Office IT Pro Blog
News and tips for IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office.
February 2012 Cumulative Update for Office is now available
You can now get the February 2012 Cumulative Updates (CUs) packages for Office 2010 and the 2007...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 03/14/2012
Using OMPM Part 3 – Are there other uses for OMPM?
Brought to you by our compatibility guru Curtis Sawin.Still using OMPM? Give Office Telemetry...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 01/06/2012
Using OMPM Part 2 – Performing Bulk Conversion
Brought to you by our compatibility guru Curtis Sawin. Still using OMPM? Give Office Telemetry...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 01/06/2012
Using OMPM Part 1 - Identifying Document Conversion Candidates and Estimating Storage Savings
Brought to you by our compatibility guru Curtis Sawin. Still using OMPM? Give Office Telemetry...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 01/06/2012
Deploying a custom dictionary
We've had some questions about how to deploy a custom dictionary in an organization. To deploy a...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 12/15/2011
The updates list for Office 2007 Service Pack 3 is now available
The Office Sustained Engineering team has released the list of updates that are included in Office...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 12/12/2011
Video: Solving Office Compatibility to Accelerate Office Deployments
Our compatibility guru Curtis Sawin shared his expertise on Office compatibility planning at the...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/07/2011
Working exclusively with Office Web Apps - one small business customer's experiment
One of our colleagues on the Get to the Point SharePoint blog recently wrote about working with a...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/04/2011
Service Pack 3 for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007 is now available
The Office Sustained Engineering team has released Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Office 2007 and...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 10/27/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 6) – Building Solutions for Remote Access to Windows Environments
Welcome to the sixth and final part in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of...
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/26/2011
You Asked, We Answered… Where is MODI?
First off maybe you might be asking, what is MODI? MODI stands for Microsoft Office Document...
Author: Karina Meik Date: 10/25/2011
When you install Office 2010 SP1, SharePoint Workspace 2010 is also installed
When you install Office 2010 SP1, SharePoint Workspace 2010 is automatically installed whether or...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 10/24/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 5) – Accessing Remote Windows Environments
Welcome to part five in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of tablet computing....
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/23/2011
Office 2010 SP1 now updates multiple languages in Office 2010 installations
An update to Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 now enables the service pack to update all language...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 10/21/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 4) – Device-based Access Management
Welcome to part four in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of tablet computing....
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/19/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 3) – Accessing Office from the Browser
Welcome to part three in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of tablet...
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/18/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 2)
Welcome to part two in the series about managing your Office assets in a world of tablet computing....
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/12/2011
Windows, iPad and Android - Managing and Using Your Office Assets in a Tablet World (Part 1)
Hello and welcome to my first blog as a member of the Office IT Pro team. I used to blog quite a bit...
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 10/11/2011
Service Pack 3 for Office 2007 and SharePoint 2007 target date announced
The Office Sustained Engineering team has announced the third Service Pack release for Office 2007...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 10/06/2011
Hotfix in the August 2011 Cumulative Update fixes possible Outlook 2010 SP1 issues
If you’ve installed Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and are experiencing either of the...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 09/13/2011
Hiding the Ribbon in Office 2010
Brought to you by our compatibility expert Curtis Sawin Helping users get used to the ribbon is a...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 09/12/2011
Understanding potentially impactful changes in the Office 2010 object model
Brought to you by our compatibility expert Curtis Sawin One of the challenges of migrating to Office...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 09/08/2011
Patching Office Web Apps to SP1 and June CUs including SharePoint Server 2010 and language packs (Part 2)
In our previous post, for those of you running Office Web Apps hosted on-premises, we covered which...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 08/24/2011
Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for Office 2010 is released
The Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for Office 2010 is now available. Administrators and...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 08/23/2011
Experience from the Field: Resolving the OMPM issue “Type of column ‘WarningInfo’ in table ‘osWarning’ is too small to hold data”
My name is Anthony Cafarelli and I’m a Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services who...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2011
Security Best Practices for Office 2010 Applications
You can learn about the security best practices for Office 2010 applications by reading the...
Author: RossC Date: 08/22/2011
Office Compatibility Tools Update 1 Available for Download
The Office Compatibility Tools Update 1 delivers important fixes to the Office Compatibility tools...
Author: Brian Shiers [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2011
Build your own book of TechNet articles
Although the Office Resource Kit offers a set of downloadable books, we realize that there are many...
Author: Dee T Date: 07/29/2011
Announcing the release of Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0. - with new Office 365 readiness assessment features
The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 07/19/2011
Temporary removal of Lync connectivity with Windows Live Messenger in Office 365 for professionals and small businesses
As of this week, Lync connectivity with Windows Live Messenger in Office 365 for professionals and...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 07/14/2011
Important information for Access 2010 64-bit customers regarding Office 2010 SP1
A customer recently contacted us via this blog about issues reported with Access 2010 and SP1. The...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2011
Patching Office Web Apps to SP1 and June CUs including SharePoint Server 2010
As you know from previous posts, on this blog and the SharePoint Team Blog, Service Pack 1 and the...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 07/11/2011
Office 365 Security
Microsoft Office 365 provides enterprise-grade security for businesses of all sizes. To learn more...
Author: RossC Date: 07/06/2011
Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) version 2 (BETA) available for download
The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) version 2 (BETA) is available for download. Some of...
Author: RossC Date: 07/05/2011
Tips for estimating OMPM scanning times
A common question among OMPM customers is “How do I estimate how long OMPM will take to...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 06/30/2011
SP1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 officially released
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 is officially released. SP1 contains new...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 06/29/2011
Office 365 is now available worldwide
Today, Steve Ballmer announced the worldwide availability of Office 365, which brings together...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 06/28/2011
Looking for a reference document on Access 2010 VBA?
A customer recently left the following comment in our Changes in Access 2010 topic in the Office...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2011
Get to SharePoint from an Office Application
Maybe you've heard about connecting to SharePoint from your favorite Office applications but you're...
Author: Karina Meik Date: 06/20/2011
Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 4 – Getting it to your users
Continuing on from Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, Matt and Jason from...
Author: Alistair S Date: 06/16/2011
Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 3 – The Actual Sequencing Part
Continuing on from Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 1 and Part 2, Matt and Jason from 43Tc to...
Author: Alistair S Date: 06/16/2011
Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 2 – Preparing the Sequencing Workstation
Continuing on from Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V, Part 1, Matt and Jason from 43Tc to share their...
Author: Alistair S Date: 06/16/2011
Sequencing Office 2010 for App-V - Part 1: Considerations
Application Virtualization is a technology that we are really excited about in the Office team....
Author: Alistair S Date: 06/15/2011
How to plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Microsoft Office 2010
You can use the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager tool, which includes the Office 2010 Security...
Author: RossC Date: 06/14/2011
Collect data about Office installations by using the new Robust Office Inventory Scan script
The Office Sustained Engineering and the Office Deployment Support teams have published Robust...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 05/26/2011
Tech-Ed Atlanta presentations available online
Didn't make it to Tech-Ed North America 2011 last week? Or maybe you did but didn't make it to all...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 05/25/2011
Tips for using SQL filters with OMPM
A consultant recently asked us whether OMPM supports using wildcards for scanning files. Turns out,...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 05/19/2011
TechEd Atlanta : Day 3
Wow - not only did I find out the Canucks are actually leading 2-0 over the Sharks, but today was a...
Author: Karina Meik Date: 05/18/2011
TechEd Atlanta : Day 2
If you missed out on TechEd Berlin highlights, follow the links for each day.Last night was great as...
Author: Karina Meik Date: 05/17/2011
TechEd Atlanta : Day 1
At 8:55am (EST) the final launch of the Endeavor lifted off, and at the Georgia World Congress...
Author: Karina Meik Date: 05/16/2011