A mixture of intense excitement and skepticism followed the launch a year ago of Office 365, as backers and critics debated whether the cloud collaboration... full story ![]()

Microsoft has started to warn customers who signed up for Office 365 subscription previews that their free ride is about to end. Emails sent by Microsoft last week outline what happens when the previews expire and urge customers to subscribe to the paying versions of Office 365. Microsoft is sending out Office 365 Home Premium preview expiration warnings: Pay up or lose...
pcworld.com (2 months and 21 days ago)

As promised, Microsoft has delivered the final pieces of its new Office lineup, rolling out several new global editions for businesses today. There are now a whopping 10 different Office 365 subscription options to choose from, and with the Wednesday launch of Office 365 Small Business Premium, Office 365 Midsize Business, and Office 365 ProPlus, organizations have multiple...
pcworld.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

Microsoft is trumpeting Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Wednesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have a wish list of features and enhancements they’d like to see in the vendor’s cloud email and collaboration suite. Microsoft announced eight Office 365 government and education customers, including the governments of Kansas...
pcworld.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Microsoft kept its promise. The software giant said it would release its next-generation office suite of applications on Feb. 27 and it kept its word. The Redmond, Wash.-based firm describes the new software as a major new update to its Office 365 services for businesses. They're calling it Microsoft's most complete Office cloud service to date...
thestreet.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

Office 365 has accounted for about 25 percet of all Office retail unit sales in the U.S. since its introduction two months ago, but the new “rent-not-own” strategy has not boosted overall sales, an analyst said today. Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, a research firm that regularly surveys U.S. retailers for software sales figures, noted that the split between Office 2013 and...
pcworld.com (1 month and 20 days ago)

A new mobile application from Harmon.ie promises to improve the way people use Microsoft Office 365 from iOS, BlackBerry and Android tablets and phones. Users will be able create, edit, share and store documents using Harmon.ie 4.0 to tie together Office 365 components like SharePoint Online, Yammer, Office Web Apps, Outlook and SkyDrive Pro. "We want to let people work on...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn.Microsoft recently implemented a feature in Office 365 called Connect that lets some editions of the suite grab contacts data from third-party tools. The first supported source was LinkedIn in late February...
pcworld.com (20 days ago)
Microsoft today unveiled several new versions of its Office 365 suite for businesses.
pcmag.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
Microsoft apparently really wants students to use Office 365 and its accompanying suite of products, including SkyDrive. Today, Microsoft announced a new campaign offering college students the ability to try Office 365 University for free for up to six months. Students with an .edu email address can sign up for an initial three months for free, and then if they share the...
forbes.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

Microsoft is claiming significant progress in take-up of its cloud services for business, such as Office 365 and Windows Azure, and forecasting that the former is on the way to becoming a $1 billion business.Speaking during a conference call on its earnings for the quarter ender 31 March 2012, chief financial officer Peter Klein said that Microsoft is confident that an...
techradar.com (1 month and 1 day ago)
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