LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Box today announced a deep integration with Microsoft Office Online that
will transform collaboration for joint customers. Today’s update extends
the reach of Box’s powerful integrations with Office 365 for the
desktop, Office on iOS and Outlook, and demonstrates Box’s commitment to
the Office 365 Cloud Storage Partner Program.
“Box and Microsoft are working together to help businesses and
individuals be more productive, collaborative and successful,” said Kirk
Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president for Office at Microsoft. “We're
thrilled about this latest offering to give our joint customers more
choice and simplicity for how they work together with documents and
digital content.”
The Box integration with Office Online will enable users to easily
browse, open and edit Office Online files directly from Box, as well as
automatically save all changes made in Office Online back to Box in
real-time. Together, these enhancements eliminate the need to upload or
download files or move back-and-forth between applications, simplifying
workflows and mitigating the security risks that come with locally
stored content.
Over 47,000 organizations around the world, including 51 percent of the
Fortune 500, leverage Box for content management and collaboration. Many
of these businesses also depend on Microsoft for content creation,
including Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., AstraZeneca, Sephora and
Creative Artists Agency (CAA). These and other organizations can benefit
from the integration between Box and Office Online beginning today.
“The new model for enterprise productivity depends on creating seamless,
device agnostic connections between the core applications that people
use to get work done,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO, Box. “Over
a billion people around the world use Office for creating content – this
makes Microsoft a crucial partner for Box as we progress on our mission
to transform the way people and businesses work.”
With the integration, businesses and individuals can create and edit
content with Office Online, while benefiting from Box’s robust
collaboration features, such as task management, workflow automation,
comments and real-time alerts, as well as its world-class security and
control capabilities, like granular permissions, password protected
content and access stats.
“In an industry where content is critical to every aspect of our
business, the ability to access information quickly from any device, at
any location, is of utmost importance,” said Michael Keithley, CIO at
CAA. “The strong connection between Box and Office Online is a key
component in the way we communicate to create unique collaborations
across our agency, enabling us to serve our clients with even greater
speed and efficiency.”
Box for Office Online is just the latest demonstration of how Box and
Microsoft are working together to meet the needs of businesses. In
addition to these web based experiences, later this year, the companies
intend to further collaborate on integrations with native Office clients
on iOS, Android, and Windows. Box also recently announced its inaugural
membership in the Office
365 Cloud Storage Partner Program and integrations with both Office
for iPad and iPhone. Prior to that, Box announced integrations with Office
365 on the desktop and the Outlook
for iPhone and iPad applications.
Pricing and Availability
The integration will be available to Box business customers with an
Office 365 license and to all Box personal users.
Additional Resources
About Box
Founded in 2005, Box (NYSE:BOX) is transforming the way people and
organizations work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. As the
world's leading enterprise software platform for content collaboration,
Box helps businesses of all sizes in every industry securely access and
manage their critical information in the cloud. Box is headquartered in
Los Altos, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.
To learn more about Box, visit www.box.com.
