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Microsoft didn't rebrand Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot

4 points by taubek 10mo ago

openserpent 10mo ago
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scblock 10mo ago
If this odd apology for Microsoft's own messaging from The Verge wanted to make sense it would need to explain why office.com says "Microsoft 365 Copilot" in the title field and on the header of the page, and "Welcome to Microsoft 365 Copilot" front and center on the page, including "The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office)", and do a better job than "Microsoft is referring to a mobile app they renamed." At that point it doesn't matter what someone says pedantically. MS is abusing the office.com domain, which should send me to MS Office information. Also, at the very end, the Office name is still ruined, given that they want to sell you "Microsoft 365" rather than "Office 365". This is easily as bad as me having to launch the "Windows App" on my iPad when I need a quick remote desktop session. Just call it remote desktop because that is what it is.
plastic041 10mo ago
So, there are 3 offices now. - Office(1): The office we know: Word, Excel, etc. The current version is "Microsoft Office 2024" with a one-time lifetime licence. - Office(2): Similar to Office(1), but with a subscription model. This was renamed "Microsoft 365" in 2022. - Office(3): 'Hub' app for managing Office (1), similar to Unity Hub. This was renamed the 'Microsoft 365 app' in 2022. This was renamed the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app' a few days ago. Too make it more confusing: - microsoft.com/microsoft-365/get-started-with-office-2024 redirects to Office(1). - microsoft.com/microsoft-365/microsoft-office redirects to Office(2), stating that "Office is now Microsoft 365". - office.com redirects to Office(3).
- plastic041 9mo ago
  To*. I found couple more things to make it even more confusing: - There is another landing page for Office(3), `m365.cloud.microsoft`. It has completely different design from `office.com`. - "Microsoft Office" menu in the navigation bar goes to Office(2). I can understand why they changed 'Microsoft 365 app'=Office(3) to 'Microsoft 365 Copilot'. It's probably because they refer to the apps (Word, Excel...) in Office(2) as "Microsoft 365 Apps". This probably caused confusion with "Microsoft 365 App".

4 points by taubek 10mo ago

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If this odd apology for Microsoft's own messaging from The Verge wanted to make sense it would need to explain why office.com says "Microsoft 365 Copilot" in the title field and on the header of the page, and "Welcome to Microsoft 365 Copilot" front and center on the page, including "The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office)", and do a better job than "Microsoft is referring to a mobile app they renamed." At that point it doesn't matter what someone says pedantically. MS is abusing the office.com domain, which should send me to MS Office information. Also, at the very end, the Office name is still ruined, given that they want to sell you "Microsoft 365" rather than "Office 365". This is easily as bad as me having to launch the "Windows App" on my iPad when I need a quick remote desktop session. Just call it remote desktop because that is what it is.

plastic041 10mo ago

So, there are 3 offices now. - Office(1): The office we know: Word, Excel, etc. The current version is "Microsoft Office 2024" with a one-time lifetime licence. - Office(2): Similar to Office(1), but with a subscription model. This was renamed "Microsoft 365" in 2022. - Office(3): 'Hub' app for managing Office (1), similar to Unity Hub. This was renamed the 'Microsoft 365 app' in 2022. This was renamed the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app' a few days ago. Too make it more confusing: - microsoft.com/microsoft-365/get-started-with-office-2024 redirects to Office(1). - microsoft.com/microsoft-365/microsoft-office redirects to Office(2), stating that "Office is now Microsoft 365". - office.com redirects to Office(3).

plastic041 9mo ago
To*. I found couple more things to make it even more confusing: - There is another landing page for Office(3), `m365.cloud.microsoft`. It has completely different design from `office.com`. - "Microsoft Office" menu in the navigation bar goes to Office(2). I can understand why they changed 'Microsoft 365 app'=Office(3) to 'Microsoft 365 Copilot'. It's probably because they refer to the apps (Word, Excel...) in Office(2) as "Microsoft 365 Apps". This probably caused confusion with "Microsoft 365 App".