• 10 Things You'll Never Have to Say Again

    10 things you'll never have to say about officeSince downloading the new Office Customer Preview, you've likely updated your vocabulary to match the new things you're doing--moving documents from USB drives into the cloud or using a stylus that never runs out of ink. In honor of saying goodbye to, "I wish I could use content from this PDF," and hello to opening PDF files as familiar Word documents, we've put together a PowerPoint slideshow to celebrate just 10 of the things you'll never have to say with the new Office. There are dozens more solutions to discover, so dive into the Preview and tell @Office what features have changed your tune (hashtag #OfficePreview). If you haven't downloaded your modern Office yet, get it for free at office.com/preview.

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  • The new Office brand

    Last week, we unveiled the new Office. This is our most ambitious release to date. It is a touch-friendly, social release that is at its best on Windows 8 works wherever you do in the cloud. As part of this introduction, we also unveiled a new logo and new naming for this modern Office. Such a significant release deserved a fresh look. This post explains the story behind the new logo and the different ways you get the new Office.

     

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  • Welcome to Office News!

    Welcome to Office News-the new home for Microsoft Office announcements! Over the next several months, this is the place where we'll be sharing news related to the Microsoft Office Division.

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  • “Techorating" tips to simplify your life with Office 365

    Office 365 One Office Five DevicesGuest blogger Janna Robinson is the host of DIY Network's Hollywood Hi-Tech and a lifestyle technology expert with a mission to educate and empower people by making technology approachable, fashionable, and fun. As a bicoastal entrepreneur who is also planning a wedding, she uses Office 365 to simplify her life--staying connected and organized with a seamless blend of services, devices, and style. Read on to see how Janna does it and how you can too.

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  • The new SharePoint bets big on social, mobile, cloud

    Today, in Las Vegas, we kicked off SharePoint Conference 2012 with more than ten thousand customers, partners and enthusiasts. Here's a snapshot of news you won't want to miss.

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  • Kurt DelBene: The cloud and beyond

    Kurt DelBene photoRead Microsoft Office Division President Kurt DelBene's blog about the latest release of Microsoft Office 365 for businesses. "When we first set out to build this release of Office, we knew it would be the boldest yet. We wanted to create that 'over-the-shoulder envy' that makes your friend or the guy sitting next to you on the plane ask what you're using. In a recent survey, 96 percent of people who were asked said they'd recommend Office to a friend. With the new Office 365 services we know that customers will enjoy entirely new benefits and unique scenarios that only come alive in the cloud."

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  • Yammer and Office 365: Aligning for scale

    Last summer, Microsoft made a $1.2B investment in Yammer, recognizing enterprise social as key to how companies communicate and collaborate. Fast forward only eight months, and the momentum is tremendous. We've just finished our third quarter and Yammer sales grew 259% year-over year, Yammer gained 312 new customers, and March marked Yammer's best month to-date in terms of user engagement. We're excited about the value customers are seeing with Office 365 and Yammer together, and we believe this is just the beginning.

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  • New Office Updates: OneNote app enhancements & Skype more places
    Office 365 Home Premium debuted just a few weeks ago, and the first set of updates for the new Office has already arrived. First, a newly updated OneNote Windows Store app adds new inking features (for handwriting on a tablet or other touch screen), the ability to open notebooks on Office 365 for businesses and a few fixes as well. You can read more on the OneNote blog . Second, you can now call more places with Skype. As part of Office 365 Home Premium or Office 365 University, every primary subscriber...
  • This week’s inaugural Lync Conference: Highlighting the future of communications

    At this week's inaugural Lync Conference, Microsoft is celebrating a people-centric vision for the future of communications technology, including the announcement that Lync-Skype connectivity for presence, IM and voice will be available to all Lync users by June. We have been honored by the rate of Lync adoption and encourage you to check out the new customer references we have for Lync 2013, available as of today.

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  • Elections, 30 Rock, Office 2013, Windows 8 launch, and Build…all in the first 90 days!
    When I founded Perceptive Pixel (PPI), my vision was to make advanced user interfaces (such as multi-touch, styluses, and large displays) useful, particularly for the knowledge worker. That vision led to PPI being acquired by Microsoft earlier this year as I saw firsthand how much we shared the belief that making these technologies accessible and ubiquitous would dramatically impact productivity for users of just about any industry. I've now been a Microsoft employee for three months and I wanted...

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