The whole thing is a browser-based Office solution, which goes right in the throat of Google Apps.
In the first instance it is only inviting testers to try out the solution. How these are picked out is not known, but according to Microsoft it will be "thousands" that will have the chance to try out the beta version.The Beta test is called a "Technical preview.
Will be more open
If you have not received an invitation, you will not get it. The test round is closed, "due to high demand, as Microsoft writes.
Later this year, it will launch a beta test where all can participate.
You can write you up on this list to be notified when the round opens.
The applications included are Web App Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It is not to creative names in general. Until now they have been nameless.
Earlier than expected
- That they came with a beta-test now, is earlier than I expected, "said analyst Rob Helm of Directions on Microsoft to the U.S. Computer World.
He believes Google's latest offensive in the War Office has contributed to the Microsoft letter on the veil. Google has in fact launched a special version of its application package for use in the public sector in the United States. Moreover, it turns out that many now use Google's Office solution on the web, Google Apps.
- I do not expect to see some tests before the SharePoint Conference in late October, end Helm
