Office IT Pro Blog
News and tips for IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office.
Office IT Pro blog is being consolidated
To all the loyal Office IT enthusiasts who have come to know and love the Office IT Pro Blog, thank...
Date: 05/02/2014
How to fix the Telemetry Dashboard error message “Database connection failure. The database needs to be updated.” in Office 2013 SP1
If you’re using Telemetry Dashboard to monitor Office compatibility, you’ll have to...
Date: 03/07/2014
Managing Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 2
Automatic Updates streamlines the way administrators deploy updates to Office 365 ProPlus. This post...
Date: 01/28/2014
Managing Updates for Office 365 ProPlus – Part 1
Automatic Updates streamlines the way administrators deploy updates to Office 365 ProPlus. This post...
Date: 01/21/2014
Office 365 ProPlus, multiple devices, and (de)activation
Learn how to manage Office 365 ProPlus activations and deactivations when installing Office on...
Date: 01/17/2014
New Training on Microsoft Virtual Academy – Office 365 ProPlus Deployment for IT Pros
Recently, Microsoft Virtual Academy released training specifically for Office 365 ProPlus Deployment...
Date: 01/07/2014
Announcing App-V 5.0 SP2 Support for Office 2013 Volume Licensing Editions
Learn how to use the Office Deployment Tool to create App-V 5.0 SP2 packages for volume license...
Date: 12/01/2013
Get Outlook 2013 RT with Windows RT 8.1
Windows RT 8.1 has been available in the Windows Store for a couple of weeks now. If your users are...
Date: 10/31/2013
October 2013 cumulative updates for Office client and Office server products are now available
Get links to the latest hotfixes for Office 2013 and Office 2010If you are an admin responsible for...
Date: 10/21/2013
Setting the Office Theme using Group Policy
Updated Office 2013 Administrative Template files allow you to set the theme using Group Policy....
Date: 09/27/2013
The mysterious Outlook Outbox
Understand why messages get “stuck in the Outbox folder” in an Exchange environment....
Date: 08/14/2013
TechEd North America 2013 wrap up: Part 2
Get answers to the most frequently asked Office 365 questions that the Office writers heard at...
Date: 08/09/2013
How to deploy Office 365 ProPlus from an on-premises web portal
Learn how to use the Office Deployment Tool and a self-extracting .exe file to enable users to...
Date: 08/07/2013
Insider's guide to custom reporting in (and out of!) Telemetry Dashboard
Learn how to create custom PivotTable reports using Office Telemetry data in Excel...
Date: 08/06/2013
Download the new Microsoft Visio Compatibility Pack
Visio 2010 users can use this pack to open files created in the newer Visio 2013 file format.Visio...
Date: 07/31/2013
Control whether PDFs open in Word Web App or the default PDF reader
Use Windows PowerShell commands to adjust settings so that PDFs open in the program you want.When...
Date: 07/31/2013
SP2 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 officially released
Learn where to find the new Office 2010 SP2 download, a list of fixes, the latest admin templates,...
Date: 07/23/2013
Outlook 2013 RT is here, and this is what you need to know
(Now that Windows 8.1 has officially released, we updated this information here.)You asked; we are...
Date: 06/26/2013
TechEd North America 2013 wrap up: Part 1
Watch the TechEd North America 2013 Office sessions on Channel 9 and get the Office architectural...
Date: 06/24/2013
Who moved my Garage?
Season 2 of the Garage series with host Jeremy Chapman is now on the new Office 365 Technology blog....
Date: 06/19/2013
Automating Quick Repairs in Office 365 ProPlus
Learn how to automate a Quick Repair to fix issues and file associations in Office 365 ProPlus....
Date: 06/17/2013
New "Quick guide to Office editions" poster
Download a copy of the "Quick guide to Office editions" poster and get links to additional...
Date: 06/01/2013
Join us at TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans
We have a crew of nine members from Office Content Publishing who will be attending TechEd North...
Date: 05/30/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Managing Office in Virtualized Environments
This week, our adventurous hosts tackle one of the most requested topics, managing Office in...
Date: 05/21/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Automating User Provisioning in Office 365
This week our hosts address one of the most visible changes to the new Office desktop apps - sign in...
Date: 05/14/2013
New Office Web Apps Server poster and content roadmap
We’ve published two new resources to help you learn about Office Web Apps Server and to help...
Date: 05/14/2013
Why isn’t KMS counting activation requests?
Learn some techniques to avoid error 0xC004F038 when using KMS to activate Office installations. Key...
Date: 05/09/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Anatomy of Office Software Updates in Click-to-Run
This week adventurous hosts go deeper on how software updates really work for the new Office. They...
Date: 05/07/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Click-to-Run Customization and Deployment Deep Dive Part 3 - Integration and Automation with Software Distribution Tools
This week marks the third in a three part series as hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh take the...
Date: 04/30/2013
New Telemetry Dashboard article and video on custom reporting on TechNet
Find out how custom reports in Telemetry Dashboard help you create a customized view of Office...
Date: 04/30/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Click-to-Run Customization and Deployment Deep Dive Part 2 - Workarounds
This week marks the second in a three part series, as hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh, explore...
Date: 04/23/2013
An invitation to upcoming Ignite events
Our friends over at the Office 365 Technical Blog have announced that the Exchange Online Protection...
Date: 04/19/2013
Office 2010 SP2 Beta Now Available for Download
The beta for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 is available for download. For the...
Date: 04/18/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Click-to-Run Customization and Deployment Deep Dive Part 1 with High-G Aerobatics
In this week's episode, hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh kick off a three-part series deep dive...
Date: 04/16/2013
New poster and content roadmaps about Office identity, authentication, authorization, and security
We're pleased to announce the publication of some new security-related deployment content on...
Date: 04/12/2013
April 2013 Office Update Release including an Office Web Apps Server update
Learn about the April 2013 Office Update Release that includes updates for Office, Office Web Apps...
Date: 04/11/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Recap of the Garage Series Live! Show with Paul Thurrott and Early Adopters
This week our hosts, Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh, recap the Garage Series Live! where they...
Date: 04/09/2013
Available on Demand: Garage Series Live! Real-world adoption tips, tricks, and secrets of the new Office
The live broadcast is over. But you can watch the replay now at www.microsoft.com/garage or the live...
Date: 04/03/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Did Deployment Just Get Faster?
In this week’s episode, our hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh explore the change in guard of...
Date: 03/26/2013
Recent IT Pro questions about Office Telemetry
This post describes recent IT Pro questions about Office Telemetry, such as how the agents are...
Date: 03/26/2013
Join April 3rd for the Garage Series Live! New Office Real World Adoption Tips, Tricks and Secrets Shared
SAVE THE DATE APRIL 3rd, 9AM PSTJoin us for live discussion and Q&A as we are joined by...
Date: 03/22/2013
Create a custom WOPI host for Office Web Apps Server
If you’re a developer for a document storage system and you’d like to use Office Web...
Date: 03/20/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Identity, Activation and Data Access with a User-Based Office
In this blog post, our intrepid hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh answer your questions about a...
Date: 03/19/2013
Office Web Apps on SharePoint 2010 products: What are the updates since the July 2011 updates?
This post describes what order to apply updates for Office Web Apps installed on SharePoint Server...
Date: 03/15/2013
March 2013 update released for Office Web Apps Server
An update for Office Web Apps Server was released on March 5th. You can find details on what's...
Date: 03/15/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Client Configuration Management 101
In this blog post, our animated hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh begin to tackle the frequently...
Date: 03/12/2013
The new Office Garage Series: Who Moved My MSI?
In this blog post, our adventurous hosts Yoni Kirsh and Jeremy Chapman explain the differences...
Date: 03/05/2013
The new Office: What are your options, what's changed and what's new?
In this blog post, our desktop specialist hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh, walk us through the...
Date: 02/26/2013