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• New Office Updates: OneNote app enhancements & Skype more places

  21 Mar 2013

  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...
• Office 2013 now transferable

  6 Mar 2013

  A couple weeks ago, I posted this blog to clarify the new Office 2013 licensing terms. Based on customer feedback we have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another. This means customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different...
• Office 2013 and Office 365 installations and transferability

  19 Feb 2013

  A few weeks ago, we announced the new Office for consumers, including the all new Office 365 Home Premium, Office 365 University for college and university students, and traditional Office suites: Office Home and Student 2013, Office Home and Business 2013 and Office Professional 2013. Since then we...
• “Techorating" tips to simplify your life with Office 365

  29 Jan 2013

  Today's guest contributor, Janna Robinson, is the host of DIY Network's Hollywood Hi-Tech and a renowned expert on lifestyle technology. Janna's mission is to educate and empower people about technology by making it approachable, fashionable and fun. I love all things high-tech and I appreciate a beautifully...
• The new Office is now available for business customers

  3 Dec 2012

  Business customers around the world can now purchase the on-premises versions of the new Office products--including Office 2013, Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, Project 2013 and Visio 2013--through Microsoft Volume Licensing. Broad availability of the new Office through...
• The new SharePoint bets big on social, mobile, cloud

  12 Nov 2012

  Today, in Las Vegas, we kicked off SharePoint Conference 2012 with more than ten thousand customers, partners and enthusiasts. Here's a snapshot of today's news. Leadership past, present and future Collaboration and social technologies are fundamentally changing the way people and teams work, and as...
• Elections, 30 Rock, Office 2013, Windows 8 launch, and Build…all in the first 90 days!

  6 Nov 2012

  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...
• OneNote and Lync Come to Windows Store

  26 Oct 2012

  With the launch of Windows today, we are introducing new versions of existing Office applications. The new OneNote and Lync apps are available today for free through the Windows Store. Both have been redesigned to take advantage of the Windows experience with immersive touch capabilities throughout....
• Office for Windows RT

  23 Oct 2012

  A few months ago, Morgan Stanley Research conducted an in-depth study * on the future of the tablet market. Among other things, it found that 61 percent of potential tablet purchasers consider Microsoft Office to be the single most important software feature when considering a tablet purchase. People...
• Office 365 University for Higher-Education Students

  19 Oct 2012

  Today, we're introducing a new offering for university and college students called Office 365 University. Available in the first quarter of 2013, Office 365 University will be offered online, at retail locations and at Microsoft Stores in 52 markets worldwide. Starting today, eligible students can buy...
• Office Reaches RTM!

  11 Oct 2012

  Today we reached an important milestone in the development of the new Office. Moments ago, the Office engineering team signed off on the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build. This milestone means the coding and testing phase of the project is complete and we are now focused on releasing the new Office...
• 10 Things You'll Never Have to Say Again

  10 Sep 2012

  Since downloading the new Office Customer Preview , you've likely updated your vocabulary to match the new things you're doing-sharing links instead of attachments, moving documents from USB drives into the cloud, and using a stylus that never runs out of ink. In honor of saying goodbye to, "I wish I...
• The new Office brand

  27 Jul 2012

  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 and 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...
• Welcome to the New Microsoft Office

  16 Jul 2012

  Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the customer preview of the new Microsoft Office, available at office.com/preview The next release brings the familiar Office applications to a range of devices, including the hottest new Windows 8 tablets. The new Office also has a fast and fluid design that...
• Welcome to Office News!

  13 Jul 2012

  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. Our new blog replaces the Microsoft Office News Bites blogs. You can still access previous news there, but new...