The company said more than 350,000 organizations have OneDrive, and storage and file usage within the program tripled in 2017. It’s an aggressive move for Microsoft, as it tries to beef up its customer base for OneDrive. The offer requires a 500-user commitment and is good through June 30. Microsoft yesterday began a temporary offer to give companies using Google, Box or Dropbox free access to OneDrive for Business for the remainder of their contracts with the other file sharing providers, essentially buying them out from competitors.
Microsoft has been adding new features to its cloud-based file sharing and management OneDrive in recent months, and a new offer is meant to put pressure on competitors. Let’s say your coworker opens a file on her Windows laptop using MS Word, she will see your comment in the file and can reply right from there. In the Drive preview pane, comment, assign tasks, or mention coworkers and the people you work can reply back, even if they’re not using G Suite. With this update, you can now comment on those files in Drive the way you’re used to in Google Docs. When you’re collaborating with an external agency, negotiating a contract with a client or coordinating a sales agreement with a supplier, chances are you’re dealing with multiple file formats. Here’s an example of how the service might work, from a Google blog post:
The comments come through even as files bounce back and forth between Microsoft and Google users. G Suite users can comment directly on files, call out co-workers or assign tasks without having to convert the documents to Docs, Sheets or other Google files or open other tools to complete tasks. The new features from Google allow users to interact with Microsoft files by opening them in a preview mode in Google Drive.
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