Brent Whichel - Everything Office

Hi Everyone,

I'm moving my content and putting all future efforts into http://Office-411.com because I have a little more control and flexibility with my content.

Please visit the new site!

Thanks,
Brent

Posted 03 June 09 05:33 by bwhichel | 0 Comments

Office 2007 SP2

· 2007 Microsoft Office System Service Pack 2 Knowledge Base article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968170

· Download 2007 Microsoft Office System SP2 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5

· Office System News on PressPass - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/office/default.mspx

· Office Interoperability Blog by Doug Mahugh - http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh/

· Sustained Engineering Blog - http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/

Posted 29 April 09 01:48 by bwhichel | 0 Comments

Outlook Cumulative Update

The Outlook team is proud to announce the release of the February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007, a series of performance and reliability improvements that have been consolidated into a single package for our customers.

Feedback from customers has been VERY POSITIVE!!!!

Links

1. Install the update – Download page (e-mail registration required)

2. What’s in the update – February Cumulative Update Whitepaper

3. Outlook Team post on the update – Outlook Blog

Posted 31 March 09 11:41 by bwhichel | 0 Comments

**FREE** Virtual Training – Planning, Deploying and Managing Office 2007

Hi everyone! I’m passing this along for all of you interested! It’s too good to pass up!

Join the Desktop Deployment: Planning, Deploying and Managing Office 2007 Labcast series to learn about new tools and technologies to deploy the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. During these ½ day events you will receive practical technical information and proven techniques to help simply your 2007 Office deployment. The labcast provides a hands-on virtual lab environment where you can perform the tasks yourself with step-by-step guidance from Microsoft professionals, giving you experience-based knowledge on how to deploy the 2007 Office system.

Labcast sessions :

Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench

Add the 2007 Office system to the Deployment Workbench
Perform multi-language integration
Learn about the Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Use SMS 2003 for 2007 Office system deployment

Assessing Application Compatibility and Managing Your Office Clients with Group Policy labcast

· 2007 Microsoft Office system Planning and Migration Tools: Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM)

Install and configure OMPM
Perform a scan on a user system
Convert documents with no issues to the new file formats
Managing the 2007 Microsoft Office system with Group Policy
- Import the new Group Policy Administrative Templates for the 2007 Office release
Use Group Policy to configure the Default File Save options in the 2007 Office release
Use Group Policy to configure the Default File Save options for Office 2003 (to support a mixed Office environment)

Click on the date to register

Deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system with the Deployment Workbench	Assessing Application Compatibility and Managing Your Office Clients with Group Policy labcast
March 23, 2009 8:30 am Central Time	March 23, 2009 1:00 pm, Central Time
April 6, 2009 1:00 pm Central Time	April 6, 2009 8:30 am Central Time

Posted 18 March 09 10:41 by bwhichel | 0 Comments

Office Migration and Planning Manager (OMPM)

Ok, If you are an IT guy/gal responsible for deploying Office 2007 to your corporate environment… chances are, you are asking yourself “hmmm… how do I know if I will encounter any compatibility issues with the new file format?” or “How can I identify all of the office files in my environment and tell if each file has macros?” , or “I’d like to take advantage of the incredible 30% – 60% file size reduction by converting my existing ‘binary’ files to the new format”…

Lucky for you, we have just the tool to help you… Welcome to the wonderful world of OMPM!

I recommend you start by watching the below On-Demand ‘labcast’!!!

New 2007 Microsoft Office System Planning and Migration Tools - Office Migration Planning Manager

After completing this labcast on-demand, you will be better able to install and configure Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM), perform a scan on a user system, review the results of that scan, and convert documents with no issues to the new file formats.

Posted 28 January 09 01:12 by bwhichel | 0 Comments

Tips and Tricks videos are complete!

Hi folks,

By popular demand, I’ve recorded Tips and Tricks videos, which you and view right here from my blog! You can find them all under “TRAINING” in the “One Stop Shop” post below, which I maintain on a regular basis.

I’d love to get your comments/feedback!

Posted 20 January 09 04:17 by bwhichel | 1 Comments

Thinking of Deploying Outlook 2007 without the rest of the 2007 suite?

Click here to read more…

Posted 15 August 08 12:13 by bwhichel | 1 Comments

Office Info - One stop shop... (Updated 4/2/2009)

Hi there, I've been with Microsoft for almost 12 years now and, have been supporting customers with their Office efforts since day one. I recently started a new role as an "Office Client Technical Specialist" and found that there is a ton of great information out there to help folks ramp up or learn more about Office 2007 but, the problem is, it's EVERYWHERE'. :-) So, I ended up creating my own favorites list to make it easier for me to organize all of these links and to share with customers. The links you will find on this blog are my favorite links (and will be updated), which I share with customers each day in an effort to help them ramp up on the Office 2007 Client applications. Feel free to send me your favorite link if you feel it would benefit others.

MIGRATION AND PLANNING
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