Trending News|November 05, 2014 02:07 EST
Microsoft Teams Up With Dropbox: Integrates Service into Microsoft Office, New One Drive Feature
Reports have confirmed that Microsoft has partnered with Dropbox to integrate Microsoft Office with a cloud storage platform. Also, users can expect to find a new One Drive feature when using the service.
"From our perspective, it is about users' choice," said Kirk Koenigsbauer, Chief Vice President of Microsoft Office Engineering.
Koenigsbauer also said that even though Microsoft has One Drive service, which works incredibly well for users, there are still people who use Dropbox and they want to provide the choice and flexibility, according to Fortune.
The integration between Microsoft Office and Dropbox will roll out on mobile devices with Internet access.
The partnership will allow users to edit and share files and folders across different devices and software. It will also allow users to get to their files faster.
The integration will launch new versions of Office for iOS and Android in the next few weeks.
The next updates for the Microsoft's Office applications for iOS and Android will be in the early 2015, Forbes reported.
The applications will be made available by Dropbox on Windows Phone and Windows tablet platforms as well.
Dropbox is a popular cloud storage service that works as a locker for things like documents to music to videos. The cloud storage service provider gains benefits from the deal since it will bring them credibility in the enterprise, The Guardian reported.
Ilya Fushman, head of product, business and mobile at Dropbox said, that Dropbox has 300 million users and 70% are international and a ton of them use Dropbox to get their work done.
Amanda Lefebvre, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, also said that Dropbox has been one of the top customer requirements, so, they want to work where customers are working and the partnership is a win for Dropbox and Office users, according to The Guardian.
Lefebvre also added that Microsoft's One Drive service is a continued investment, The Guardian reported.