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Office 365 is going to expand: BlackBerry, Dynamics, Project, Visio
July 19, 2011 | Author: Adam Levine
For now the SaaS suite Microsoft Office 365 includes e-mail server Exchange Online, portal Sharepoint Online, document editors Office Web Apps and communication server Lync Online. But Microsoft has plans to expand this suite and make it the one-stop-service for small and medium business. The BlackBerry Office 365 module has been already announced. It will provide Blackberry users the push-access to Office 365 data. Also, we have previously reported about the plans to add MS Dynamics CRM Online and the future MS Dynamics ERP to Office 365. And according to the latest (insider) information in late 2012 or early 2013 the suite will be expanded by the online version of project management solution MS Project and the diagram editor MS Visio.
The server part MS Project Server has been already provided as an online service by some Microsoft partners for some time. However, the lack of the online client app for this solution is surprising, given the huge number of other online project management systems.
The same with Visio. The latest version of Sharepoint allows to view Visio docs in browser, but they can't be edited. At the same time, there are a lot of online Visio clones in the market. First of all it's Gliffy. And Google Docs has already added the diagram editor Google Drawings.
See also: Top 10 Office suites
