SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- DREAMFORCE
2014 -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Salesforce (NYSE:
CRM) today announced significant progress in their strategic
partnership announced in May. The two companies unveiled new joint
solutions—including Salesforce1 for Windows, Salesforce for Office
and Power BI for Office 365 and Excel integrations with
Salesforce—at Dreamforce 2014, the world's largest software
conference.
"Our focus is on empowering every individual and organization on
the planet be more productive – and that's exactly what this
partnership will fuel," said Satya
Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. "I'm pleased with the progress our
teams have made over the past few months and look forward to
showing our mutual customers how Salesforce and Microsoft can help
them do more from the cloud with their mobile devices."
"Our customers have always been the heart and soul of Dreamforce
and I'm thrilled to share the first milestones of our Microsoft
partnership here," said Marc
Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce. "We're committed to
working with Microsoft to further our mutual customers'
success."
At Dreamforce 2014, the companies will showcase solutions that
connect the world's most widely used customer relationship
management platform to the world's most widely used productivity
solutions so customers can be more productive, including:
- Salesforce1 for Windows. Salesforce1
for Windows will empower customers to run their business from their
Windows 8.1 mobile devices. The Salesforce1 for Windows app is
currently available through an invite-only preview, with general
availability anticipated for the second half of 2015. Customers can
access Salesforce1 through Internet Explorer on Windows 8.1 devices
now.
- Salesforce for Office. Salesforce for
Office will give customers access to the content they need to
collaborate, sell, service and market from virtually anywhere,
with:
- Salesforce Files helps customers unlock files from Microsoft
SharePoint so they are mobile, social and can be used in the
context of any Salesforce business process. Salesforce Files is
generally available today.
- Salesforce1 integration with Microsoft Office, SharePoint and
OneDrive for Business on iOS devices and Android phones will enable
customers to seamlessly open, edit and save documents. General
availability is anticipated for the first half of 2015.
- A new Salesforce1 App for Outlook will work with Microsoft
Outlook 2013, Exchange Server 2013 and Office 365 to let customers
access and manage their Salesforce information right from Outlook.
General availability is anticipated for the first half of
2015.
- Power BI for Office 365 and Excel
integrations with Salesforce. With these new integrations,
customers will be able to bi-directionally load data to Salesforce
and Excel to build reports, visualize information and discover new
insights. Salesforce integration with Power Query for Excel is in
preview now, with general availability anticipated for the first
half of 2015. Power BI integration with Salesforce is anticipated
for the first half of 2015. A Salesforce app for Excel is
anticipated for the second half of 2015.
Today, Benioff was joined onstage at Dreamforce by Microsoft
Corporate Vice President of Windows Marketing Tony Prophet to discuss the progress made in
this strategic partnership, the new technology solutions and the
benefits for customers.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq
"MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, devices and
solutions that help people and businesses realize their full
potential.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, the Customer Success
Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with
their customers in a whole new way. For more information about
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.
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