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NEW DELHI: Microsoft took its time but it has finally accepted that iPad and iPhone are popular devices. On Thursday it announced a change in how it offers its services and said that MS Office is now available to iPad users. In his first major press conference as CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella said that Microsoft will work to serve "users and organisations across devices" and not just those who use a computer or tablet powered by Windows. As the first example of Microsoft's new direction, Nadella then announced that the company is bringing MS Office, a popular productivity suite, to iPad.

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The Office suite includes separate apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and will be available on the App Store starting 11:30pm IST. The three Office apps will be free to download and will allow reading and presenting without the need to subscribe to Office 365. A subscription will also enable editing features. The Office apps feature an interface similar to the Windows and Mac versions but have been optimised for a touchscreen. Unlike the Office for iPhone app that allows basic editing, the Office for iPad apps offer

advanced features including full file compatibility with desktop versions, support for re-flowing, and formatting. Nadella said the vision with MS Office 365 was to make sure that a billion users could access it from any device and not only from a Windows device.

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"We're bringing Office, the gold standard in getting things done, to the iPad. A billion T e people ch Ne rely ws on Office every day, and we've worked diligently to create a version of Word, Excel and Satya PowerPoint that delivers the best productivity experience available on the iPad. It'sCEO built from the Nadella brings Microsoft closer to ground up for touch, is unmistakably Office in its design, and is optimized for iPad," he wrote Read more in FEATURED TODAY IN TECH an official blog post, that appeared on the Microsoft website after the press conference ended in Facebook to use drones to beam San Francisco.

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Microsoft has been criticized for not bringing Office, which is arguably the most popular software made by the company, to iPad. In its absence, apps like Kingsoft, Zoho and Apple's iWork apps (Pages, Numbers and Keynote) have thrived on mobile platforms. In fact, Apple now offers its iWork Office apps free with new iOS devices. This also means that Office for iPad will face competition from these apps.

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Unlike on the computers, where users have not been exposed to other productivity suites, iPad CEO Satya Nadella brings Microsoft closer to Apple and Android tablet users have learned to live with other apps. This will pose problems for http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Satya-Nadellas-first-big-move-as-Microsoft-CEO-is-Office-for-iPad/articleshow/32802907.cms 1/7

3/28/2014 Satya Nadella's first big move as Microsoft CEO is Office for iPad - The Times of India CEO Satya Nadella brings Microsoft closer to Apple and Android tablet users have learned to live with other apps. This will pose problems for Microsoft because many users may not like to pay the hefty fee for Office 365 when they can get Microsoft woos IT professionals with new tools to a basic productivity app for free or for less than $5. manage mobiles, tablets

Recently, Microsoft had also announced a new cheaper Office 365 subscription service option, Office 365 Personal. Priced at $6.99 a month, the Office 365 Personal subscription service provides access to the Office 2013 applications and is valid for just one computer and one tablet. . The $9.99-per-month Office 365 Home Premium subscription allows users to use the service across up to five PCs/Macs and five mobile devices.

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In India, Office 365 subscription for Home Premium version costs Rs 420 per month or Rs 4,199 per year. It is also worth pointing out that Microsoft still doesn't offer touch optimized, Modern UI version of Office for Windows tablets. The company had introduced Office 365 apps for iPhone and Android phones, last year but the apps lacked full functionality and were only available to Office 365 subscribers. At the press conference, which was livestreamed on the web, Nadella said that Microsoft will focus on three segments - end users, developers and IT professional. While Office on iPad is targeted at end users, for developers and IT professionals Microsoft unveiled two other tools. Microsoft showed a service that will allow companies to install and manage a number of organization-specific apps on an Android device. It also demoed Azure Active Directory that will help IT professionals manage user profiles in an organization across devices. Nadella reiterated that mobile and cloud computing will be the focus of Microsoft in future. "The cloud is enabling a world where you can walk up to any supported device, sign in, collaborate, communicate and share your creations with the world. Doesn't matter what you make, where you make it or what device you use. The cloud is there to help," he wrote in the blog post. "That's where we're headed together. Into a world where the devices you love work with the services you love in a way that IT and developers love."
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satyam raj (pune ) 21 mins ago

Realy great move of MS for ipad............. Touch featurs like touch world

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jai hind (Unknow n) 27 Follow ers 24 mins ago Gold: 6.2K

its now show Indian thought

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Subbu DVS (Hyderabad) 150 Follow ers 28 mins ago Platinum : 33.3K

Good..

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Good decision.

Mangesh Yadav (Vadodara) 31 Follow ers 52 mins ago Gold: 14.3K

He should make open atleast some of his services which are famous among users, by this he will be in market limelight and by sideways he is getting his revenue

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Easw ar Venkatram an (Mumbai) 151 Follow ers 53 mins ago Platinum : 33.9K

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Wise decision by the new CEO. Hope the good times for MS starts now.

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Shailendra (Thane,Maharashtra ) 54 mins ago

It will be a great support to the upcoming apps.

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kapil B (Unknow n) 171 Follow ers 57 mins ago Platinum : 33.1K

Bait & switch .. As usual crapy product from a crapy CEO for a crapy company ... .................

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Nitika Bella (Unknow n) 57 Follow ers 1 hr ago Gold: 5.9K

gr8 .... this is surely something :)

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Max (USA ) 1 hr ago

Bait & switch .. As usual crapy product from a crapy CEO for a crapy company ...

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ppk2586 () 6 Follow ers 1 hr ago Silver: 3.5K

Now he is doing the talk! Great move!

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Its a great decesion by MS and Nadella as they being present everywhere and presnt in almost all devices helps them to grow with them.

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Ishan Agarw al (Pilani , India) 23 Follow ers 1 hr ago Bronze: 148 Agree (0) Disagree (0) Recommend (0) Offensive

gr8 .... this is surely something :)

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yes it is a very good decision !

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Mera () 1 hr ago :

Satya Nadella's first big move as Microsoft CEO is Office for iPad - The Times of India

Microsoft took its time but it has finally accepted that iPad and iPhone are popular devices.Finaly a positive hit by MS

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Nikunj Sharm a (Delhi, India) 12 Follow ers 1 hr ago Silver: 1.3K

its a great move

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Sidharth Sankar (bbsr) 8 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Silver: 3.2K

good move by Microsoft.

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Sandeep Das (Gurgaon) 63 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Gold: 10.0K

Yes, iPad and iPhone are globally and widely accepted to be very popular device. Whether Microsoft would have accepted this or not, it really doesn't matter. however, good to know they have taken a practical decision post the change in leadership change at the very top level.

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Manish () 111 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Gold: 12.7K

Excellent move by Stay Nadella. Though they give free download as usual they will find a way to make you pay. These CEO's are not only Technical they are Commercial too. Rajan Libya

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alok (Bangalore ) 2 hrs ago

I think excellent move by priding CEO

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lalit raj (NOIDA) 43 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Gold: 5.2K

Satya Nadella's first big move as Microsoft CEO is Office for iPad

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raw oolrakesh () 2 hrs ago :

Finally Microsoft made a move ...... to presents its product for rival Company

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Dilesh Tare (mumbai) 11 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Silver: 2.3K Agree (0) Disagree (0)

Good move by microsoft.

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Yo (Location) 106 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Platinum : 33.7K

Interesting move by Nadella.. more practical and grounded decision..

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SivaShankar Devarasetty (SRIKAKULAM) 46 Follow ers 2 hrs ago Gold: 20.5K

YES IPAD AND IPHONE ARE POPULAR DEVICES

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