Brent Whichel - Everything Office

I've Moved... Http://Office-411.com

2009-06-04T00:33:00Z

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

Office 2007 SP2

2009-04-29T20:48:51Z

· 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/

Outlook Cumulative Update

2009-03-31T18:41:24Z

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

FREE Virtual Training – Planning, Deploying and Managing Office 2007

2009-03-18T17:41:44Z

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

Office Migration and Planning Manager (OMPM)

2009-01-28T21:12:21Z

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.

Tips and Tricks videos are complete!

2009-01-21T00:17:47Z

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!

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

2008-08-15T07:13:27Z

Click here to read more…

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

2008-08-06T02:48:00Z

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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System Requirements
Migrating to the 2007 Office system
Introduction to the Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM)
Download the OMPM
Deploying the OMPM
IExpress Technology (referenced in the Deploying OMPM link above)
Analyze the OMPM Report
Migrate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files
Migration Issues
Planning for Migration

COMPATIBILITY
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DEPLOYMENT
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TRAINING
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History of the Ribbon (must see, buy pretty long!)
Chris Bortlik's Blog - End User Training
Office Web casts (Click link and pick a product… TON’s of webcasts to choose from)
- NEW - TIPS AND TRICKS VIDEOS by Brent-

Quick Start Cards - (Brainstorm Inc.)
Office 2007 Training Home Page
Fluent User Interface Resource Center
Get Started Resources & Search Commands Tool
Office 2003 to Office 2007 Command Mapping Guides
Enterprise Learning Framework
Many Enterprise Customers have Software Assurance benefits and therefore can tap into the below addes resources...

EXCEL SERVICES
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DEVELOPER
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OFFICE - GENERAL
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