Microsoft Offers Perspective on the Future of Productivity

In case you ever wondered about the future of productivity, Microsoft has a video designed to share the company’s perspective on the matter.

The evolution of technology inherently catalyzes a change in which employees work, and the software giant is one of the key companies that can influence productivity in corporate environments across the world.

This is of course because of how deeply rooted Microsoft’s software is, from small businesses to the largest of corporations.

The video embedded at the bottom of this article features Alex Payne, Director of Microsoft Office Online Service and Mark Alexief, Senior Product Manager Office.

The duo “discuss what the future of productivity looks like and how Microsoft sees the world evolving. Including Office365 and Microsoft's approach to cloud,” revealed Simon May, from TechNet Edge.

Alexief reveals that he believes two trends will mark the future of productivity.

“People are going to be working from more places, not just at their desk, but also working from coffee shops, trains, and on more than one device,” he stated.

At the same time, when it comes down to remote worker scenarios, users are no longer limited to just a single computer, but instead will try and make the best out of a variety of devices at their disposal.

In addition to their desktop PC at work, remote workers are bound to use smartphones, mobile devices, and even kiosks.

In this regard, the promise from Microsoft is that the company will work to deliver the Office productivity experience across a range of devices.

“The tools that we’re delivering are going to enable people to take a lot of the friction out of everyday work processes: communications, searching for information, using tools like Exchange, SharePoint, Lync as well as Office Professional Plus 2010.

“A lot of processes are going to get a lot easier,” Alexief noted.

Office 365 is currently in Beta stage and will be offered to customers in 2011. Make sure to watch the video in order to get an idea of the evolution of productivity in Microsoft’s perspective.