Microsoft said it teamed up with online file-sharing company Dropbox to allow Office software users to manage and share files through Dropbox's website and mobile app.
Microsoft said the functionality would be included in the next updates to the Office iOS and Android apps, to be rolled out in the next few weeks, and online accessibility would be available in the first half of 2015.
Users will be able to edit Office files via Dropbox as well as access Dropbox files via the Office app and share Dropbox links from within Office.
Microsoft already has its OneDrive file-sharing service, but partnering with Dropbox will allow it to tap more than 200 million users of the Silicon Valley startup's services. Dropbox claims to be home to more than 35 billion Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Dropbox recently appointed former Salesforce executive Charlie Wood as its new head of Australia and New Zealand.
Reporting by Lehar Maan
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