Microsoft has signed a deal with Samsung and other providers to pre-load Office Apps onto their new Android devices releasing in later 2015. The applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype, will be pre-installed on select Samsung tablets, and the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. For those who have a business-supplied device, there will be 3 options for integrating Office 365 – Business, Business Premium, and Enterprise. This is an important step forward in the seamless experience for users, even across varied platforms, like Windows versus Android.

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