Microsoft team up with Dropbox

Dropbox provide services in storing data on the cloud and Microsoft also provide cloud-computing services. Although, both are competitors of each other but they collaborated to provide services. This will allow users to access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit office files from the Dropbox app. Dropbox is home to over 35 Billion office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

The deal has four main parts: Quickly editing Office docs from the Dropbox mobile app, accessing Dropbox docs from Office apps, sharing Dropbox links of Office apps, and the creation of first party Dropbox apps for Microsoft’s mobile offerings. The capabilities will first roll out on Dropbox and Office apps for iOS and Android Tablets and will be available on the web next year. Dropbox will also make its application available on the windows Phone and Windows tablets in coming months.

The joint venture brings Dropbox the credibility in the enterprise that it has been fighting for in recent months, while smoothing the sharp edges on Microsoft’s public image, proving that the Redmond based firm can play nicely with others. In early 2015, the integration will also extend to the two services web apps, and to the newly announced Dropbox for Windows Phone app. Dropbox has 300 Million users, out of which 70% are international, and a ton of them use Dropbox to get work done.

For Dropbox, the deal fits with its goal of attracting customers that are more corporate. The online storage power updated its business services in April and has sought to allay any security concerns by companies that block Dropbox from their networks for fear of any sensitive documents or information leaking out. In September, Dropbox announced another partnership, this time with Google itself, aiming to make security tech easier to use. The two firms created simply secure, which has the mandate to improve adoption rates of security tools such as two-factor authentication in the wake of the Snowden Revelations.