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Yes, for the most part. Simultaneous editing in the browser, comments, shared folders and meetings around a file all exist outside the two big suites. What does not carry over without effort is macros, some add-ins and highly faithful layout of complex files. The right test is done on your own files.
The phrase covers four uses. They do not all need the same tool.
Sending an attachment is not working together. Each recipient gets a copy. Corrections come back in four messages and someone merges them by hand. Working together starts when there is only one file, in one place.
It is worth reading what the vendors themselves say. Their conditions show that co-editing always depends on location and format.
Microsoft states that co-authoring is available for documents stored in OneDrive or SharePoint, in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats. It is not available for documents protected by Information Rights Management.
For real-time collaboration, Google recommends opening the file directly in Docs, Sheets or Slides. Office files can be edited in compatibility mode or converted. Google specifies that macros are not supported and suggests rewriting them with Apps Script, and that charts and videos embedded in Word or PowerPoint files are converted to images.
In other words, even between the two big suites, a file does not keep everything when it changes editor. The same holds for a European solution.
A browser-based document editor, backed by file storage, covers most everyday work:
For meeting minutes, a tracking sheet, a sales proposal or an internal procedure, the difference in use is small. Teams mainly lose menu habits, which they regain within a few days.
The limits are well known. Better to name them before deciding.
The guides Microsoft 365 or a sovereign solution and Google Workspace or a sovereign solution detail these limits and the cases where staying is the rational choice.
Hypothetical case. A ten-person agency produces meeting minutes, schedules and sales proposals. It leaves its online office suite for a European document service.
For two weeks, it tests three types of documents. Minutes and schedules move over without difficulty. Sales proposals move over with a workaround: a cover page template is rebuilt once.
Two files resist. A pricing tool relies on macros. A tender response template requires pixel-perfect layout. The agency keeps one workstation with the legacy suite for these two files. They stay stored in the shared folder, with their version history. Only one person edits them at a time, then uploads them back.
The result is not “everything as before.” It is everyday collaboration outside the two suites, with two named, controlled exceptions.
This test takes little time. It avoids a migration decided on the strength of a demo, then undone by three workbooks.
Yes, generally, and they can be edited in the browser. Complex files (macros, fine layout) must be tested one by one.
Yes, through a sharing link with edit rights: they work in your space, from their browser. The settings are described in sharing links, partners and downloads.
Not necessarily. A macro opens with the file, but it does not always run. Plan to rewrite it or keep the original tool for that file.
No. Files and email are decided separately. The steps of a full migration are in migrating from Microsoft 365.
It is explained in storage, sync, sharing and DMS.
Klytic Docs lets several people open and edit text documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the browser, without attachments. Comments, version history and folder activity tracking are included. Each customer has its own instance, of which it is also the administrator; Klytic provides support, maintenance, backup and security.
Video conferencing is included in Klytic Docs, in the same instance: guests invited by link, optional password, waiting room, recording, transcription, translation and summaries, webinars, breakout rooms, dial-in by phone. The meeting takes place where the document is.
Online co-editing and video conferencing are provided for a limited number of users. Support for a large number of users, for online editing or video conferencing, is subject to a specific quote.
Klytic Mail and Klytic Docs are interconnected: you can attach a document stored in Klytic Docs to an email, or send a link instead of a large attachment, and save a received attachment directly to Klytic Docs. Klytic Docs can also be subscribed to without Klytic Mail. Migration of files from a server, OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive or Dropbox is assisted.
The limits: Klytic Docs is not Office or Google Docs under another name. It does not replace advanced Excel or Power BI, and does not promise feature parity with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Klytic is not a SecNumCloud-qualified offering. Hosting is possible in any geographic area matching the applicable jurisdiction, subject to service availability, notably in Europe or Mauritius, or on the customer’s own servers.
This page describes a general framework. How a specific file behaves must be checked by testing it.
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