Office 2016: multipurpose, security and collaborative highlighted – ZDNet France

Microsoft made its demands for the new version of Office on premise, which includes the office suite including Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. An update of magnitude which is articulated with the strategy initiated by Microsoft to Office 365, the cloud version of its software suite. This revised version of Office is intended for a wide audience, ranging from private individual to large companies through smaller structures.

Here is one of the central arguments of Redmond Office can do the splits but this new Office also wants more secure and collaborative

Microsoft and featured the testimony. of Argolight, small start-up of 6 employees officiating in the field of biotech Office has chosen for its office needs. The founder of the society, Papon Gauthier says choosing a hybrid approach “is used both to Office 365 for non-confidential documents and 2016 Office documents that we prefer to keep the local servers. When we started working with large groups, we were confronted with the security requirements that come with it, including the need for confidentiality in respect of certain sensitive documents. ”
 

Gwenael Thicket, director of the Office Division at Microsoft, Papon and Gauthier, CEO of Argolight during the presentation

Security is indeed one of the axes put forward by Microsoft in this new version of Office: the opportunity to announce a partnership with Thales around data protection. The partnership focuses on Outlook and offers encryption technology attachment, developed by Thales.

A solution that articulates well with the arrival of the Data Loss Protection feature in Office. The administration can scan and block the mail and sending some messages and sensitive documents based on keywords, while redirecting the user to the integrated encryption solution within Office. Available test, it will be available commercially in extension at the price of 2 euros per user per month. “The idea is not necessarily to equip the entire company with this type of solution, but only to target the key positions that might be able to handle sensitive data. “Explains Gwenaël Thicket, director of the Office Division at Microsoft.
 

A feature that should appeal especially large enterprises. Among those most concerned, the pharmaceutical company Ipsen came to present his use of Office 2016. Software choices that do not self-evident, as recalled Malika Mir, DSI within Ipsen since 2012. “We spent several solutions before turning to Office: for a long time we stayed in Lotus Notes and before my arrival the employees were passed over in Google for Work for the management of office. “

A choice that did not match the ISD according to the collaborative work issue facing most employees of the Ipsen Group: serendipity, the introduction of new collaborative features in the rich client of Office 2016 is one of the main new features of this release.

“In fact, the adoption rate was significantly higher after the switch to Office and SharePoint sites were quickly adopted by users. Much has been gained in terms of training also: the Google solution, we had to make training at regular intervals, several times a month to accompany the users, were no longer with Office 2016. “

 Large accounts, start-ups and individuals, Microsoft is wide: from the point of view of the markets (security solution attachments will be available internationally) at the level of platforms. And Microsoft Office accepts applications on multiple operating systems and environments. The new version of Office 2016 is already available, but Microsoft begin to push updates to users from October for SMEs and customers subscribing to Office 365.