New Delhi, Sept. 25, 2015: Microsoft has launched the next iteration of its office suite -- Office 2016 -- in India, simultaneously with the global announcement on Wednesday.
It will be available as a stand alone product in the 'old'way -- in various editions priced from Rs 5999 for a one-time purchase for home and student to Rs 33,911, for the top-of-the-line professional/business flavour. But interestingly this is not being pushed so much as Microsoft's recent cloud-based subscription model -- Office 365, for which the latest Office would be just another update, indeed they are calling them Office 2016 apps! For one PC plus one tablet this comes to Rs 3299 for a year.
Says Karan Bajwa, Managing Director, Microsoft India: “We live in a world where infinite devices and data are vying for our finite time and attention. Today, with the launch of Office 2016weendeavor to provide our users with a connected set of apps and services designed for modern working and collaboration which they can access easily and across devices.”
The Office 2016 apps to give it the name favoured by Microsoft, is made for running with Windows 10, the new Microsoft OS that is just coming into use as free upgrades for most legacy users of Windows 7 and 8. New addition Windows Hello logs you into Windows 10 and Office 365 in one step, integrating OS and app even more tightly.
One of the new Office apps is Sway which allows users to combine text and media to create a presentable website.
Other promised Office 2016 features include :
Satya Nadella's blog on the launch
More information is available here
IndiaTechOnline will share its take on the new Office, once we have had a chance to try it out.