Microsoft Office Pressroom: Top Stories


The new Office 365 Commercial Availability

March 08, 2013

InformationWeek

“Office 365 has continued to gain fans, and based on the experiences of Advocate Health Care CIO Rance Clouser, it’s easy to see why.”

Feb. 28, 2013

Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica

“[Office 365] blends perfectly with Microsoft’s desktop Office tools and even comes with Office 2013 Pro Plus licenses in its $20-a-month “Plan E3” form.”

Feb. 27, 2013

Juan Carlos Perez/IDG News Services

“Office 365 has been adopted by one in five of Microsoft’s enterprise customers, and small and medium business customers have grown 150 percent in the past year.”

Jan. 29, 2013

InfoWorld

“Microsoft has clearly worked hard to make Office 365 an easier way to run a full network for small and medium-sized businesses. The new edition is easier to set up, easier to administer, easier to use, and more flexible.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Windows IT Pro

“Office 365 Small Business Premium, like the consumer-oriented Office 365 Home Premium, represents a particularly good deal.”

Jan. 27, 2013

The Next Web

“If you liked what the Office 365 Home Premium product looked like, but wanted the enterprise version of it, it now exists.”

Feb. 25, 2013

IDG News Services

“The IFRC’s decision to make Office 365 available to its in-country organizations is part of its effort to help those of them which have fallen behind in technology — estimated at more than a third of all National Societies.”

Feb. 27, 2013

TechCrunch

“Microsoft now offers the Office 365 ProPlus package, which offers business users the full versions of the standard Office apps as a service for up to five devices at $144 per user per year (including a set of management tools for IT departments).”

Feb. 27, 2013

eWeek

“Brushing off the threat from SaaS-based rivals, Microsoft debuts new editions of its cloud-enabled productivity software aimed at bringing enterprises and SMBs alike into the Office 365 fold.”

Feb. 27, 2013

Redmond Channel Partner

“In the fight for cloud share, Microsoft is finally unlimbering one of its best weapons: a uniquely huge channel with unrivaled SMB reach.”

Feb. 27, 2013

SharePoint Pro Magazine

“Office 365 delivers some extraordinary new capabilities and functionality for businesses and business users.”


General Availability of the new Office

Feb. 15, 2013

PC Magazine

“Outlook remains the business email, calendar, and contact software of choice.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Computerworld

“I’ve put the just-released Office 365 Home Premium through its paces, and it’s very clearly a winner. Here are six reasons to love it.”

Jan. 29, 2013

PCWorld

“Word 2013 boasts new and improved features across the board, spanning document creation to reading, editing, and collaboration. What’s even better is that Microsoft has made these advanced features easier for everyone to use.”

Jan. 29, 2013

NBC News

“You can snag a free one-month trial of Office 365 through Office.com and we suggest taking advantage of this deal. Odds are that you’ll find it feeling comfortable and familiar — and a little lighter on the checkbook as well.”

Jan. 29, 2013

MommaSaid

“Office 365 make it possible for me to work the way I often do — in chunks of time, in my home office, on the couch and on the go. Plus, it’s a subscription service that can be loaded on up to five machines (see above: Mom’s gadgets, plus my kids’ laptops.) for $99.99 per year or $8.34 per month, about what we pay to watch reruns of ‘The Office ‘ and ‘The Twilight Zone’ on Netflix.”

Jan. 29, 2013

WindowsITPro

“So what makes Office 2013 different from the preceding versions of Office? A lot! Let’s look at the top 10 new features in Office 2013.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Wall Street Journal

“Office 365 feels grown up and ready for the fast pace of the Web. It’s custom-made for people who use many devices, including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. If potential users can wrap their brains around its new subscription system, Microsoft has a winning program on its hands.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Good Housekeeping

“Considering that the Office 365 Home Premium subscription is $99.99 annually for up to 5 devices at a time (you can change devices when you want), it seems like the better value to me!”

Jan. 29, 2013

The Verge

“A new on-demand version of Office 2013 is available in Office 365 and it’s nothing short of stunning.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Hack College

“For college students, this is particularly exciting because the University offer is finally available alongside this latest release. Back in October, we told you about the service and its one-time low price of $79.99 for four years of Office use.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Engadget

“What can we say? Office 2013 is a top-notch product: fast, intuitive and feature-rich.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Paul Thurott’s Supersite for Windows

“Today, the product is available for trial and purchase in final form, and I can report that Office 365 Home Premium represents an amazing value, especially for families, thanks to Microsoft’s newly friendly licensing terms.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Gizmodo

“Office is friendlier and more economical than at any point in its history. Your dorm room or cubicle will be happier.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Cool Hunting

“With the official release Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 University Microsoft is making a big statement about how users use software and share data in the cloud, and taking advantage of the new Windows 8 platform in the process… All signs point to a more progressive workflow.”

Jan. 30, 2013

TIME

“Office 365 delivers impressive bang for the buck.”

Jan. 29, 2013

CNET

“In my review of the software, I found that the refined interface, new features, and familiar apps are worth the yearly investment.”

Jan. 29, 2013

CNET

“Familiar tools coupled with new features and a simplified and redesigned interface make Office 2013 well worth the paid upgrade.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Computerworld

“…this is the sweetest Microsoft Office suite yet.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Bloomberg BusinessWeek

“The applications—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and others—have a much cleaner design and can save files directly to SkyDrive, Microsoft’s online storage service. Users can run Office as an app and share these files across PCs, Macs, Windows tablets, and Windows phones, and can tap into an online-only version of Office on just about any device.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Associated Press

“Microsoft is aiming its redesigned Office software at the growing number of people who expect their favorite applications to be at their fingertips, wherever there’s an Internet connection.”

Jan. 29, 2013

Bloomberg BusinessWeek

“Cory Johnson takes us inside the Microsoft Office command center, where engineering are working to remake Microsoft Home Office…”

Jan. 29, 2013

Bloomberg BusinessWeek

“In an interview on Jan. 29, Ballmer talked about the release of Office 2013 and where Microsoft is heading when it comes to making people more productive.”

Jan. 29, 2013

CNET

“Kurt DelBene, the president of Microsoft Office Division, …spoke with CNET prior to today’s launch.”

Customer Preview of the new Office

July 17, 2012

Network World

“Everyone from students to CEOs will be able to access their files from their desktops, tablets, and phones with nary a thought. For this feature alone, I can see IT departments embracing Windows 8 and Office 2013/365.”

July 16, 2012

Computerworld

“I’ve put Office 2013 through its paces, and can report that it’s the best Office yet. Here’s five reasons you’ll want it.”

July 16, 2012

WIRED

“Microsoft Office is clearly getting one of the most significant facelifts in Office 2013 and Office 365. All of the applications look a lot cleaner than before and are more intuitive to use.”

July 16, 2012

Ars Technica

“Microsoft has tightly bound cloud, Internet services, and social networking to the Office platform.”

July 17, 2012

The Wall Street Journal

“In this new version of Office, Microsoft has addressed many issues of importance to CIOs. The company spent a great deal of time listening to business beta testers and made many changes, both large and small, that improve the user experience.”

July 16, 2012

CNET

“But the new design, more than a passel of new capability, may be the key to building a bond with customers. That’s why Microsoft took an entirely new approach to developing the new Office.”

July 16, 2012

PCMag

“I like what I see in the new Office, and if we’ve learned anything about the consumerization of IT, it’s actually really important for employees to like their software.”

July 16, 2012

Ars Technica

“[The new Office] adds some interface features that work equally well with mouse and touch, such as placing embedded objects within a document. It also introduces a whole new set of collaboration features, while improving the ones that were already present in Word 2011.”

July 16, 2012

Mashable

“After a few days of working in the in the new environment, it started to feel like home — so much so that going back to the current version of Office felt like I had pulled out a PC from a decade ago.”

July 16, 2012

Gizmodo

“The new Office is the best Office. …Without warning, the company is making beautiful, modern software, radically different from anything it’s done before.”

July 16, 2012

Forbes

“This is no ordinary upgrade: with ‘Office 15,’ as the software is know internally, Microsoft is effectively changing the way it has positioned the product from stand-alone application software to be cloud-aware and Web-centric.”