Box for Microsoft Office co-authoring on desktop is here! Collaborate in real-time on the Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel desktop applications — with all changes saved to Box. Users can coauthor files stored in Box on Office desktop apps or Office Online when opening the file directly from Box Drive or Box web.
Please review the technical specifications below for eligibility and enable in the Apps section in the Admin Console.
Technical specifications are as follows:
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Office 365 (Enterprise apps only). Perpetual licenses (e.g., Office 2019) not supported
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If using Box Drive (not required), v2.26 or above
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If using Mac devices and Box Drive, macOS 11.5 or above (Box’s general support policy for operating systems and browsers apply for this feature)
- For additional technical information on this release, please see this Box Support article.
- Also, please see information on our recently released enhancement, Support for co-authoring on linked worksheets in Excel launched
- To always get the latest enhancements as soon as possible, we recommend Microsoft's Current Channel for Office 365 releases which gives your organization the latest enhancements on productivity and security features and performance improvements sooner than the Semi-Annual Channel, learn more here.