Many expect Microsoft to make an Office 365 subscription a requirement to unlock more than the most basic functionality, similar to the way Office on iPad works. The rumored target delivery date is before the end of this year, according to my sources.
UPDATE MICROSOFT OUTLOOK FOR MAC 2017 ANDROID
Simultaneously, Microsoft is working on touch-first/Windows Store versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote (version 2) and possibly Outlook - the app suite some call "Gemini." The new target date for that set of apps also is spring 2015, my sources say.Īndroid tablets: Microsoft is building a suite of core Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to run on Android tablets. Windows: Sources claim Microsoft is now targeting the spring of 2015 to deliver an updated version of most of its traditional Office desktop apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Lync and so on). In the spirit of trying to outline key updates and fill in some of the missing likely pieces, here's what's in the pipeline: The Office team has taken some recent uncharacteristic steps toward greater transparency by publishing a roadmap about some - but not all - plans for the Office platform. Office 365, which includes the cloud-hosted versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Lync, is updated nearly monthly.
On the server side, the priority is clearly the cloud.
Recently, the Office client-side team's priorities have changed from protecting the Windows franchise, to addressing the most popular mobile platforms first. The Microsoft Office team is the poster child of One Microsoft as much, if not more, than any other Microsoft business these days.
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