On mobile devices, though, where storage is much more limited, this direct cloud access is an absolute necessity.
It also a little better integrated with SharePoint’s check-out/check-in concurrent file editing feature. On the desktop this has some advantages over folder synchronization – which has improved but is still prone to the occasional corruption, requiring a local wipe and refresh. For example, if I have documents stored on a SharePoint site, I can configure Office to access that site directly, so I can open, edit, and save documents to it, and not need to deal with folder synchronization or manual document download/upload. With Places, Microsoft has enabled its Office apps to plug directly into cloud-based document storage locations, without requiring full directory synchronization to local storage.
If you’ve never used the Places capability in Office, this is probably a good place to take a moment to explain how this feature works. Users will be able to configure their Office apps for mobile, web, and eventually desktop, to directly access their folders and documents stored on Dropbox, making document access seamless across local folders, OneDrive, OneDrive for business and now Dropbox.
This past week Microsoft and Dropbox announced that that had reached an agreement that would result in a number of new integrations that will benefit users of both Microsoft Office and Dropbox. Integration between Microsoft Office and Dropbox is great but you need to ensure your users have consistent access to their documents
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