Microsoft, Salesforce Reveal Strong Progress In Strategic Partnership

(RTTNews) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT) and Salesforce (CRM), Monday announced significant progress in their strategic partnership announced in May. The two companies unveiled new joint solutions—including Salesforce1 for Windows, Salesforce for Office and Power BI for Office 365 and Excel integrations with Salesforce—at Dreamforce 2014, the world's largest software conference.

"Our focus is on empowering every individual and organization on the planet be more productive - and that's exactly what this partnership will fuel," said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. "I'm pleased with the progress our teams have made over the past few months and look forward to showing our mutual customers how Salesforce and Microsoft can help them do more from the cloud with their mobile devices."

"Our customers have always been the heart and soul of Dreamforce and I'm thrilled to share the first milestones of our Microsoft partnership here," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce. "We're committed to working with Microsoft to further our mutual customers' success."