New announcements from Microsoft for the year 2014

Microsoft, a name in the computer industry, which needs no introduction keeps revamping its offering for users by releasing updates, new products and more to add to the user experience immensely. Latest on this front are the new updates by Microsoft for its Office 365 suite, SharePoint and Yammer which will be delivered at a pre-decided monthly charge to users.

Meanwhile, Microsoft will also showcase a brand new set of APIs for SharePoint and Office 365, which will be released sometime later in the year 2014. Also, for users Microsoft has developed two new technologies for social networking which have been integrated with SharePoint Online and Office 365 and are anticipated to be released sometime this year. The discussed social networking technologies include a discovery app and a new search feature, which have been codenamed as Oslo, plus a new “Groups” capability, both of which will be spanned across Office 365. The two technologies meanwhile will be based on the Office Graph engine of Microsoft, which is a new information fabric that will function across communication silos for the subscribers of Office 365.

In the meantime, Microsoft made another announcement about the release of OneDrive for Business. This is a document storage service for enterprises which is based on SharePoint Online. The company recently made an announcement about rolling out OneDrive for Business iOS in the first part, which will be followed by support for other devices.  Microsoft will deliver the ability to use OneDrive for Business with the Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2013. Meanwhile, the capability of branding in which organizations will get the control to customize appearance on OneDrive app, will still take some time to get released

Microsoft also will deliver the capability to use OneDrive for Business with SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1. However, the new "branding" capability, in which organizations can customize the appearance of the OneDrive app, is yet to come.

Microsoft with its extensive offering is known for its dedicated support for Microsoft as well, which is like a bonus for users. This support is presented by the home company and many third-party vendors as well. SupportMart is one such renowned company, where certified experts for Microsoft can be reached anytime by calling on the Microsoft technical support phone number, which is a toll-free way of getting worry-free about all sorts of Microsoft issues.

Office Web apps from Microsoft now renamed as “Office Online”, can be found at Office.com

Microsoft joining the ‘change bandwagon” rolled out a new announcement for its existing version of Office Web apps, which will take place not anytime later, but today.

Including Apps in the name gets pretty confusing for users, as it’s not something users can install. Also, these cannot be bought from an app store. What’s needed for using these is a web browser. So, what’s it now called, the answer is Office Online!

So, it’s no more Office web Apps from now on, but Office online, where news has officially been churned out at the website Office.com.

Apps might have made users get confused, but a larger chunk still remains unaware about the online version of Office through SharePoint of OneDrive. But, from now onwards Office.com is the dedicated podium for MS office on the Web, covering PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote.

A Microsoft account is still quintessential to get access to the free versions of office and to automatically save files on OneDrive. A slew of Office templates have also been added to the online mix, most of which you might find familiar from the desktop software that exists.

Meanwhile, the app switcher now entails PowerPoint, Excel, Word and OneNote, along with OneDrive and Outlook. It means you are now free from shifting from one application to another.

It’s not the first rebrand from Microsoft recently and it’s just six months after the same lost a court battle with UKs satellite broadcaster, BSkyB, over the use of its name SkyDrive. Microsoft also made an announcement that it’s making a change in OneDrive, which is the cloud-based storage device.

Microsoft meanwhile is looking to lure any previous defectors of Google Docs back on board or is attempting to simply make users aware about the online version and its omnipresence.

Microsoft believes that the new title with “online” will be successful and more accurate in reflecting what Web apps is and was released to fulfill actually.

The easy presence on Office.com is another offering that will prompt many more Microsoft users to stagger across the same and conveniently add the URL to their bookmarks.

So, the update details are over here, get back to work, as its time now for the submission of that presentation, you’ve been working on!

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