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New articles in the Office Resource Kit

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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The Office Resource Kit team has recently published the following articles: Deploying 2007 Office software updates with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872848.aspx ). Learn about how to use System...
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Quick tips for the Office Customization Tool (OCT)

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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For those of you not familiar with the Office Customization Tool (OCT), it is your main tool for unified setup, customization, and maintenance of the Office 2007 system. It's free and comes with the volume licensed version of the 2007 Office system. It...
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TechEd Orlando 2008

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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The week of TechEd IT PRO was both a great experience and educational. If you haven’t been to TechEd or missed it this year, check online for a recap ( http://www.microsoft.com/techedonline/ ). For me it was all about the Office Deployment Booth...
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New download: Open XML Format SDK

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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For all of you who cross the line into developer territory, the Open XML Format SDK is now available for download here . As you probably already know, Office 2007 introduces new file formats built on ZIP and XML technologies. The Open XML formats are...
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How to deploy Office 2007 by using Group Policy to assign startup scripts

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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You can use Group Policy to assign computer startup scripts to deploy the 2007 Microsoft Office system. You can use a script written in any language that is supported by your client computers. Windows Script Host-supported languages, such as VBScript...
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New download: Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT)

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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This is a good tool for mid-sized organizations. The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 3.5 is the revised version of the original Microsoft Security Risk Self-Assessment Tool (MSRSAT), released in 2004 and the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool 2.0 released...
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Free training products from Microsoft Learning

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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The Microsoft Learning Center on TechNet offers a huge library of learning resources, including classes, books, online training, and more. You can also subscribe to different learning plans to help you train for a certification exam or specific IT task...
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Updated ORK article: Digital signing of documents in the 2007 Office system

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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The ORK article, Digital signing of documents in the 2007 Office system , has been updated. This article provides information about digital signatures and certificates and how to use them. It includes the following articles: What is a digital signature...
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What do you think about application virtualization?

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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This is something that I haven’t played around with a whole lot, but I’m about to. I’ve heard all kinds of buzz about it, both internal and external to Microsoft. So far, I’ve heard some pretty impressive numbers and results from organizations deploying...
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The Office Resource Kit has a redesigned TechNet page

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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Be sure to visit our new Tech Center on Technet . We have a new design for getting you where you need to go faster. You can choose your task (Evaluate, Plan, Deploy, Operate) to find useful articles, webcasts, and solutions. Clicking on the Library...
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Office 2007 deployment scripts

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
- 1 Comments
I received a question about deployment scripts for Office 2007. I’m not one of The Scripting Guys , but I think I can at least point you in the right direction. If you are automating a deployment of Office 2007 with scripts, see our ORK article, Setup...
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GPSI deployment considerations for Office 2007

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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This is an excerpt from our article, Use Group Policy Software Installation to deploy the 2007 Office system : Although administrators can use Group Policy Software Installation to deploy the 2007 Office system to computers in small organizations,...
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Deploying Office 2007 with GPSI is not for everyone—but it's possible

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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Because of some comments I've received, I just wanted to clarify that the Group Policy downloads I’ve mentioned before are for setting policies to enforce users' Office configurations, not for actually deploying Office 2007. Deploying Office 2007 with...
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New ORK article: Automatically configure Office Outlook 2007 user accounts

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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You can find our new ORK article here: Automatically configure Office Outlook 2007 user accounts . Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 includes the ability to automatically configure user accounts. Office Outlook 2007 uses one of two discovery mechanisms to...
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Updated ORK article: Changes in Word 2007

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
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The article Changes in Word 2007 has been updated and republished on TechNet. It lists what's new, changed, and removed in Microsoft Office Word 2007 from Microsoft Office 2003. If you are planning a migration to Word 2007, you’ll also find our ORK...