Office 365 public beta now open!

Good news for small business owners: the first public beta of Office 365 is now open. But what is Office 365 and what does it have to do with software development? Many software development houses are small, and might benefit from additional communication possibilities with fellow developers, customers and other interest groups.

What features does Office 365 then provide? Think email (Exchange Server), collaboration (Office and SharePoint) and presence or live conferencing (Lync Server) in one box. Well, except it's not a box: it is a cloud based service. Very interesting in my opinion at least; if you are interested, take a look at the press release and the signup page.