<p>Microsoft recently announced plans to offer Office 365 as part of GoDaddy's Web hosting service. The move is one small part in the company's strategy of getting Exchange customers more fully into the cloud, according to one expert. Battle of Email</p><p>Office 365 allows Microsoft customers to access their Office documents from virtually anywhere, but it also includes tools like email. Microsoft Exchange, of course, is the full email suite that thrives as an on-premise tool, though there is also an online version. Email is now moving to the cloud, and everyone can see it, Liam Eagle, a 451 Research analyst, explained in an interview.</p><p>"We're at that point in the adoption curve where everyone sees the value of it," he said.</p><p>This is clearly an issue at Microsoft because so many Exchange customers are using the on-premise version, Eagle said. That means any of those customers looking to move their email away from a private server could start looking at competing services like Google. To help prevent that, Microsoft is pushing its webmail hosting prowess with deals like the one announced with GoDaddy.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/microsoft-taking-exchange-to-the-cloud-via-office-365-023754.php">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.businesscloud9.com/content/godaddy-deliver-office-365-users">GoDaddy delivers Office 365 to users</a> (BusinessCloud9)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dYjU6fboU6U0LkMHi7pFNGy3y_5JM&authuser=0&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>