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Microsoft Office 2013, Office 365 Home Premium available now; 365 for business coming later
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Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium
Jan. 29, 2013
New consumer cloud service works across devices to help busy people
simplify their lives and get more done.
NEW YORK - Jan. 29, 2013 - Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide
availability of Office 365 Home Premium, a reinvention of the
company's flagship Office product line for consumers. Office 365 Home
Premium is a cloud service designed for busy households and people
juggling ever-increasing work and family responsibilities. The new
offering includes the latest and most complete set of Office
applications; works across up to five devices, including Windows
tablets, PCs and Macs; and comes with extra SkyDrive storage and Skype
calling - all for US$99.99 for an annual subscription, the equivalent
of US$8.34 per month.
"Today's launch of Office 365 Home Premium marks the next big
step in Microsoft's transformation to a devices and services
business," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. "This is so
much more than just another release of Office. This is Office
reinvented as a consumer cloud service with all the full-featured
Office applications people know and love, together with impressive new
cloud and social benefits."
Microsoft also announced it will now deliver many new features and
services to the cloud first, transforming the company's traditional
three-year release cycle. Now, new features and services stream to
subscribers as soon as they are ready, keeping subscribers always up
to date while eliminating the hassles of upgrading.
"This is a major leap forward," said Kurt DelBene, president
of the Microsoft Office Division. "People's needs change rapidly,
and Office 365 Home Premium will change with them."
Simultaneously, Microsoft today released Office 365 University for
college or university students, faculty and staff at a price of just
US$79.99 for a four-year subscription - the equivalent of US$1.67 per
month. Globally, the company also released updated versions of the
traditional Office suite: Office Home and Student 2013, Office Home
and Business 2013 and Office Professional 2013. Office 365 for
businesses will be released globally with new capabilities on Feb.
27.
Time to Do the Things You Want
In a recent global survey,* nearly 60 percent of people said they
don't have the time to do the things they want to do, and more than 80
percent said they could save one or more hours a day if they were
better organized. Office 365 Home Premium is designed to help people
be more productive from virtually anywhere and find the flexibility to
do the things they want.
"Between kids and career, I'm never completely at home or
completely at work - and thanks to technology, that suits me just
fine," said Jen Singer, an author, blogger and mom of two teen
boys. "With Office 365 Home Premium, I can work around my kids'
schedules, so I can drive the soccer carpool, coordinate errands while
at a doctor's office and still hit my deadlines at work. And, with one
subscription for everyone in my family, it's an absolute steal."
To help people find more time to do the things they want, Microsoft is
introducing Time to 365 , a new crowd-sourced website where people can
find and share tips, tricks, ideas and inspiration from around the
world. Contributors include experts such as "techorating"
pro Janna Robinson (http://www.jannarobinson.com) and everyday working
parents who have found ways to simplify their lives. Tips on the site
include, for example, an idea for organizing your grocery list with
OneNote on your phone, a pointer on how to pick the right-sized TV for
your living room, and ways to use Office applications to help plan a
child's birthday party.
About Office 365 Home Premium
Office 365 Home Premium is available in 162 markets in 21 languages
and includes the following:
The latest and most complete set of Office applications: Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access
One license for the entire household to use Office on up to five
devices, including Windows tablets, PCs or Macs, and Office on Demand
available from any Internet-connected PC**
An additional 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, nearly three times
the amount available with a free SkyDrive account
60 free Skype world calling minutes per month to call mobile phones,
landlines or PCs around the world***
Future upgrades, so you always use the latest time-saving
technology
People can learn more about Office 365 Home Premium or try it free for
30 days
Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium
Jan. 29, 2013
New consumer cloud service works across devices to help busy people
simplify their lives and get more done.
NEW YORK - Jan. 29, 2013 - Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide
availability of Office 365 Home Premium, a reinvention of the
company's flagship Office product line for consumers. Office 365 Home
Premium is a cloud service designed for busy households and people
juggling ever-increasing work and family responsibilities. The new
offering includes the latest and most complete set of Office
applications; works across up to five devices, including Windows
tablets, PCs and Macs; and comes with extra SkyDrive storage and Skype
calling - all for US$99.99 for an annual subscription, the equivalent
of US$8.34 per month.
"Today's launch of Office 365 Home Premium marks the next big
step in Microsoft's transformation to a devices and services
business," said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. "This is so
much more than just another release of Office. This is Office
reinvented as a consumer cloud service with all the full-featured
Office applications people know and love, together with impressive new
cloud and social benefits."
Microsoft also announced it will now deliver many new features and
services to the cloud first, transforming the company's traditional
three-year release cycle. Now, new features and services stream to
subscribers as soon as they are ready, keeping subscribers always up
to date while eliminating the hassles of upgrading.
"This is a major leap forward," said Kurt DelBene, president
of the Microsoft Office Division. "People's needs change rapidly,
and Office 365 Home Premium will change with them."
Simultaneously, Microsoft today released Office 365 University for
college or university students, faculty and staff at a price of just
US$79.99 for a four-year subscription - the equivalent of US$1.67 per
month. Globally, the company also released updated versions of the
traditional Office suite: Office Home and Student 2013, Office Home
and Business 2013 and Office Professional 2013. Office 365 for
businesses will be released globally with new capabilities on Feb.
27.
Time to Do the Things You Want
In a recent global survey,* nearly 60 percent of people said they
don't have the time to do the things they want to do, and more than 80
percent said they could save one or more hours a day if they were
better organized. Office 365 Home Premium is designed to help people
be more productive from virtually anywhere and find the flexibility to
do the things they want.
"Between kids and career, I'm never completely at home or
completely at work - and thanks to technology, that suits me just
fine," said Jen Singer, an author, blogger and mom of two teen
boys. "With Office 365 Home Premium, I can work around my kids'
schedules, so I can drive the soccer carpool, coordinate errands while
at a doctor's office and still hit my deadlines at work. And, with one
subscription for everyone in my family, it's an absolute steal."
To help people find more time to do the things they want, Microsoft is
introducing Time to 365 , a new crowd-sourced website where people can
find and share tips, tricks, ideas and inspiration from around the
world. Contributors include experts such as "techorating"
pro Janna Robinson (http://www.jannarobinson.com) and everyday working
parents who have found ways to simplify their lives. Tips on the site
include, for example, an idea for organizing your grocery list with
OneNote on your phone, a pointer on how to pick the right-sized TV for
your living room, and ways to use Office applications to help plan a
child's birthday party.
About Office 365 Home Premium
Office 365 Home Premium is available in 162 markets in 21 languages
and includes the following:
The latest and most complete set of Office applications: Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access
One license for the entire household to use Office on up to five
devices, including Windows tablets, PCs or Macs, and Office on Demand
available from any Internet-connected PC**
An additional 20 GB of SkyDrive cloud storage, nearly three times
the amount available with a free SkyDrive account
60 free Skype world calling minutes per month to call mobile phones,
landlines or PCs around the world***
Future upgrades, so you always use the latest time-saving
technology
People can learn more about Office 365 Home Premium or try it free for
30 days
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