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Office 2010 Beta Resource Kit Technical Library available in Compiled Help format
The Office 2010 Beta Resource Kit library is now available as a downloadable compiled Help (.chm)...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 02/10/2010
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 (Beta)
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 (Beta) is an agent-less tool designed to...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 02/05/2010
Office 2010 application compatibility tools
Administrators can use the following tools for Office 2010 to evaluate application compatibility...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 01/21/2010
Deploying Office 2010 with multiple languages
Will you need to deploy Office 2010 with multiple languages? We have published six new and improved...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 01/19/2010
Outlook Hotmail Connector available for Outlook 2010
If you have been using Outlook Hotmail Connector to access your Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 01/12/2010
Office Customization Tool changes in Office 2010
The Office Customization Tool is part of the Setup program and is the primary tool that...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 01/05/2010
ORK 2007 books now on Amazon
Do you ever wish you could order up content from the Office Resource Kit in a professionally bound...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 12/17/2009
Use System Center Essentials 2010 (Beta) to Deploy Office 2010 (Beta)
Hello, I'm posting a draft copy of this article in order to receive your feedback before the article...
Author: RossC Date: 12/14/2009
Update to “Changes in Office 2010” article – Clip Art task pane still available
In the TechNet article “Changes in Office 2010,” we have removed the discussion about...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 12/11/2009
Office 2010 64-bit editions
Processors that are 64-bit are quickly becoming the standard for systems ranging from servers to...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 12/10/2009
New forum for Office 2010 volume activation
Since the November 18 launch of the Microsoft Office 2010 public beta, many of you have installed...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 12/07/2009
What’s new for IT professionals in Office 2010
Office 2010 provides new features and improvements that help IT administrators configure, validate,...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 11/30/2009
Technical diagrams available for Office 2010
Wouldn’t you prefer looking at a nice poster over reading a wall of text? We have some posters...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 11/24/2009
How to import Outlook Data Files (.pst) – the files formally known as Personal Folder Files (.PST)
If you upgrade from Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2010, your .pst files will auto-magically be imported...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 11/20/2009
TechNet Office 2010 Beta documentation
Yes, this is why we’ve been so quiet lately – we haven’t been napping all these...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 11/17/2009
Office 2010 public beta announcement
Here is the official word folks!Today, Microsoft is releasing the public beta of Office 2010,...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 11/17/2009
Security updates for November 2009
On Tuesday, November 10th, 2009, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office products...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 11/12/2009
Security updates for October 2009
On Tuesday, October 13th, 2009, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office products to...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 10/15/2009
Where is the Office 2000 SR-1 administrator updates (O2KSR1aDL.exe)?
The Office 2000 SR-1 administrator updates (O2KSR1aDL.exe) is no longer available on the Microsoft...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 09/16/2009
Updates for Outlook Junk E-mail Filters September 2009
On September 2nd, 2009, Microsoft released updates to the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 09/10/2009
2007 Office system: Resource Centers for IT administrators
If you are an IT administrator who manages Office desktops in your organization, you will find...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 09/08/2009
Security updates for August 2009
On Tuesday, August 11th, 2009, Microsoft released three security updates for Office Web Components...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 08/18/2009
Deploy different Microsoft Office 2007 suites (step-by-step)
We recently published a new article describing the options available to deploy different Microsoft...
Author: RossC Date: 08/14/2009
Security updates for July 2009
On Tuesday, July 14th, 2009, Microsoft released a security update for Microsoft Office Publisher...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 07/16/2009
2007 Office ribbon and toolbar learning resources
The Office team has just launched the Office 2007 ribbon and toolbar portal...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 07/10/2009
Office 2007 installed on retail computers is usually a trial version
From time to time, we receive comments on our articles asking a variant of the question,...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 07/08/2009
What Document Inspector doesn't catch
Document Inspector--a privacy feature in the 2007 Office system--is a convenient tool for removing...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 06/30/2009
Register Office 2007 file format MIME types on servers
In order for servers to recognize the new file formats in the 2007 Office system, you will need to...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 06/30/2009
Security updates for June 2009
On Tuesday, June 9th, 2009, Microsoft released 17 security updates for Office to address 11 security...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 06/17/2009
Assessment tools cheat sheet
If you're in the process of planning an Office deployment, have a look at the newly published...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 06/10/2009
Office Update and Office Update Inventory Tool Version 2.2 support ends in August, 2009
Beginning August 1, 2009, Microsoft will discontinue support for the Office Update Web site (at...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 06/08/2009
Microsoft Office 2000 extended support ends in July, 2009
Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering has announced that extended support for Microsoft Office 2000...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 05/20/2009
Yes, Office 2007 SP2 is supported on Win XP SP2 too
The system requirements on the download page for the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 05/15/2009
Security updates for May 2009
On Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, Microsoft released 7 security updates for Office. The updates address...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 05/12/2009
Updated 2007 Office system Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool available
Microsoft has released updated Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 04/30/2009
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) available
Microsoft has released 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) which provides the latest...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 04/29/2009
The Truman Show?
Every day I run into someone that asks me about the “Ribbon” and how it came to be....
Author: Karina Meik Date: 04/16/2009
File formats supported in the 2007 Office system (corrected)
Hello, my name is Ben and I'm a technical writer on the Office Resource Kit team. My article on...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/04/2009
Cumulative update packages for the 2007 Microsoft Office core suite applications and for 2007 Microsoft Office servers: February, 2009
Microsoft released a set of cumulative update packages for the 2007 Office system on February 24,...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 04/01/2009
Tips for using the Outlook 2007 Security Hash Generator Tool
The Outlook 2007 Security Hash Generator Tool is used to generate a hash value to identify your...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 03/23/2009
Documentation resources for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
If you are looking for resources for Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, check the Mactopia Web site at...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 03/19/2009
Part 2: Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application
Update April 6th: The full article is finally available on TechNet - Customize the 2007 Office...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 03/13/2009
Security Updates for March 2009
The following security updates were released on March 10, 2009. For more information and to download...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 03/11/2009
Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application
On the off chance that you are considering deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office system to work with a...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 03/06/2009
IT in today's economy: Spotlight on Cost
Here's a useful site that showcases tools and technologies for assessing your infrastructure and...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 03/05/2009
New IT Showcase article: Securing the Microsoft Environment Using Desktop Patch Management
IT Showcase just release a new article about how Microsoft uses SCCM to manage desktop updates. Some...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 03/05/2009
MVP Summit 2009
3/1/09 Update - View the press release: 1,500 Global Tech Professionals Take Center Stage at 2009...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 02/27/2009
Updated - Deploying the 2007 Office system by using System Center Configuration Manager
Thank-you everyone for your feedback. I'm now posting the most recent draft copy of this article....
Author: RossC Date: 02/26/2009
Find out what version of Office 2007 you're running - don't use Help|About
Ok, you can use Help|About (in previous versions, anyway--in Office 2007, you click the Office...
Author: Andrea Bichsel - MSFT Date: 02/26/2009