Office IT Pro Blog
News and tips for IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office.
Updated Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run available
Summary: Learn about the updated Office Deployment Tool for Office 365 Click-to-Run desktop...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 02/21/2013
The New Office: Garage Series for IT Pros
Welcome to the official blog for the Garage Series for IT Pros. As we gear up for the commercial...
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 02/19/2013
Office and the Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro device — what's supported?
Learn what versions of Office are supported on the Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro device and...
Author: DHB_ Date: 02/14/2013
Introducing the Telemetry Dashboard Administration Tool, Tdadm.exe, and two new TechNet articles about Telemetry Dashboard
Learn about the new Telemetry Dashboard Administration Tool (Tdadm.exe) and two new TechNet articles...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 02/06/2013
Volume activation of Office 2013 –frequently asked questions
If you’ve seen the TechNet article FAQ:Volume activation of Office 2010, you know that it...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 01/30/2013
Now you can reset or remove a password from a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file—with Office 2013!
This post describes how to use the new DocRecrypt tool and your company public and private key to...
Author: LeAnn A Date: 01/23/2013
Migrate an Office 2013 KMS host from the command line or the UI
Migrating an Office 2013 KMS host to another computer is similar to migrating an Office 2010 KMS...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 01/21/2013
How to customize Click-to-Run for Office 365 products
Summary: Provides a summary of Click-to-Run for Office 365 customization and discusses how to use...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 01/18/2013
Download the new Microsoft Visio Viewer
In case you missed the announcement, the Visio team has announced the availability of the Microsoft...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 01/18/2013
Recommendations for configuring delegate scenarios in Outlook 2010
This post is written by Scott Bradley, a Principal Escalation Engineer for Office in the Microsoft...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 12/17/2012
Introducing content roadmaps for Office IT Pros
The Office Resource Kit team is rolling out a series of content roadmaps for subject areas like...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2012
Deploy Telemetry Agent by using System Center Configuration Manager
This blog post was written by Shinobu Furuma, a Program Manager on the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2012
Managing Office 365 ProPlus installations: activating, deactivating, and reactivating
Being able to install and use Office on up to 5 PCs at the same time is one benefit of your...
Author: DHB_ Date: 11/28/2012
Frequently asked questions about Office 365 ProPlus
We've had some questions about running Office 365 ProPlus, including application data storage, and...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 11/27/2012
October 2012 Cumulative Updates for Office and related products are now available
You can now get the October 2012 Cumulative Updates (CUs) packages for Office 2010, and the 2007...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 11/16/2012
Deploying labels (tags) for better analysis in Telemetry Dashboard
When you deploy Telemetry Agent to clients, you can specify up to four labels that best describe...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/15/2012
New Telemetry Dashboard video and article on TechNet
If you've never seen Telemetry Dashboard in action, check out our new video, Quick tips for...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/13/2012
Which versions of Office are supported on Windows 8 and on Surface with Windows RT?
Window 8With the recent launch of Windows 8, you might be asking "Which versions of Office can I...
Author: DHB_ Date: 11/12/2012
Office 2013 Administrative Templates (ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OCT) download available
On 11/5/2012, the Office engineering team released updated Office 2013 Administrative Templates and...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 11/08/2012
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Beta for Office 365 Client Assessments
It’s been a while since I blogged here and I’ve been busy documenting Click-to-Run...
Author: Garage Series for IT Pros Date: 11/07/2012
Introducing Telemetry Log in Office 2013
This post is written by David Matsumoto, a Program Manager with the Office Solutions Management team...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 11/06/2012
What IT Pros need to know about the new VSDX file format in Visio 2013
You may have heard by now that Visio 2013 has introduced an XML-based file format, VSDX, to provide...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 10/25/2012
New Office 2013 compatibility and telemetry content for IT Pros in the Office Resource Kit
We've published a new Visio poster and article about compatibility and telemetry in Office 2013....
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 10/16/2012
August 2012 Cumulative Update for Office is now available
You can now get the August 2012 Cumulative Updates (CUs) packages for Office 2010, the 2007 Office...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 09/25/2012
Quickly set up Office Telemetry Dashboard on a workgroup or domain-joined computer
This blog post was written by Junko Kyomasu, a Program Manager in the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 09/24/2012
Let's manage add-ins using Telemetry Dashboard
This blog post was written by Nobuko Miwa, a Program Manager in the Office Solutions Management team...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 09/17/2012
Introducing Office Web Apps Server
This post is written by Nick Simons, a Senior Program Manager for Office Web Apps. In the summer of...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 09/11/2012
Office 2013 Preview Administrative Templates and Office Customization Tool download available
The Office 2013 Preview release includes Administrative Templates (ADMX, ADML) and Office...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 09/04/2012
The Mathematics of Office Compatibility
Back in July, one of our Office compatibility gurus, Chris Jackson, posted a very enlightening...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/28/2012
apps for Office and SharePoint on Office Next blog
In case you missed it, there are three great posts on the Office Next blog that introduce apps for...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 08/23/2012
Assess the status of your Office 2013 deployment in 1 minute using Telemetry Dashboard
This post is written by Makoto Yamagishi, a Program Manager with the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/21/2012
Sample Office documents for testing Office telemetry
Hi again everyone. We hope you've had a chance to use the new telemetry features in Office 2013. One...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2012
Office 2013 Preview training content available
The Office team has created lots of great training content to help users learn about the new...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 08/20/2012
What’s new in volume activation for Office 2013 Preview? Active Directory-Based Activation
Office volume activation is an enterprise feature for volume-licensed editions of Office 2010 and...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 08/15/2012
Still using OMPM? Give Office Telemetry Dashboard a try!
Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) continues to be a popular tool with our Office IT Pro...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2012
After a 10 year hiatus, the Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) is back! Orlando, September 24-26.
Join us for the type of in-depth Exchange knowledge you can’t get anywhere else. Talk to the...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 08/09/2012
Using Office Telemetry Dashboard to see how well your Office solutions perform in Office 2013
This post is written by Makoto Yamagishi, a Program Manager with the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/08/2012
Using Office Telemetry Dashboard to understand what documents are important in your organization
This post is written by Makoto Yamagishi, a Program Manager with the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 08/06/2012
New Security Features in Office 2013 Preview
There is something security related for everyone in the new Office 2013 Preview.Simple sign gives...
Author: LeAnn A Date: 08/02/2012
Introducing Office Telemetry in the new Office
This post is written by Makoto Yamagishi, a Program Manager with the Office Solutions Management...
Author: Jill_M [MSFT] Date: 07/31/2012
Office 2013 Preview App-V packages available (App-V 5.0 Beta)
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) makes applications available to users' computers...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 07/30/2012
Office 365 ProPlus Administrator Series on the Office 365 Preview blog
In case you missed it, Jeremy Chapman (Senior Product Manager at Microsoft for Office) has a series...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 07/27/2012
Office Deployment Tool for Click-to-Run
Click-to-Run is a Microsoft streaming and virtualization technology that significantly reduces the...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 07/27/2012
Using Click-to-Run to install the new Office
How long does it take to install Office 2010? Well, first you need to find the Office 2010 software...
Author: DHB_ Date: 07/27/2012
What’s new for IT Pros in the new Office release?
We hope you’ve had a chance to try out the Consumer Preview release of the new Office, which...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 07/26/2012
What is Office 365 ProPlus Preview?
Hopefully by now, you have heard that the new Office Preview is available to download and try out....
Author: DHB_ Date: 07/25/2012
System requirements for Office 2013 Preview
You are itching to give the new Office a spin and we don’t blame you! It’s everything...
Author: LeAnn A Date: 07/24/2012
Resources for the new Office release
Yes we’ve been busy! With the release of the new Office, we have lots of new resources for you...
Author: Catherine Watson Date: 07/19/2012
TechEd North America 2012: Office client deployment and Office 365 sessions
The TechEd North America 2012 conference, held June 11 - June 14 in Orlando, Florida, included...
Author: PattyN_ Date: 06/18/2012
April 2012 Cumulative Update for Office is now available
You can now get the April 2012 Cumulative Updates (CUs) packages for Office 2010 and the 2007 Office...
Author: DarrylMo Date: 04/25/2012