"Anyone should be able to access the app," Forrester analyst Frank Gillett said last month about Office Mobile for the iPhone. Microsoft's approach to iOS apps has taken some licks from outsiders who view the Office 365-only strategy as misguided. What remains unknown is when those Office 365 users will get their hands on OWA for iOS. "That's a deal-breaker for some customers," said Miller in a Tuesday interview before Microsoft clarified that it would offer OWA to organizations with an in-house Exchange infrastructure, a category that includes most medium- and large-sized companies. "We are planning to deliver OWA to Exchange 2013 on-premise customers at a future date, but we have no additional details to share today," a Microsoft spokeswoman said in answer to questions today. ![]() ![]() ![]() Businesses that still run their own on-premise Exchange servers are out of luck for now. More important, if apparently temporary, is the requirement of Exchange Online, the off-premises, hosted Exchange service included with virtually every non-consumer Office 365 plan.
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