Samsung will include the Microsoft Office 365 in all his tablets

Microsoft appears to be seeking the way of allying with key companies to go spreading its tentacles further than its future Windows 10. And although Apple have it a little rawer by shielding that subject of Cupertino to your operating system, Android is does seem to be a more fertile ground for partnerships looking to get millions more users using their tools.

So after first news we had a few weeks ago where there was talk of the agreement so that the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge carried inside the ” office suite the Redmond, now that ‘joint venture’ extends far beyond, to the segment of devices which might best fit: the tablet.

Professional, key sector

In the same way that everyone is looking at the smartwatch by what supposed threat the blow that Apple wants to give starting next month with his Watch, many of the most important companies are already taking positions for another field of battle to decide the future of the professional field. That which seeks to put in the hands of any ‘pro’ the perfect tools to carry out their performance.

Perhaps for this reason, Microsoft announced an agreement whereby the Samsung tablet take his Office 365, which is nothing more than a set of applications and services to productivity, the working environment. Those devices Android of the Koreans, this ‘suite’ will be composed of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype, as well as a list of services associated with the cloud of the Redmond you can use completely free.

Pre-installed series

All of these applications will come as ‘bloatware’ when we go to our tablet (or smartphone) and there will be three levels of access: Business, Business Premium and Enterprise, which in turn will have integration in KNOX, the professional ‘suite’ of Samsung that allows us to have a second ‘desk’ applications with added security measures, in a device so that only we can enterconsult or modify files that have to do with our work.

In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge applications that come pre-installed will be OneNote, OneDrive and Skype and will receive gift (over two years) 100 GB of free storage in the cloud for Microsoft. Remember that an Office 365 subscription normally offers 1 TB that do not specify it in the press release, might be the space that is to win these new Samsung tablets when they reach the market.

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