Office 365

Wrapping up my look at configuring Office 365 for businesses on mobile devices, this time we’ll take a look at Apple iOS, which powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. As with Android, getting Office 365 up and running via Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) on iOS is a bit more complicated than with Windows devices....More

On the eve of the launch of a major new wave of Microsoft Office products and services, Google has announced a major update to its bare-bones, web-based presentation package Slides. Now it can be used offline, making this service usable on Chromebooks and other computing devices while offline....More

Office 365 Home Premium is one of the most intriguing and innovative pieces of the entire Office 365 puzzle. It is comprised of what at first appears to be contradictions: An Office 365 subscription aimed not at businesses but at consumers. A version of the venerable Office productivity suite that is delivered as a service, from the cloud, and can be installed on up to five PCs. An additional 20 GB of SkyDrive storage. And 60 minutes of Skype credit per month for anywhere-in-the-world calling. What?!...More

Microsoft announced today that its Office 365 subscription for professionals and small businesses--or what it calls Plan P--has been improved to allow users to send three times the number of email messages per day. Now, Office 365 users can send 1500 emails per day, up from the previous limit of 500....More

Microsoft today announced that it has begun the Technical Preview program for Office 15, the next version of its office productivity suite. While details are still sparse, the software giant did say, however, that Office 15 is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division. And that suggests some interesting changes ahead....More