2000 desktop and Office 2000 applications through an Internet connection. Several companies are already providing Office 2000 as part of their hosted application service offerings, and others will be adding it to their service offerings over the next few months. For details about the offerings, read the press releases available from the main Office Online information page .
Pricing varies depending on the service provider offering.
Customers will usually receive Office 2000 in addition to other services, like Internet access, Web site hosting, data storage, network management, and customer support. In most cases, Office is included in a broader package and will not be priced separately. No, Office as a hosted application service is a new way of delivering the same industry-leading Office 2000 programs available in retail stores. Microsoft has been working for quite some time on this offering, which takes advantage of the fact that Office 2000 was developed to perform optimally in a hosted environment. Office 2000 can be delivered as hosted application service to customers by way of Microsoft Windows Terminal Services, which delivers the Windows experience and application functionality to a range of client machines through terminal emulation.