Redmond based Software giant Microsoft Corp. is making a major movement on the web, the Redmond crew are moving fiercely towards the web. The Software company has just announced that it will soon launch a wide range of online software services this will include an online versions of Microsoft Office Suite. Microsoft is making transitions here, it’s moving onto the software as a service market or SaaS for short. For Microsoft SaaS market got huge advantages that traditional software services, at SaaS software are hosted online instead of downloaded to computer hard drives. Customers do not need to spend a staggering a mount of money on equipment and software maintenance. Customers who use hosted online software or SaaS can be assured of a state of the art experience as the software is centrally and continually updated. Software as a service is the trend now on the web and Microsoft will lead the industry. As the Redmond based Microsoft foray into online software services come fierce competition from archrival Google. The Search Company has recently launched its own Google Apps, designed to take on Microsoft Office. So far Google Apps posed only a minor threat to Microsoft Office, Redmond still own a major share of the Office market. Redmond got huge advantages and quite superior in this kind of battle, it got huge head start and almost virtual monopoly but mighty Google is determined to challenge Microsoft, it’s started to provide free web services such as calendar, collaboration email and messaging software, the said free services would help Google Apps hits those huge figures and increase number of users. But Microsoft managed to keep Google Apps at bay for while. Microsoft move quickly, the Software company has announced that they will launch a free versions of its software services they also got lightweight version of its software products, of course it will be available with a range of option like subscription based or traditional licensing based. The Software Company also announced that it’s making an online upgrade version of its Microsoft Office business software. Microsoft got a new face lift here most of its online software are supported by advertising. For Microsoft online advertising is the new economic engine and a new revenue booster for Microsoft’s online business, we could see ads whenever we use certain Microsoft online software services. Microsoft got an edge here, Microsoft is Software Company and it got a rich set of software services. Microsoft also got more software technology and more experience. It could be impossible for Google Apps to beat Microsoft Office. Yes, Google own the web, as of now, it got a whopping 60 percent market share of all online search compared to Microsoft’s 10 percent and Yahoo’s 20 percent share, that’s a huge gap, Google got wider online reach but software is quite different story, here Microsoft is a major player and reign supreme.