Microsoft and Dropbox deal was announced on Tuesday their official partnership to integrate both companies' services on phones, tablets and the Web that will bring 'more freedom' to people's work.
The Microsoft Dropbox deal, two industry-leading companies are working together to let people work more efficiently. It is a "strategic partnership" that will combine Microsoft products and Dropbox services to get the work done.
Dropbox Inc. is a free service that let its users access photos, documents, videos and make it readily available for sharing anywhere. It was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. The file-sharing service was a hit and rapidly grew its popularity which has grown to 300 million users. Today, Dropbox is home to over 35 billion Office documents.
Microsoft Corp. has long been very vocal on its admiration for the success of Dropbox startup. It is despite the fact that Microsoft has its own service of its kind called SkyDrive. Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO commented on Dropbox's growing success in a Jan. 2013 interview with "Bloomberg". "I'm not beating on Dropbox. They're a fine little startup and that's great," Ballmer said.
The Microsoft and Dropbox deal will allow people directly access Dropbox from Office apps and also edit Office files from Dropbox app.
"Together, Microsoft and Dropbox will provide our shared customers with flexible tools that put them at the center for the way they live and work today," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
The new Microsoft Dropbox deal features easy access of Dropbox from Office apps to get files and folders faster, edit Office files directly from Dropbox and synching them across different devices and share new or edited files from the Office apps with user-friendly Dropbox sharing functionality.
The Microsoft Dropbox deal will first be available from Dropbox and Office apps on tablets and phones and will soon be accessible on the Web.
