{"id":1861,"date":"2012-08-08T20:23:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2012-08-08T20:23:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T20:23:04","slug":"the-skydrive-is-the-limit-how-microsoft-is-integrating-skydrive-into-the-next-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-skydrive-is-the-limit-how-microsoft-is-integrating-skydrive-into-the-next-office\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky(Drive) is the Limit \u2013 How Microsoft is Integrating SkyDrive into the next Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft is diving head first into the cloud storage business by integrating SkyDrive into Office 2013<\/a>.\u00a0 SkyDrive is Microsoft\u2019s answer to various online storage solutions like Carbonite<\/a> or Dropbox<\/a>.\u00a0 It allows you to store your files on their servers with that feeling that they will be safe if your computer is lost, stolen, or crashes.\u00a0 It also allows you to access your files from any location, so if you are away from your computer or in desperate need of a file you aren\u2019t stranded.<\/p>\n

Many users have relied on free storage solutions like Dropbox in the past, but smaller companies don\u2019t always have the security that is expected for corporations.\u00a0 Although Dropbox is a very popular service and has a growing user base, it has been hacked<\/a> on a couple occasions, leaking passwords to both user accounts and employee accounts.\u00a0 When it comes to an online storage system, security is a huge concern for most users.\u00a0 This is especially true when it comes to corporations storing sensitive client data that could damage their business if it was lost or stolen.<\/p>\n

Integrating SkyDrive with Office is going to allow programs like Word and Excel the ability to save directly to your cloud storage drive.\u00a0 This is incredibly user friendly and helpful when it comes to file management, and allows you to easily access files from multiple devices.\u00a0 These days most of us don\u2019t just have one computer.\u00a0 Most people have a computer at work, computer at home, a laptop, phone, and maybe a tablet, all of which they use to view files and keep up on their work.\u00a0 Windows phones already have SkyDrive running on them, and you can download an application<\/a> on iOS or Android for other phones.<\/p>\n

SkyDrive offers 7GB of free space to their users, which is impressively higher than Dropbox\u2019s 2.5GB.\u00a0 With a large amount of space to offer and a much larger security network, Microsoft has an opportunity to take a large user base away from other cloud storage companies and populate their own.\u00a0 By integrating it with an already largely established program suite such as Microsoft Office that they know people will purchase, they are guaranteeing themselves a large install base to work with.<\/p>\n

If you are worried about backing up your files, or tired of paying for it with another company, look forward to the SkyDrive being integrated with your common office programs and Windows operating system.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t want to wait, click the applications link above and download \u201cSkyDrive for Windows\u201d and start using it today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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