Microsoft Office update emphasizes collaboration

One of the new features of Office is its cloud-based system OneDrive, which automatically saves whatever you are working on to the cloud, which, for its own part, can be accessed from any device.

This is the first time a desktop version of Word has included such capability, although a longtime staple of Office Online and Google Docs that has proved incredibly well-suited to collaborative working.

At the current preview stage, the Office 365 Import Service is free to use. Meanwhile, Office 365 Planner gives teams tools to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, mark deadlines, and update statuses.

Microsoft officially released the latest version of the popular productivity suite on Tuesday with a variety of new and improved features created to make organizations and individuals more productive. Business communications? That’s Microsoft’s thing.

The new Office also integrates with Microsoft’s Skype conferencing service and its Bing search engine. Credit: pocket-lint.com ” Today we are delivering a set of experiences that are built for making teamwork seamless”. “And it’s full of new features that partners can get their customers excited about”. The company had features like this on a web based version of the program, but now these features will be implemented into the stand alone version. Outlook 2016 has also seen improvements.

Built-in data loss prevention across Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook significantly reduces the risk of leaking sensitive data, giving IT administrators tools to manage content authoring and document sharing policies. Although it remains anchored by the software giant’s stalwart business applications-namely Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint-the latest version of Office hews a little closer to the company’s mobile-friendly, cloud-enabled vision of getting work done.

To coincide with the release of the new software, Microsoft has raised prices of the stand-alone licenses for both the PC and Mac editions between five and seven percent.

“There is also a financial opportunity for resellers beyond just deployment in terms of the potential for migration, enhancement of services and even change management for existing Office 365 customers”, Torres adds.

At first glance, you won’t notice much of a change between Office 2013 and Office 2016. Microsoft’s Office Mechanics video series here also shows how it’s done. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in spite of its huge product portfolio continues to bank on its recurring revenue to come from the Office suite of products.

Alternatively, users can purchase the software through a one-time purchase.