Microsoft announced today that it plans to shut down its document sharing service Docs.com Office, on December 15, 2017.
Docs.com started as a collaboration between Microsoft and Facebook in April 2010. It was created using the Microsoft Office Web Apps platform, and allowed Facebook users to create, edit and share Microsoft Office documents.
Microsoft suspended Docs.com again in 2015, and relaunched it supporting more features such as support to retrieve documents from OneDrive and support basic annotation.
This time, however, Microsoft seems to have decided it well and will eventually withdraw Docs on 15 December 2017. So those who use it should transfer their content to Docs.com to other file storage and file sharing platforms as soon as possible.
Those using Docs will be able to log in from today 9th June until 14th December 2017 to create copies security for all content they have on Docs.com in OneDrive. THE account Docs.com θα είναι ρυθμισμένος σε read-only όταν ολοκληρωθεί η transport and document links will automatically redirect to OneDrive.
Microsoft said that those who do not have enough available storage space at OneDrive should take care to empty their drive.
The main reason for shutting down Docs is that Microsoft believes SlideShare is the best service for publishing Office documents.
In addition, Microsoft believes that OneDrive is the right service for distributing documents that are stored.
For custom sharing, OneDrive offers additional tools, rights and security settings to share and protect your data and content.
Let's also mention that there are many available alternatives not only for Microsoft but also for other companies like Google with Google Docs.
