--- description: At an event next week, newly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to announce a version of the company's popular Office productivity suite, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint for Apple's iPad tablet devices title: Microsoft CEO Expected to Announce Office for Ipad Next Thursday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft May Introduce Office for Apple's iPad Next Week by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 12:38 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 12:38 AM CUT Microsoft may finally introduce a version of its Office software suite for Apple’s iPad devices at an event next Thursday, according to multiple reports. Sources close to [Reuters](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-microsoft-ipad-20140317,0,6073132.story "undefined"), [ZDNet](http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-ceo-nadella-may-unveil-office-on-ipad-on-march-27-7000027400/ "undefined") and [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/17/5519614/office-for-ipad-satya-nadella-march-27th-event "undefined") have said Microsoft’s about to introduce a suite of Microsoft Office applications designed for the Apple tablet. The suite is expected to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft officials have not confirmed the reports. The announcement would be the first major event for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who was brought on as CEO in [February](http://time.com/4716/new-ceo-microsoft-helps-make-magic-improve-the-world/ "undefined"). The March 27 event in San Francisco is billed as “focused on the intersection of cloud and mobile computing.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/28180/office-ipad-microsoft-apple/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/28180/office-ipad-microsoft-apple/"},"headline":"Microsoft May Introduce Office for Apple's iPad Next Week","datePublished":"2014-03-18T00:38:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:45.119Z","description":"At an event next week, newly appointed Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to announce a version of the company's popular Office productivity suite, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint for Apple's iPad tablet devices","url":"https://time.com/28180/office-ipad-microsoft-apple/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Microsoft","iPad","iOS","office"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/28180/office-ipad-microsoft-apple/","name":"Microsoft May Introduce Office for Apple's iPad Next Week"}}]}] ```