Major Updates, New Markets for Office 365

It’s a great day for Office 365 customers! Today, Microsoft announced new capabilities and trial availability for customers in 22 additional markets around the world.  For a list of countries where Office 365 is newly available see Office 365 adds 22 Additional Markets, New Features and Continues Record Growth Rate.

New and existing Office 365 customers are in good company. According to Interbrand, over 40% of the top 100 brands use Office 365 or related productivity services from Microsoft.

Small businesses are embracing Office 365. More than 90% of Office 365 customers are small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Office 365 customers from businesses large and small have access today to:
• Support for SharePoint Business Connectivity Services
• Windows Phone 7.5 Support
• Self-Serve Password Reset
• Lync for Mac
• Office Web App Preview in Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Descriptions of these updates and many more new capabilities are available through the ‘Feature Updates’ Wiki in the Office 365 community. 

According to Kurt Del Bene, president of the Office Division at Microsoft, “We are seeing really positive momentum for Office 365. Customers are adopting Office 365 eight times faster than our previous service, and the solution is on track to become one of our fastest-growing offers in Microsoft history.” See the full press release.