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2007 Microsoft Office System Tips and Tricks Live Meeting
Tips and Tricks for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Get the most out of Office 2007! You’re invited...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 01/02/2009
Show me the proof!
When I meet with customers to discuss how they can use the Microsoft Office 2007 System to have a...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 12/30/2008
Office 2007 Value, Integration, Deployment and Training Slides
Thanks again to all of the customers that joined us at our Office 2007 events in New York & New...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 12/18/2008
Office 2007 Resources from BrainStorm
A partner of ours, BrainStorm, has worked with the Microsoft team in Redmond to summarize some of...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 11/25/2008
Happy Birthday Microsoft Word!
Did you know that Microsoft Word has turned 25 years old? Perhaps we should all send a birthday card...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 11/18/2008
Office Customization Tool Best Practices
For those of you deploying Office 2007 using the Office Customization Tool (OCT), there is a great...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 11/17/2008
PDC Announcements - Office Web Apps, Azure, Windows 7 and More ...
Wow - what a week! Earlier this week we made a number of significant announcements at the...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2008
Office 2007 SP2 Details Announced
Details have recently been published and released here regarding service pack 2 for Office 2007. The...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2008
Slides from My Beyond TechEd Presentations
Yesterday we wrapped up the 3rd day of our local Beyond TechEd events. Thanks again to all of our...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 10/17/2008
New E2E Sales Forecast OBA Released
The E2E Sales Forecast OBA walks you through a salesperson creating and submitting a quarterly sales...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 10/17/2008
Office 2007 Desktop Deployment Labcasts
Join Microsoft's two-part Desktop Deployment: Planning, Deploying, and Managing Office 2007 Labcast...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 10/02/2008
OBA Developer Events in NH & CT
Jim O’Neil will be presenting at events this week during which he’ll be doing some presentations on...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 09/29/2008
Office 2007 Deployment Resources
We have just launched another set of free resources to help our customers with deploying Office...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 09/26/2008
Virtual Labs - Office 2007
Did you know that the Microsoft TechNet site offers a whole set of FREE technical virtual labs that...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 09/22/2008
So that's why Office 2007 looks different!
If you're like me, the new Office 2007 UI took a little while to get used to. Studies show that the...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 09/10/2008
Looking for free live Office 2007 tips & tricks training?
One of our training partners, New Horizons, is delivering a series of FREE Office 2007 Tips &...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2008
Looking for more Office 2007 tips & tricks?
Here is a link to some great Office 2007 tips & tricks recordings:...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2008
Presenting at Beyond TechEd Events ...
I will be presenting on the topic of "Using Microsoft Office & SharePoint to Enable Business and...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2008
New Office Blogger ...
Welcome to Brent Whichel who also recently transitioned into an Office Technical Specialist role...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 08/05/2008
OBA Resources on MSDN
I just returned from the Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) sessions in Atlanta and was blown away by...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 07/22/2008
Analyst Reports - Office 2007
Since Office 2007 was launched, a number of analysts have written about Office 2007, customer plans...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 06/24/2008
Office 2007 End User Training Resources
One question that customers frequently ask is: how do we most efficiently ramp up new users on...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 06/23/2008
Office Business Applications - Business Analyst Webcast
Jim O'Neil has reported on his blog that Steve Fox, a Microsoft Technical Evangelist specializing in...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 06/20/2008
Office Business Applications (OBAs) and the Boston Celtics ...
I'm still recovering this morning from watching and celebrating the Boston Celtics winning their...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 06/18/2008
Hello ...
Welcome to my blog! I joined Microsoft recently and will be publishing more content and news soon...
Author: Chris Bortlik [MSFT] Date: 06/16/2008