On the off chance that you are considering deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application, you’ll want to check out a brand new article that will (hopefully) be published the end of next week: Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application. This article was inspired by some support cases that the Microsoft Support team had. Apparently, this topic was not well documented – I mean, really, who wouldn’t want Outlook to be

This coming week my colleague and I will have the chance to attend one of the Microsoft US Enterprise Services workshops on Deploying and Managing Office 2007. In 4 days (or less), this workshop will cover all the details that you would need to design, deploy and customize an Office 2007 installation. Specifically created to target the IT Professionals who typically deal with installations and troubleshooting in their current environment. A brief overview of the workshop TOC lists the following modules:

The Office Resource Kit team is taking a hard look at what planning content to provide and how to organize it. We're looking for feedback on what resources you'd want to plan an Office deployment. Would you want prescriptive best practices to plan your deployment? Would you want job aids like templates, checklists, and a project plan? What job aids would be most valuable? What resources are you using now to plan your desktop deployments? Are you printing planning information out? How do you store

There are many learning resources that you can make available to your users to help your deployment of the 2007 Office system go more smoothly. These include: Office Online . Users can look up how-to information, download templates and clip art, and access many different types of learning resources. Interactive User Interface Guides . These popular downloads show users where their favorite Office 2003 commands are in the new 2007 Office system interface. Office Webcasts and Podcasts . These video

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide is live, and you can check it out on the TechNet Security Center . This solution accelerator can help you keep users productive and help secure your systems and data. It will help you to determine how to set the hundreds of security and privacy settings available with the 2007 Office system, balancing your organization's requirements for security and functionality. The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide solution accelerator consists of the following components: