Satya Nadella, an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is off to an impressive start as the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp.
Nadella recently unveiled several new and updated applications and services, including Microsoft Office for iPad and free Office Mobile apps for iPhone and Android phones. Microsoft also announced the Enterprise Mobility Suite, a comprehensive set of cloud services to help businesses manage corporate data and services on the devices people use at work and at home. In addition, the company announced the upcoming availability of Microsoft Azure Active Directory Premium and enhancements to Windows Intune.
Office 365 subscribers can simply add an iPad as one of the chosen devices included in their subscription benefits and can create and edit documents with Word for iPad, PowerPoint for iPad and Excel for iPad.
The apps are available as free downloads, enabling people to read and present documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Office for iPad brings full file fidelity across Office on PC, Mac, tablet and phone, and along with cloud storage from OneDrive or OneDrive for Business, files are up to date, wherever they are needed on multiple devices.
Office 365 is Microsoft’s fastest-growing commercial product ever, with increasing popularity of the subscription service among consumers because of the ability to move between devices, share subscription benefits with household members with an Office 365 Home subscription, and have constant access to important Office documents online.
“Microsoft is focused on delivering the cloud for everyone, on every device. It’s a unique approach that centers on people – enabling the devices you love, work with the services you love, and in a way that works for IT and developers,” Nadella said.
So far, Wall Street is impressed. Since Nadella was promoted to the helm on Feb. 4, Microsoft’s stock shares have risen 11 percent. During the 14-year term of his predecessor, Steve Ballmer, the company’s stock price plunged 40 percent.
