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Walker: Office 365 grew from 7% to 25% market share in one year

Craig Walker · a16z Podcast | Telepresence and Tech for a Distributed Workforce · Jan 2, 2019 · at 23:23

Craig Walker references Bitglass research showing Microsoft Office 365 surging past Google Apps in cloud suite adoption.

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“Office three, 65. It was this recent bit class report, but like has now overtaken Google apps and just Over the last year, it went from seven percent to 25% of the market.”

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The claim, plainly

According to a 2015 Bitglass report, Microsoft Office 365 market share grew from roughly 7% to 25% over the prior year, overtaking Google Apps.

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Assessment

The 2015 Bitglass Cloud Adoption Report, published on August 27, 2015, documented that Microsoft Office 365 adoption grew from 7.7% in 2014 to 25.2% in 2015 among surveyed organizations, surpassing Google Apps (which moved from 16.3% in 2014 to 22.8% in 2015). This directly corroborates Craig Walker's statement.

Bitglass's August 27, 2015 Cloud Adoption Report recorded Office 365 enterprise adoption rising from 7.7% in 2014 to 25.2% in 2015.
The same report showed Office 365 surpassing Google Apps, which rose from 16.3% to 22.8% over the same period.

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