Microsoft has announced a strategic partnership with DocuSign, which will integrate eSignature applications into Office 365.
Through this partnership, users of Microsoft's Office 365 suite will be able to submit and digitally sign documents through the suite's applications. DocuSign's eSignature applications will integrate with Outlook, Word, SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2013, while they are expected to be available through the Office Store from next March.
Documents signed digitally through DocuSign applications will be automatically stored in Microsoft OneDrive for Business, from where users can have full control and access. Administrators will be able to add DocuSign applications to all users, while individual users will be able to access applications and Word templates through the Office Store.
This collaboration is the latest, from a long series of moves that Microsoft has made to enhancing the security features of the applications that make up the Office 365 suite.
Documents digitally signed through DocuSign applications will be automatically saved to Microsoft's OneDrive for Business.
Just a week ago, Microsoft announced that it would be expanding multi-factor authentication to all Office 365 subscribers in an effort to reduce the risk of online user identity theft. Also, as early as last November the company has announced that it is going to introduce encryption messages in Office 365, thus allowing users to send encrypted e-mails to recipients outside the corporate network, with no destination restrictions.
In a statement, John Case, vice president marketing for Microsoft Office, he emphasized that "partnering with DocuSign helps consumers keep their transactions 'digital' and manage related applications through Office 365, which they already use for the rest of their work."
Source: naftemporiki.gr
