Microsoft has adopted a new strategy for its Office productivity tools. Rather than holding Office hostage on Windows devices in an effort to attract customers, it will try and make the suite the default productivity choice no matter what platform or device people are using—including Chrome OS and Chromebooks.

When Microsoft rolled out new and improved Office Online apps this week, it also published them in Google’s Chrome Web Store. The Office apps already worked in the Chrome browser and on Chromebooks, but pushing them in the Chrome OS outlet is a much more aggressive attempt to capture the attention of loyal Google users and drive the point that Google Docs isn’t the only available productivity suite.

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