The Confirmation of ‘Albany’

Earlier this month, we received many alerts that Microsoft is planning to launch a new project codenamed ‘Albany’ and indeed rumors were true. Microsoft officially release a press statement about this combined package of Office, Office Live Workspaces, Windows Live OneCare, and Windows Live Suite. Stated in their PressPass website, a Q&A with Group Product Manager Bryson Gordon, he says,

“Albany” is the codename for a new all-in-one subscription service of essential software and services consumers told us were most important to them. We’ve pulled together the productivity tools people need to organize their lives, security to help keep their personal information safe and online services that make it easy for them to keep in touch with friends and family, and folded them all into a single service that also ensures the user’s PC is running the latest security and productivity software.

“Albany” is not the next version of Microsoft Office; it’s just another way to get the current version plus other software and services that consumers consider indispensable for getting the most out of their PC. With the subscription model, when the next release of Microsoft Office comes out, “Albany” customers with an active subscription will automatically get an upgrade to this version – at no extra cost, as part of their subscription.

To read the full Q&A, click here.