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Microsoft Announces Web-Based Office365

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the case-of-the-me-toos dept.

suraj.sun writes "Aiming to bolster its hosted software for businesses, Microsoft announced today that it is adding Web-based versions of Office to its collection of hosted software for business, Office365. It will also offer traditional Office as a subscription-based service. Microsoft is pricing the service as low as $6 per user per month, though that version includes only the Web-based versions of Office."

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  1. "Best with IE" or not? by grub · · Score: 3, Interesting


    It isn't mentioned in the article, but does anyone know if Office365 "works best" with IE or is it browser-agnostic? For example, Microsoft's Outlook Web Access is quite decent when accessed with IE but with Firefox or Safari it's not nearly as nice.

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  2. 'Only' the Web-based versions of Office ? by lbalbalba · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Guess that covers Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access. So what's the rest, then ? Visio ? Exchange ?

  3. Surprised it's taken this long: by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm surprised it's taken this long to get this kind of offering and price point out -- it's seemed clear for a while that Microsoft would like to grow a presence in the "software as a service" space.

  4. Re:That is low by recoiledsnake · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You forgot to factor in the 25GB Exchange online mailboxes and Sharepoint Online for each user that doesn't come with Office Professional.

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  5. Re:Its website by nschubach · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just the link alone makes me wonder... Does MS have a secure site for office365?

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