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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

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

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