Office Newswire: Office is now the Netflix of productivity suites
Posted on Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 at 6:04 am by Ty Anderson.
Office as a Service (OaaS) has officially arrived. It was inevitable really. In fact, just last year I updated the “List of Things that 100% Certain in Life” to include item #3: monthly software fees. I was just trying to be silly but it looks like I was more right than I was wrong.
The news of the day is Microsoft’s pricing and subscription plans for Office 2013 and Office 365. A big surprise is MSFT’s plans to entice every household to purchase their very own site license.
How do you pronounce OaaS anyway?
Office news & editorials!
- Microsoft Office as the Netflix of productivity suites :: Great title. I love good copywriting. This headline just pulls you in… or at least it pulled me in. The article is light on details (it just includes the main points) so go ahead and skip it in favor of the next few.
- The new Office 365 subscriptions for consumers and small businesses :: One subscription for the whole family? Is this a move to get the younger generations hooked on Office? Not a bad idea if it is.
- What you gain and lose with Office 2013 subscriptions :: The venerable Ed Bott has the pros and the cons of the subscription plans. The gist is… if you stick with traditional “boxed” versions of Office, it will cost you more.
- Another Microsoft Developer Division leader moves to Windows Azure :: Just when I finally was used to him being him… Jason Zander makes a move to Azure. Nothing stays the same in this world… except my morning oatmeal. That’s not changing.
- Microsoft’s mixed messaging on SharePoint 2013 :: Bjorn Furuknap is fast becoming one of my favorite bloggers. He could write about the migratory paths of snails and I’d probably enjoy it. The reason? He has strong opinions. I like people with opinions… even if I don’t agree with them. In this blog post, Mr. Furuknap “lays it all out there” regarding the mixed signals MSFT is sending us regarding customizing SharePoint 2013. Should we or shouldn’t we?
Office tips & tricks & tools
- Microsoft talks about online Word 2013 presentations :: As someone that writes a lot of Word documents and reviews them with clients… I like this idea/feature. No word yet regarding paragraph animations and page transitions. One can hope.
- Outlook Blog – Designing for Tablets & Small Screens :: Outlook has a lot of touch features. This article describes them and provides some insight into the teams decisions.
- SharePoint 2013 on iPad & iPhone :: How does SharePoint 2013 look on an iPad or iPhone? Is the mobile version actually usable? Will MSFT provide a native app?
Office Developer Items of Note
- SharePoint apps: working with the web, and why you should :: This is part 3 in a series covering SharePoint apps. It is technical and highly detailed… meaning, it’s a great stuff.
- Introducing Developing Apps for Office and SharePoint, Part 1: Overview :: [Part 2] :: [Part 3] :: Some good videos from Channel that include our Office team developer friends. People like Brian Jones, Donovan Follette, Rolando Jimenez, and many others I do not know.
- Exploring an App for SharePoint 2013 Visual Studio 2012 project – SharePoint hosted apps :: A detailed break down of the project structure of an App for SharePoint.
- SharePoint JavaScript Object Model Intellisense issue in app for SharePoint 2013 VS template :: If the JavaScript Intellisense isn’t working for you, try this work around.