capabilities to support the enduring remote and distributed workforce. In addition to those resources, CAC cardholders have access to the SECNAV Portal Flank Speed page.
Along with a specific date of transition, the emails provide personnel time to familiarize themselves with required actions well ahead of their given enablement date.Ĭommand information officers (CIOs) and designated “Champions” familiar with the transition process are also available to assist at the unit-level. To initiate this evolution, more than 260,000 current users of CVR and NMCI O365 will receive a series of detailed emails with instructions explaining how to prepare for and gain access to Flank Speed. Named after the extreme engine order given to ship handlers to evade danger or outpace threats, Flank Speed will be an evolving information technology initiative and the epicenter of Navy unclassified systems for years to come. While those commercially-operated environments provided a crucial means of communication during pandemic-constricted work situations, the retirement of NMCI O365 and CVR as outlined in NAVADMIN 074/21, clears the way for an improved, Navy-operated Flank Speed cloud. On June 15, CVR Teams goes away for all Department of Defense users, including the Navy.īy October 1, NMCI O365 will also cease to exist. Approximately 472,000 users are targeted to get access to Flank Speed by the end of FY21. The first group to get access to Flank Speed will be the 266,000 personnel who are either active Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) users or part of the subset of Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) users who have already been transitioned to O365 (NMCI O365).