Microsoft is running a test where it installs Office web shortcuts on Windows 10 without asking permission from the user.
At startup, PWAs will appear in a browser window to show that the web application is running as a standalone application.
Last week, Microsoft conducted a test where it installed unorthodox PWAs of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook on Microsoft Edge and registered them in Windows 10.
It seems to be a test, with only a few of the Windows ones.
Since these are Microsoft Edge PWAs, they will also be listed in Windows 10 as apps that can be uninstalled via settings / Programs and possibilities, as shown below.
When apps are launched via PWA, they will open a minimalistic program browser in Windows and will visit the relevant web application URL.
The URLs for each PWA are listed below:
- Excel: https://excel.office.com/
- Word: https://word.office.com/
- Outlook: https://outlook.com/
- Power point: https://powerpoint.office.com/
Microsoft already has PWA for Microsoft Office, but they are usually installed as a single Office PWA and an Outlook PWA, rather than split into individual ones, as shown in this test.
Those who do not wish to install PWAs can uninstall them directly from Microsoft Edge via the internal URL edge: // apps.
