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Microsoft clearly understands that data-portability is becoming a major feature / factor in purchasing decisions. Google, on the other hand, keeps trimming port

by andor 12y ago

Microsoft clearly understands that data-portability is becoming a major feature / factor in purchasing decisions. Google, on the other hand, keeps trimming portability - particularly with MSFT. I don't think so. It's super easy to export all of your data from Google, whereas there's no way to export your contacts from Office 365 Exchange, unless you use some external client.

skrebbel 12y ago
That's really just a mismatch between classical Microsoft thinking and your expectations. Exchange is supposed to be a server-only product, invisible to end users. Outlook is the main full-fledged client to Exchange. Office 365 comes with a free Outlook 2013 installation (not sure if on other platforms than Windows), and Outlook has options to export/import/mess up everything you can put in Exchange. This was never a problem historically because nearly every user of Exchange also had a Windows computer with Outlook on it. With the 365 cloud stuff, however, it means that certain key features aren't available to you unless you first install a slow and bloated desktop email client. I'm a happy office 365 customer yet I only have Outlook for the kinds of features you mention. I hope they catch up and simply make Outlook.com (and the Office 365 webmail, which is basically the same thing) have all those features too.