At a press event in New York City, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rolled out the
general availability of Microsoft 365, an online suite of productivity apps
which includes Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft
Exchange Online and Microsoft Lync. It is “where Microsoft Office meets the
cloud,” he says. Microsoft first announced Office 365 last October, and has
signed up 200,000 business customers since then.
Office 365 is all of Microsoft’s cloud productivity apps rolled into one
service. It includes Web-based email, shared documents, shared calendars,
instant messaging, video conferencing and Web meetings, and websites. Customers
can pick and choose which apps they want and pay a monthly subscription from $2
to $27 per month.
Microsoft is targeting small businesses with Office 365 and is going up against
Google Enterprise (which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google
Talk and Google Sites). When it comes to the cloud, Microsoft is playing
catch-up. Google Apps are used by more than 3 million organizations.
Microsoft plays to its strengths by taking advantage of the billion people who
already use the desktop version of Microsoft Office, with seamless transitions
between the online and desktop versions. You can save a document to your
desktop, keep working on it offline, and then sync the changes back to the
shared document. The site editor uses familiar word processing UI metaphors to
make it easy for anyone to create a site. The video conferencing and online
meeting apps integrate PowerPoint and other Office apps.
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