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| | | OMPM is your Friend 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 following 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 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. | |
| Resources for a Successful Office 2007 Deployment EVALUATE Office 2007 Trial Download a free 60 day trial to test out the productivity enhancing features of Office 2007. Read the Forrester article about “The Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface: Information Worker Perception of Productivity, Training, and Support Requirements”. Find out the Top 10 Benefits of Microsoft Office 2007 Professional
PLAN - Utilize your Software Assurance Benefits
- Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS) can help your organization deploy Microsoft Office or Windows software to increase usage, improve productivity, and lower costs. Your DDPS consultant collaborates with you to create a comprehensive deployment plan that includes analysis, business case, process, and technical procedures. Available as part of your SA Benefits.
- Training Vouchers for technical training
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment.
- MAP Toolkit The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations and virtualization without the use of any software agents.
- The Office Resource Kit is the knowledge base for IT Pros planning Office 2007 deployments.
- Watch a video on how to deploy Office 2007
- Go deeper by watching a webcast:
- Learn hands-on by joining a virtual lab:
- Listen to a podcast:
- Work with a partner on a DOWO engagement - DOWO: Desktop Optimization Using Windows and the Microsoft Office System
APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY - Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization is an integral tool in MDOP, a dynamic solution available to Software Assurance customers that helps reduce application deployment costs, enable delivery of applications as services, and better manage and control enterprise desktop environments.
- App-V reduces application compatibility testing efforts by helping remove application conflicts, enabling IT to improve application deployment velocity
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TRAINING AND ADOPTION - Utilize your Software Assurance Benefits:
- Home Use Program enables employees to use and train on Office 2007 at home for free (plus shipping and handling)
- E-Learning for end user training
- Office Online is the knowledge base for end user training complete with articles, videos and tools
- Plan your end user training with the Enterprise Learning Framework tool
- Build a centralized training site
- Leverage the Productivity Hub, a SharePoint site template you can deploy in your intranet that pulls top end user training content off of Office Online
- If SharePoint is not available, leverage the Everyday Productivity Education template
- Tips n’ Tricks videos for end users
- Interactive Guides which compare the Office 2003 interface to Office 2007
- Training Add-ins for the Office clients
- Get Started tool surfaces end user training tools right within Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Search Commands tool allows you to search for a feature which then dynamically appears right at your finger tips
- Ribbon Mapping Workbooks are spreadsheets that show you the path to existing features in the new user interface
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