Microsoft Office Web Apps are part of most Office 365 plans. They make it easier for users to work in the cloud, as they open Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents in the Web browser.
Documents that are stored in SkyDrive and on team sites, attachments in Outlook Web App, meeting notes in Lync Web App: users have access to these whenever they have an Internet connection, from almost any device. And sharing documents with others is as simple as sending a link.
To get started, sign into Office and save your document online. When users buy Office 365, they are given a SkyDrive Pro location for storing documents and images. They can also store team documents in a library on their organisation's team sites. If they have Office 365 Home Premium, they will have a personal SkyDrive location at SkyDrive.com.
Just click a document to open it in the browser. Attachments in Outlook Web App and Outlook.com open in the browser, too. So do meeting notes in Lync Web App.
* Sean Bacher is a freelance journalist; follow him on Twitter at @SeanBacher.
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