Introduction

Instead of storing and working on Office documents on your desktop, you can store them on the web and work on them with an Office Web App. An Office Web App allows you to work with an Office document in a web browser. The process of using the web instead of a desktop as a base of operation is known as cloud computing. SkyDrive and SharePoint are two types of cloud computing sites, where you can store and share information. SkyDrive is a free service provided by Microsoft, which is available at www.skydrive.com with a Microsoft account, while SharePoint is web server software created by Microsoft.

When you store an Office document on SkyDrive or on a Microsoft SharePoint server configured with Office Web Apps, such as Office 365 SharePoint, ...

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