07 Nov Microsoft and Dropbox announce office product integration
How the partnership could benefit your business
News has emerged that Microsoft and Dropbox have set up a strategic partnership that will see Microsoft Office and Dropbox’s cloud storage service integrate more seamlessly.
The new integrated service will, according to Microsoft, will be available on Office apps for iOS and Android devices during the next few weeks. Both companies predict that the integrated functionality will be available on Office Online web apps sometime during the first half of 2015.
The teaming up of these two industry-leading corporations to integrate their services for Microsoft Office and Dropbox cloud storage solution collaboration on mobile phones, tablets and the internet, certainly sounds favourable, but exactly how will the partnership benefit your business?
Helping workers work more effectively
It’s no secret that millions of people in numerous trades and industries around the world, use Office and Dropbox to manage, access and share files from any location and any time. In fact, more than 1.2 billion people now use Microsoft Office for work-related tasks. What’s more, Dropbox is the chosen location for over 35 billion Office files.
Remote working hasn’t grown phenomenally in recent years without reason. From increasing flexibility to reducing company costs, motivating staff and spurring worker retention, the advantages of remote working are multiple, to employers, employees and the self-employed.
Cloud storage solutions like Dropbox has made it easier to employers, employees and clients to collaborate effortlessly without geographical limits.
The Microsoft Office and Dropbox partnership will augment the collaboration further, which will inevitably help people work even more effectively, whether it’s in the office or remotely.
With the Office and Dropbox partnership users will be able to:
. Access Dropbox from Office apps in order to access folders and files quicker
. Using Dropbox sharing users can share edited or new files from the Office apps
. Users can edit Office files directly from Dropbox and sync them to multiple devices
From a business perspective, the alliance will augment productivity by enabling seamless collaboration of spreadsheets, documents and presentations.
Speaking of the empowering nature of these two vital modern working tools, Drew Houston, CEO and co-founder of Dropbox said:
“People around the world have embraced Office and Dropbox to empower the way they love and work today.”
“Our partnership with Microsoft will make it easier than ever to collaborate seamlessly across these platforms, giving people the freedom to get more done.”
The integration will be part of the updates to the Office apps for IOS and Android coming in the forthcoming weeks. In the coming months, Dropbox will also make its app available to Windows Phone and Windows tablet platforms.
In the first half of 2015 the internet integrations between Office Online and the Dropbox website will take place.
As Microsoft and Dropbox, former competitors in the enterprise file sharing and synchronisation business join forces, organisations around the world will be able to enjoy more seamless office product implementation. A feat that has got to be good for business.
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