What's New in Business Applications and Services

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration and content management. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s technology... more

Major developments for Microsoft’s business applications roadmap since the Sept. 2014 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

Multitouch Office applications for Windows 10 were demonstrated in Nov. 2014 and will probably appear in the third quarter of 2015 with a new version of the Office desktop suite (called Office 16 in this report).
A new version of Outlook for Mac became available to some Office 365 customers in Oct. 2014; a new version of the Office suite for Mac is planned for 2015.
Preview Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for Google Android tablets were announced in Nov. 2014.
Office, SharePoint, Project, and Visio 2010 versions require SP2 for support after Oct. 14, 2014.
Lync is being renamed to Skype for Business, and the next major release (previously planned for 2014) is now expected in the first half of 2015.
Lync client updates continued through the quarter with new meeting management features and support for Android tablets.
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