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This post is a summery of what is currently known about Office Web Applications 2010.

Announced at the last PDC, Microsoft Office Web Applications is basically a lightweight version of Office for the web. It has web versions for all the major Office client applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Even OneNote (Finally a web based one note).

The applications will be provided for a regular consumers via Office Live, and for businesses as part of SharePoint 2010. For the regular consumer, it will probably be free (as-supported), or paid (subscription).

Office Web Apps will work on all major browsers and operating systems, but what I find more interesting is that they have mobile versions too! Including for iPhone!! That’s really great news.

Office Web Apps will not require Silverlight, but will support it for enhanced experience.

Office Web Apps (and Office in general) will support real time collaboration, meaning several people can work simultaneously on the same document.

You can see a short demo at channel 9 (the first link in the list below).

Resources:

• http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/PDCNews/First-Look-Office-14-for-Web/
• http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2008/oct08/10-28PDCOffice.mspx
• http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Microsoft-Office-Web-Applications-Your-Burning-Questions-Answered/

-- My name is Itay Shakuey and I’m a SharePoint Consultant --