When Office 365 rolled out just a couple weeks ago, one of most obvious ways it was lacking in comparison to the rival Google Docs apps was that there was no way to collaborate in real-time on Word documents using the Word Web App. Well, as of today that is no longer an issue–Microsoft has added a co-authoring capability to the Word Web App.

I did a head-to-head comparison of Office 365 vs. Google Docs when Office 365 hit the street. In the area of real-time collaboration, I gave Microsoft a slight edge in large part due to the combination of Lync functionality and the ability to engage others in audio / video conferencing, and online whiteboard sessions with ease. But, Google Docs had Office 365 beat on the ability to just collaborate on a document natively from within the app.