Office 365 subscribers get 1TB storage bump, everyone else gets 15GB for free

Exciting news for Office 365 subscribers, they will soon get up to 1 terabyte of free storage from Microsoft on their OneDrive accounts. Non Office 365 users get a complimentary 15 GB of storage gratis. The additional storage will automatically added to existing Home, Personal, University or Business subscribers starting in July.

"Today, OneDrive and Office are announcing a BIG change to that benefit for consumers, to the tune of 1 TB per user. That’s right–we’re increasing the OneDrive storage allotment included with Office 365 Home, Office 365 Personal, and Office 365 University from 20 GB to 1 TB. That’s a whopping 50 times, or 5,000 percent increase in storage–and it’s going to be here before classes are in session!"

Great way to welcome the summer. Thanks Microsoft!

Source: MacRumors

Microsoft Canada offering free Office 365 subscriptions to first 50 iPad toting customers in store

Got an iPad and want to get Office 365 on it for free (and your other devices too?). Simply be one of the first 50 people to show up at the Microsoft Store at the Yorkdale Mall  tomorrow morning March 28th in order to avail of this generous offer. 

Microsoft releases Office for iPad, editing documents requires Office 365 subscription

Hell hath frozen over, or welcome to the Satya Nadella Era at Microsoft. The much anticipated and long rumoured Microsoft Office for iPad will be coming to the Apple App Store at around 2 PM Eastern time today. Office for iPad is a trio of apps that bring Word, PowerPoint and Excel to tablets. You'll be able to open documents for free but should be an Office 365 subscriber to edit and save documents, good deal for exising Office 365 subscribers.

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Microsoft partners with GoDaddy to offer Office 365 plans to small businesses

Microsoft just announced a new deal with GoDaddy to offer three different Office 365 plans geared towards small business owners. The first tier is priced at $3.99 per user each month for 2GB space on SkyDrive and 5GB email storage. The second tier is priced at $8.99 per user each month for 25GB storage on SkyDrive and 50GB email storage. And the third tier is priced at $12.49 per user each month for complete access to Office 365 and its desktop apps for up to five PCs and Macs as well as access to mobile apps for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android.

While the first tier is only $1 cheaper than Microsoft’s plans, the difference of the mid-level and top-level plans of GoDaddy’s plans against Microsoft’s are evident at $12.50 for the second tier and $15 for the third tier per user each month. GoDaddy users in Canada and the US will be the ones who gain first access to the plans, while other countries will be offered the new plans within the next three months. The plans all come with live customer support.

Source: The Verge