I am, in the meantime, certain we won’t ever see another standalone version of Office. I don’t know when Microsoft will finally switch over to a Chrome OS-style Windows, but I do know it’s coming. The next natural step from here is Windows as a service. And that’s what Microsoft thinks it has in Office 365. What you care about is delivering great services that will keep customers coming. Not only is that where its enterprise customers are now, but if you’re offering services instead of packages, you don’t care so much about having control of the bits. That’s one of the reasons why Microsoft has been embracing open-source software. Why? Because, looking ahead, Microsoft wants to cash in on services and not products. Heck, a Microsoft web developer told Mozilla’s developers on Twitter that they should throw in the towel on Firefox in favor of Chromium.
It wants you to use archrival Google’s Chrome instead. The upshot: Microsoft no longer cares if you’re using Microsoft bits on your computer. And what are modern browsers? They’re Chrome-based browsers.
And, even more amazing, Microsoft senior cybersecurity architect Chris Jackson actually blogged that Microsoft wants you to stop using IE and start using “modern” browsers instead. Second, Microsoft is cutting off support for Internet Explorer (IE) 10 years sooner than expected. It’s replacing Edge’s internals with Google’s open-source Chromium code. First, Microsoft gave up on developing its Edge web browser. You can see this in what might first look to you like two unrelated developments. And the money is in cloud-based services. Microsoft is continuing to move its business model to where the money is. In Microsoft’s last quarter, Microsoft reported that its Office revenue increased 11%, which was driven by Office 365 Commercial revenue growth of 34%. Back in 2015, I pointed out that Microsoft made only 10% of its revenue from Windows sales. Instead, it wants you to rent a service from it forever and a day. Microsoft doesn’t want to sell you bits on a floppy, CD, DVD or download anymore. What does Microsoft’s marketing push against itself mean? It means that it is moving from being a product company to being a service company.
In the software industry, a 16-year drought for killer apps was once inconceivable. What exactly can you add to an office suite these days, anyway? As far as I’m concerned, the last worthwhile “new capabilities” came with Office 2003. Finally, you can also share notebooks to improve the levels of interaction between members of a project.I’m sure the line of users wanting to sign up for those “new capabilities” is already forming. It even allows you to insert videos online, and play them without leaving the document. It also offers the possibility of editing photos and graphics files from apps in the Windows suite. It’s main features include integration with the OneDrive service (similar to Google Drive), which allows you to store and share documents online so that other users can collaborate remotely. If you enter your School or University email address here you will be able to sign up to Microsoft 365 Education for free.
It is compatible with Windows 7 and the latest editions. It consists of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Microsoft Teams - everything that you will need for presentations and writing assignments.
Microsoft Office Home and Student is a special version of Office for PC aimed primarily at an educational environment. Complete all of your schoolwork with this software easily.
Posts 3179 Registration date Monday NovemStatus Administrator Last seen October 7, 2021 Microsoft Office 2019 Home Student for Mac Enjoy the Microsoft applications that you are used to and love with one easy download. With the inclusion of Microsoft Teams, the latest version of Microsoft 365 is a must have for all of your education needs! David Webb