Microsoft launched Office Store, with the intention to build an application platform for Office. The Office Store, is an Office application platform that allows third-party developers to build Office-related applications, used to enhance the functionality and usability of the Office.
Microsoft Office product manager, said: "The launch of the Office Store based on three considerations: integration, simplicity and developer opportunity. Integration refers to that we hope to help users bring some web-based or external tools Office into Office; csimplicity refers to that the Office Store applications are based on web standards, they can be loaded directly, users simply need to use their Microsoft accounts to log on any one machine, then they can get a familiar work environment; for developers, Office has vast amounts of users, if the entire eco-system is well-functioning, there will be a huge market. "
There are many application are in the Office Store now, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and LegalZoom. We believe in the future there will be more enterprises joining this market. For details about the Office store. Please check Microsoft official blog.
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