Microsoft Office is Finally on the Internet

Microsoft has just made Word, Excel, Pow­er­Point, and OneNote avail­able on the Inter­net for FREE. It appears to func­tion just like the pro­grams in the 2010 suite. At this point I am not sure if it will remain free and be spon­sored by ads, or if they are going to tie you into a monthly sub­scrip­tion cost.

Sil­verlight allowed Microsoft to port the entire Home and Stu­dent ver­sion of Office 2010 to the Inter­net, they have done sim­i­lar setup for online tri­als of Microsot Office, but not you can access the files on your com­puter, and even upload and share them online. The online office even works with you iPhone, Black­berry, or Android.

For the curi­ous, visit skydrive.live.com and give it a test drive. Just make sure you are using Inter­net Explorer 8, and have installed the Sil­verlight plug-in.

I’m a big fan of cloud com­put­ing, so I will be test­ing this thor­oughly in com­ing days. Please, let me know what you think of the new Online Microsoft Office.