
<p>New touch improvements for SkyDrive Pro and SharePoint Sites will be seen over "the next few weeks." The improvements are just for Office 365 business, education and government users of Microsoft's SharePoint Online service, according to Mark Kashman, a senior product manager for SharePoint, in a blog post on Tuesday. Organizations that have deployed SharePoint Server 2013 on premises aren't getting the rollout.</p><p>Microsoft is using a new term to describe the touch enhancements, calling them "Touch Design mobile pages." They provide an "app-like experience" for accessing documents and team sites using SharePoint Online, according to Kashman.</p><p>Users of the improved touch interface see a typical "Metro" or Windows Store apps interface on SkyDrive Pro or the My SharePoint portal. However, documents accessed from those solutions are represented in a tile-like fashion for easier touch access. The tile-like display of the documents is based on the new Touch Design interface that Kashman said was first rolled out in July with Outlook Web Apps for the Apple iPhone and iPad.</p><p>The Touch Design interface will deliver the new touch-based user experience across device sizes ranging from 11-inch screens to four-inch screens. The user experience across those screen sizes will be "exactly the same," according to Kashman.</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/11/19/touch-improvements-sharepoint.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>