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Experience from the Field: Resolving the OMPM issue “Type of column ‘WarningInfo’ in table ‘osWarning’ is too small to hold data”

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 9 Comments
My name is Anthony Cafarelli and I’m a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services who recently compiled a list of useful advice that I gained while performing OMPM scans at client sites. In this blog post I would like to share some of that knowledge...
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Patching Office Web Apps to SP1 and June CUs including SharePoint Server 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

by Catherine Watson
- 9 Comments
As you know from previous posts, on this blog and the SharePoint Team Blog , Service Pack 1 and the June cumulative update have been released for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Products. If you are running Office Web Apps on-premise, you may be wondering...
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Office 2010 document compatibility information at your fingertips (in a OneNote notebook)

Posted over 2 years ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 9 Comments
I put together a OneNote notebook that contains all the Access 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and Word 2010 compatibility details that I could find on Office.com and TechNet, such as: Formatting and functionality changes that occur when a 2010...
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Still using OMPM? Give Office Telemetry Dashboard a try!

Posted 10 months ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 8 Comments
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) continues to be a popular tool with our Office IT Pro customers. We still get comments and questions about it from our blog readers and even from our own Microsoft consultants. Our frequent guest blogger and compatibility...
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Office 2010 volume activation scenarios available on TechNet

Posted over 3 years ago

by DarrylMo
- 8 Comments
In addition to the how-to volume activation (VA) articles published as part of the Office Resource Kit (ORK) , there are now several VA scenario articles. The scenarios focus on the most common use cases, providing granular examples of VA deployment....
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What’s new for IT professionals in Office 2010

Posted over 4 years ago

by PattyN_
- 7 Comments
Office 2010 provides new features and improvements that help IT administrators configure, validate, deploy, and protect their Office installations. The following sections discuss changes in these areas and provide links to resources: Licensing...
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2007 Office system migration tools: OMPM

Posted over 6 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
- 7 Comments
If you have a lot of files to migrate from the legacy Office binary formats to the Office Open XML formats in the 2007 Office system, try out the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) . You can find the documentation for OMPM at OMPM online version...
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Office 2010 Service Pack 1 is coming soon!

Posted over 2 years ago

by DarrylMo
- 7 Comments
Office 2010 SP1, along with SharePoint 2010 SP1, will be available mid-summer 2011. For the latest details and how you can stay connected with the release updates, see Office 2010 Service Pack 1 is Almost Here .
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Configure Office 2010 to volume activate at the same time you install a MAK key

Posted over 3 years ago

by DarrylMo
- 7 Comments
If you are using the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to configure a Multiple Activation Key (MAK) key, you can also activate Office 2010 at the time that you install the MAK key. A MAK key is one of the methods that Office Activation Technologies provides...
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Differences in how OMPM and OCCI generate macro counts

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 7 Comments
Update : This issue has been fixed as of August 2011 in Update 1 of OMPM. See our recent blog post for more information. One of our field consultants, Curtis Sawin, discovered a discrepancy in the macro counts displayed by Office 2010 Migration Planning...
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The new Office Garage Series: Client Configuration Management 101

Posted 3 months ago

by Garage Series for IT Pros
- 7 Comments
In this blog post, our animated hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh begin to tackle the frequently asked question, "Do I get more control if I use the traditional Office installation?" They look at automation support and install-time controls, configuration...
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March 2013 update released for Office Web Apps Server

Posted 3 months ago

by Catherine Watson
- 6 Comments
An update for Office Web Apps Server was released on March 5th. You can find details on what's included in the March update and where to get it from here: Description of the Office Web Apps Server 2013 hotfix package (Wacserver-x-none.msp): March 5, 2013...
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The new Office: What are your options, what's changed and what's new?

Posted 3 months ago

by Garage Series for IT Pros
- 6 Comments
In this blog post, our desktop specialist hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh, walk us through the differences between the Click-to-Run and MSI-based Office versions, the new IT Pro capabilities, and the premise of the new Office including a demo of user...
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Troubleshooting issues with loading Office Code Compatibility Inspector (OCCI)

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 6 Comments
We've had a couple people report recently that they are trying to use OCCI but the Inspect VBA Project option never shows up in the Developer ribbon. When installed correctly, OCCI will add the following buttons to the Developer ribbon, like this: ...
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Configure a silent install of the 2007 Office system with Config.xml

Posted over 4 years ago

by PattyN_
- 6 Comments
The Config.xml file is used to configure installation tasks and is used only while running Setup; it is not installed or cached on users' computers. You can edit the Config.xml file to customize the installation. By default, the Config.xml file that is...