[November 03, 2009] Microsoft to expand reach of Microsoft BPOS Tweet Nov 03, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Provider of software, services and solutions Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq-NMS:MSFT) today announced that the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), Microsoft's business communication and collaboration software delivered as a service, will be available in 15 additional countries and regions later this week. A part of Microsoft Online Services, the Business Productivity Online Suite offers enterprise-class communications and collaboration software delivered as subscription services to businesses of all sizes. The services include Exchange Online with Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Microsoft Office Live Meeting. In addition, Exchange Online Deskless Worker and SharePoint Online Deskless Worker are available for occasional users. The company said that new customers including Aon Corporation, Aviva PLC, Barry-Wehmiller, Hofstra University, Lions Gate Entertainment, McDonald's Corporation, Rexel Group, Swedish Red Cross, SkyTeam Alliance, Tyco Flow Control, University System of Ohio, Westcon Group Inc and many others have chosen the Business Productivity Online Suite in recent months. Also, as a result of rapid customer adoption, global scale and improved efficiencies from new software such as Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft is reducing the price of the Business Productivity Online Suite as well as Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft Office SharePoint Online and Microsoft Office Communications Online. With this price reduction, the Business Productivity Online Suite is now USD10.00 per user per month. The company also said that Microsoft Online Services are updated every 90 days with new capabilities. This quarter, the updates will include increasing mailbox storage to 25 GB for users of the standard service, as well as new administration scripting capabilities. Microsoft will expand the availability of the Business Productivity Online Suite, including commercial availability in Singapore and trials in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania and Taiwan; commercial availability in India is also expected later this year. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]