Microsoft adds Office real-time co-authoring to Dropbox, Box, and other cloud services


Microsoft:

Since 2013, we've offered real-time co-authoring with Office Online documents stored in Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online. Today, we are extending this capability to cloud storage providers in the CSPP program. Real-time co-authoring with Office Online is now available for users whose documents are stored in Box, Citrix ShareFile, Dropbox and Egnyte. Also starting today, any other partner in the CSPP program can enable real-time co-authoring using standard interfaces.

Real-time co-authoring allows multiple people to collaborate on a document simultaneously. For example, a text document or spread sheet can be shared and multiple people can contribute to that document without wiping out other's works.

Microsoft's announcement here adds support to other third-party cloud hosts. Box and Dropbox appear the big ones for most people, but other services are big names in enterprise and other uses.