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Microsoft hedges its bet by saying it is “entirely possible” that apps a small business may find valuable may come to exist “down the road.” There’s no explanation about what those apps might be, and that’s a bummer. As it stands now, I use the web browsers available on my various TV-connected devices about as much as I use my microwave to check the weather. If Microsoft makes Web Apps more easily accessible through the Xbox One, this might be a more compelling argument. As noted above, you’ll need to access Office Web Apps through the browser, so getting to your files is not going to be super convenient. Having a web browser is always handy, sure. using a wireless mouse to control a presentation on your laptop. I’d wager most business owners haven’t a clue what Wi-Fi Direct is, and I doubt many will undertake the example use case Microsoft posits: “Send your presentation to the TV, use Smartglass to navigate through the PowerPoint presentation, use your tablet to control Internet Explorer.” Sounds like an entirely convoluted thing vs. If you don’t have a projector or don’t want to (or can’t) connect a laptop to your television, this makes some sense, though it seems like most businesses have long since figured out how to do on-site presentations in a more seamless, simple fashion than dealing with a video game console. The new Xbox One includes integrated SkyDrive support, which Microsoft pitches as a place you can store presentations, to be shown to clients via an Office Web Apps version of PowerPoint-though you’ll need to access them via the included web browser.