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Strange choice of hero photo to promote a chat-based virtual workspace: a team of people sitting around a table, thus having no need for the product.
As a Microsoft marketing person this really made me laugh :-)
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I think the broader point is that in any industry that's heavily regulated enough that built-in regulatory compliance is a selling point, is it really worth the hassle of taking on that potential liability yourself when it can be outsourced for <$100/year/user?
I have not read the terms and conditions for Microsoft's Office online services, however, I would not expect that Microsoft explicitly assumes much liability for regulatory compliance on behalf of customers under them. I tend to doubt that Microsoft would be a first choice target for litigation by a reasonably prudent lawyer or regulatory body these days. Anyway, there are organizational cultures where free is almost…
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Microsoft Office doesn't have a moat but they had better product and engineers than the competition and turned that into phenomenally successful business. I think you are overly discounting the advantage for Slack having done this for 4 years already.
>>Microsoft Office doesn't have a moat You are joking, right? Or do you actually believe that pretty much anyone can trivially develop similar tools that have feature-parity?
Then think about all the good work that was done over the last 20 years, and how that really solid base turned into the best mobile office solution.
Office has an extremely deep moat and their continued O365 efforts are deepening it.
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>>Microsoft Office doesn't have a moat You are joking, right? Or do you actually believe that pretty much anyone can trivially develop similar tools that have feature-parity?
Load up Office '97 on a computer today and compare it to Google docs - even 20 years ago Office was more fully featured than their most viable competitor is today (real time collaboration excluded). Then think about all the good work that was done over the last 20 years, and how that really solid base turned into the best mobile office solution. Office has an extremely deep moat and their continued O365 efforts are d…
Haven't tested Teams yet, but very shrewd move by Microsoft. They lead in the productivity suite with Office/Skype/Sharepoint etc in enterprises and a slack competitor which tightly integrates all their services is a wonderful addition. As someone mentioned on this thread, they could have picked a better name "Let me microsoft team it to you" sounds weird.
The requirement to have an Office 365 account will not allow it to grow. I understand Microsoft wants people to pay for Office 365 and then for more and more services, but they need to have a free tier so that influencers can try out their solutions, and then the money will come on its own! So, the "new" Microsoft is not really "new" in its marketing strategy. I was unpleasantly surprised that as a developer I cannot…
Tough life.
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For now it is. If service income is to replace on premise licenses the price will have to go up.
Disagree. People had fairly long upgrade cycles on desktop office before office365. A subscription provides more reliable income.
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I have not read the terms and conditions for Microsoft's Office online services, however, I would not expect that Microsoft explicitly assumes much liability for regulatory compliance on behalf of customers under them. I tend to doubt that Microsoft would be a first choice target for litigation by a reasonably prudent lawyer or regulatory body these days. Anyway, there are organizational cultures where free is almost…
If a hosted service is HIPAA compliant, by definition, that means the host is willing to execute a Business Associate Agreement and is directly responsible for various compliance requirements.
Responsibility is orthogonal to indemnification regarding claims of liability.