Updates:

Office Web Apps now available worldwide

Office Web Apps: Why they're the clearer connection

As noted in Brian’s post on the Windows Live blog:

Today is a real milestone for people who use Microsoft Office or Windows Live. Starting today, a select group of SkyDrive customers will be invited to try out a technical preview of the online versions of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, also known as the Office Web Apps, integrated right inside their Windows Live SkyDrive experience. Over time, as the final version is released, the Office Web Apps will become available to all 500 million+ users of Hotmail, Messenger and other Windows Live services.

Read more here: Office Web Apps on Windows Live.

If you’re one of the lucky ones that gets access, please check out the features and let us know what you think. As a reminder from my earlier post, we focused on four core scenarios:

  • Reading a presentation anywhere – either your own or one that was shared with you – with high-fidelity.
  • Giving a standard presentation anywhere and to anyone.
  • Sharing your presentation with others.
  • Making key edits to the presentation anywhere.

We’ll have blog posts talking about these features over the next few weeks. We look forward to your feedback.

Sean Lyndersay
Lead PM, PowerPoint Web App

PS. Here is the video from the Windows Live blog post: