Office Desktop Applications - Terry Stein - It's an IW World, and I'm Just Living In It!

6/12/2008

The Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007 Professional Add-In makes it easy for Exchange Administrators to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Instead of viewing single user data at a time, administrators can create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data at a glance and dramatically increase productivity. You can use it to diagram a Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 site topology, including sites, servers, and connections for an organization.

See the power of Data Visualization at work with this Visio Add-in For Visio 2007 Pro

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6/11/2008

Producer for PowerPoint 2007 Beta Now Available

The beta version for Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is now available via the Microsoft Connect Directory in the Office category. Producer is a free add-in that enables PowerPoint 2007 users to capture, synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides, and images to create engaging rich media presentations that can be viewed in a Web browser. The beta will run until June 30; after that we will review feedback and launch the final version to the Office Download Center in July or August. Apply now with your Windows Live ID for immediate access to the Producer 2007 installer download, FAQs, and help resources.

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5/23/2008

Announcing! Office Support for ODF

Microsoft announced yesterday that Office 2007 SP2 will now support the OpenDocument Format!

Check the following screenshot.

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5/20/2008

Get it Now - The EPM 2007 Demo Virtual Machine

Great news for all our of Project Management partners out there looking for a great way to show off Microsoft's project management tools, technologies, and solutions!

Introducing the Enterprise Project Management 2007 Demo Virtual Machine!

The Enterprise Project Management 2007 Demo VM is designed to allow you to demonstrate the features and functionality of Microsoft Office Project 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 in a live environment utilizing a single PC or laptop computer.

The Enterprise Project Management 2007 Demo has the RTM versions of the Project 2007 stack installed and configured plus the new Project Server and Portfolio Server demo databases. Demo scripts are included with this image, more will be posted at a later date. There is an instruction document to describe the role and logins of the users.

The contents of the VM are:

· Windows Server 2003 R2

· Microsoft SQL 2005 SP2

· Microsoft SQL 2005 Analysis Services SP2

· Microsoft SQL 2005 Reporting Services SP2

· Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

· Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007

· Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

· Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007

· Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007

· Microsoft Office Visio 2007

· .Net Framework 3.0

The image is 3.5 GB and we recommend that you have about 13GB of free disk space in order to install and run. We broke the installation into eight pieces to facilitate an easier download.

Interested in getting the VM? Click here to go to the link and get the instructions for downloading.

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5/16/2008

Invite Your Customers! Get Office 2007 Deployed

Tips & Tricks for Microsoft® Office 2007 System (Level 100)

Live Meeting Presentation

Learn about Microsoft® Office 2007 System features built to help you:

Deliver better results faster
Get more out of your information
Be better connected

On June 5, 2008 we invite you to attend a Live Meeting offering that will help you get the most out of using the Microsoft® Office 2007 System. This session is a great way for you to learn time savers and new features that will enhance your experience working with Office 2007, regardless of your skill level. Beginner, intermediate, or advanced – everyone will have something to learn!

Tips & Tricks for Microsoft® Office 2007 System

Office 2007 has evolved from a suite of personal productivity products to a more comprehensive and integrated system. The 2007 release presents the Microsoft® Office Fluent user interface as well as new features that will allow you to complete tasks more quickly and easily. In just 90 minutes, you’ll experience very useful tips and tricks demonstrations within Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint® and PowerPoint.

We encourage you to take the time out of your busy schedule to attend this offering. Led by a Microsoft® technology presenter, Andy Reed, the session will be informative and entertaining, geared to help you deliver better results faster, get more out of your information, and work more effectively with others.

June 5, 2008

Tips & Tricks for

Microsoft® Office 2007
11:00a.m. – 12:30p.m. (Eastern)

Windows Vista® Ultimate

Microsoft^® Office
Professional 2007

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* No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be selected from the participants who attend the Live Meeting and have completed and submitted the evaluation form at the end of the event. For detailed official rules and posting of winners, please email Legal Rules Governing Raffles CR.

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5/14/2008

New! - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008

You've heard me say it many times before, but deployment of our software to customers is a key initiative for me. Without deployment, license renewals become significantly more challenging down the road. It's a great opportunity for our partners to make sure that the licenses our customers purchase move from the shelf to the production environment. So, here is a new set of tools to help you get customers on the latest and greatest stuff.

Your customers rely on you to help ensure their mission-critical systems keep their businesses running smoothly. Maintain that trust with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008, the next version of Business Desktop Deployment 2007. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 enables you to help your customers automate desktop and server deployment and reduce your cost of delivery. Find updates to support Windows Vista SP1, 2007 Office and Windows Server 2008 in addition to previously supported platforms. Download the Toolkit.

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5/9/2008

Xobni – THE Outlook add-in

Yesterday I was persuaded to install a new Outlook add-in called Xobni because I kept hearing from some co-workers that it's a very slick product. I totally agree! Xobni, inbox spelled backwards, is a terrific little tool that provides several very cool features to enhance the capabilities of Outlook.

I specifically love the profiles that tell me who I receive from and send to the most, as well as the analysis of when I get messages from a specific individual so that I have a better idea of when I'm most likely to catch someone online (if they don't have OCS and presence enabled yet). The analytics tool is amazing as I can get information in varying views (daily, weekly, hourly average, etc.) on how many messages I receive, how many I send, and even what the median time to respond is for people I send to. Very cool, indeed!

I also get their contact information in an easy to read format, and I can just as quickly get links to files that we've exchanged, and which people they most frequently communicate with.

It's a very cool product, and if you're looking to give yourself a little boost in productivity, I suggest you check it out at http://xobni.com.

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