Microsoft partners with DocuSign to add eSignature to Office 365

Business users of Office 365 will soon be able to download and use some new apps that should make the signing and storing of online documents easier. Today, Microsoft’s announced a new partnership with DocuSign that will offer Office 365 users a way to download the company’s eSignature apps from the Office Store. Microsoft’s press …

Report: Microsoft Office for iPad may be released before Windows touchscreen counterpart

According to reports, a new, touchscreen iteration of Microsoft’s flagship Office productivity software may be hitting the iPad before it’s touchscreen counterpart is released for Windows.  The Office for iPad software, which is apparently codenamed ‘Miramar’, was first hinted at by Steve Ballmer last year – and a report by ZDNet seems to corroborate that. …

Microsoft adds multi-factor authentication to Office 365 business plans

Microsoft continues to add multi-factor authentication support to its software products and services. Today, the company announced that it has added this much requested feature to business and academic users of Office 365. In a post on the Office blog, Microsoft states: Multi-factor authentication increases the security of user logins for cloud services above and beyond just …

Microsoft makes Power BI generally available for all Office 365 users

  Microsoft first announced its plans to launch Power BI for Office 365 and Excel users in April 2013. Today, the company revealed that Power BI is now generally available for all Office 365 users, after launching as a preview version in the summer of 2013. Power BI has been designed to give Excel users a  new and …

Microsoft announces general availability of Access apps in Office 365

Microsoft today announcedAccess apps in Office 365 are generally available for Office 365 Small Business, Midsize, Enterprise, and Education customers. Although Office 365 general availability was announced in February 2013, Access apps were in preview and weren’t supported under the Office 365 service-level agreement (SLA) and compliance standards. Now they’re officially out for everyone, except Office 365 …

Microsoft Pricing for office professional pushes users online with Office 365

As expected, Microsoft is pricing its next-generation Office 2013 line-up in a way to try to convince users to pay an annual subscription fee — with multiple-device-installation rights as a carrot — instead of buying the Office 2013 software outright. Microsoft is believed to be ready to launch its next-generation Office product within the next …