This is only what you’d expect from a big-name corporation flaunting a new product, but Takeshi Numoto — the Microsoft corporate vice president who oversees product management for Office 365 — does tell us that most businesses are using Office 365 in tandem with local software. Microsoft is moving businesses to the cloud, but only in part. Office 365 offers hosted versions of Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync — the Redmond platform that combines IM, VoIP, and video conferencing — and though Microsoft also provides web-based versions of its Office clients, it’s still pushing the use of good, old-fashioned desktop tools.
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