New Updates Coming to Microsoft Office 365
New Updates Coming to Office 365
· Exchange Online Gets Office Web Apps attachment preview
· SharePoint Online Adds Windows Phone 7 Access, BCS & LiveID
· Lync Online interoperability with Exchange Online voice mail and Mac Support
Office 365 On Track to Become One of Microsoft's Fastest-Growing
Offers Ever
"We are seeing really positive momentum for Office 365. Customers are adopting Office 365 eight times faster than our previous service, and the solution is on track to become one of our fastest-growing offers in Microsoft history," said Kurt DelBene, president of the Office Division at Microsoft.
In the August 2011 issue of CloudStrategies News we reported on the first wave of improvements to Windows Intune. Now, more details are becoming available about upgrades and improvements to Microsoft Office 365. In fact, Microsoft is making more than 30 new updates to Office 365 to enhance collaboration and communication, including:
Exchange Online
- Exchange Online will now be able to use WebReady Document Viewing from Office Web Apps to get high-fidelity previews of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents in exactly the same format in which they were created. Users can then choose to edit their document with a single click.
SharePoint Online
- Customers with Office 365 Enterprise plans will be able to use Business Connectivity Services (BCS) to connect to external systems via web service based endpoints.
- Office 365 administrators will be able to invite external users to site collections using their Microsoft Live ID for authentication.
- Windows Phone 7 .5 users will be able to access SharePoint Online lists and document libraries from their Windows Phone.
Lync Online
- Lync Online will add multitenant hosting, voice support for mobile information workers and interoperability with Exchange Online voicemail
- Support for Lync for Mac. Mac users can now use instant messaging, presence and videoconferencing through Office 365.
SkyDrive
- SkyDrive gets simpler app-centric sharing for Office, powerful file management and easier uploads with HTML5. Share any Office document in one click. Work together more easily with any contact - across email services and connected networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn. Powerful tools to manage and organize files quickly. Drag and drop multiple files to upload across browsers on PC and Mac.
For more information on these improvements and how they can benefit you, call CloudStrategies at 973-630-5020