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Microsoft Office 2010 Security Baseline beta now available for download

Posted over 3 years ago

by RossCC
- 12 Comments
UPDATE (NEW) - 11/11/2010 : The Security Solution Accelerators team recently announced the release of the new Office 2010 Security Baseline that can be used with the Security Compliance Manager tool! New users can access the Office 2010 Security...
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The new Office Garage Series: Who Moved My MSI?

Posted 2 months ago

by Garage Series for IT Pros
- 0 Comments
In this blog post, our adventurous hosts Yoni Kirsh and Jeremy Chapman explain the differences between Windows Installer Package (MSI) and Click-to-Run package types, how to download Click-to-Run builds for use with software distribution tools, when its...
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Managing Office 365 ProPlus installations: activating, deactivating, and reactivating

Posted 5 months ago

by DHB_
- 0 Comments
Being able to install and use Office on up to 5 PCs at the same time is one benefit of your organization having an Office 365 subscription with Office 365 ProPlus . For example, a user could have Office installed on the following computers: a desktop...
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Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 2 – Preparing the Sequencing Workstation

Posted over 2 years ago

by Alistair S
- 3 Comments
Continuing on from Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 1 , Matt and Jason from 43Tc to share their real world experiences with Office 2010 and App-V and provide guidance on sequencing Office for App-V. In part 2 we look at preparing the sequencing...
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How to manually uninstall Office 2007

Posted over 5 years ago

by Andrea Bichsel - MSFT
- 1 Comments
First, a disclaimer: it is a best practice to uninstall programs by using Add or Remove Programs in Windows XP or Programs and Features in Windows Vista. I've been attending the Office 2007 Deployment Workshop in Houston this week, taught by Dean...
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How to determine which 2007 Office system languages are installed

Posted over 3 years ago

by PattyN_
- 0 Comments
If you need to determine the version of the installed 2007 Office language packs you can use one of the following methods. Control Panel To determine the version of the installed language pack in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008...
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Office File Validation for Office 2003 and Office 2007

Posted over 2 years ago

by RossCC
- 3 Comments
Office File Validation, a Microsoft Office 2010 security feature, is now available for both Office 2003 and Office 2007. We strongly recommend that Office File Validation be applied to all computers that use Office 2003 and Office 2007. However, Office...
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2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) available

Posted over 4 years ago

by PattyN_
- 2 Comments
Microsoft has released 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) which provides the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite. To learn about the product-specific changes introduced by SP2 and about important information that you should be aware...
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Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) 2010 is released!

Posted over 3 years ago

by Jill_M [MSFT]
- 5 Comments
The much-anticipated 2010 version of Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) is now available for download on the Microsoft Download Center . OMPM helps IT Pros discover and assess the compatibility of existing Office documents for conversion from...
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The New Office: Garage Series for IT Pros

Posted 2 months ago

by Garage Series for IT Pros
- 1 Comments
Welcome to the official blog for the Garage Series for IT Pros. As we gear up for the commercial release of the new Office, I'm excited to announce that we will also be bringing you a brand new weekly show, here on this blog , each Wednesday starting...
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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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Use System Center Essentials 2010 (Beta) to Deploy Office 2010 (Beta)

Posted over 4 years ago

by RossCC
- 0 Comments
Hello, I'm posting a draft copy of this article in order to receive your feedback before the article is published in the Office 2010 Beta Resource Kit on Microsoft TechNet, located here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303401(office.14).aspx...
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Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 3 – The Actual Sequencing Part

Posted over 2 years ago

by Alistair S
- 1 Comments
Continuing on from Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 1 and Part 2 , Matt and Jason from 43Tc to share their real world experiences with Office 2010 and App-V and provide guidance on sequencing Office for App-V. In part 3 we look at Sequencing Office...
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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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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...