Special Report: Get Up2Speed on Office 2003

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   March 29, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  Get Up2Speed: Office 2003  SPECIAL REPORT SUMMARY Weighing a move to Office 2003? This Special Report outlines the pros, cons and pitfalls you may encounter. You'll find an administrator's guide, articles on new Office features, webcasts and tips about Outlook, security and collaboration. >> Webcast: Jerry Honeycutt's "Administrator's guide to deploying Office 2003" Office 2003's new tricks a challenge for admins by Margie Semilof (03/25/2004) Office 2003 has a lot of nifty new features. Are they worth the upgrade? The answer is yes and no. Yes, if you're looking for greater collaboration and an interface that can link users to various business processes. No, if you don't have staffers who can write applications in XML, set up SharePoint servers and prepare other servers for digital rights management. Read Full Story RELATED INFORMATION FROM SEARCHWIN2000 ADVICE:  >> Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit tools TIP: Check out this Microsoft toolkit, complete with customization and installation wizards and other nifty stuff.  >> Get organized with Outlook 2003's search folders TIP: Old messages cluttering up your inbox? With the new search folders feature in Outlook 2003, finding that important e-mail is a breeze.  >> Office 2003, AD and SharePoint Services TIP: If collaboration is important for your company, don't ignore Office 2003. But first, you'll need WinServer 2003 & AD.  >> Keeping Windows Office up-to-date TIP: Keeping Office applications up-to-date can be as important as patching the OS.  >> Can you deploy Office 2003 with both group policy and local installation sources? ASK THE EXPERTS: In a recent review of Office 2003, you implied you can deploy Office 2003 with both group policy and local installation services. I don't think you can. LINKS:  >> If you are installing the latest version of Microsoft Office, this treasure-trove of Windows-based application resources will help. NEWS:  >> MOS is the Office badge of honor (SearchWin2000.com) 03/25/2004 Nearly 1.5 million people call themselves a MOS. Experts say there are some good reasons to seek a Microsoft Office Specialist certification.  >> Office 2003 targets power users (SearchWin2000.com) 03/09/2004 Moving from an older version of Office to Office 2003 on its face requires little work on the part of the IT administrator -- that is, of course, unless a company wants to use some of the application's most highly touted features.  >> Office din is nearly deafening (SearchWin2000.com) 10/24/2003 There's no Madonna jingle to go with the new version of Office, like there was with the launch of Windows XP. Microsoft is singing a different tune: Applications that let people collaborate make people more productive. People who are more productive save time. And time, of course, is money.  >> Gates zones in on ROI at Office 2003 launch (SearchWin2000.com) 10/21/2003 Microsoft kicked off its biggest product launch in years today with a message specially crafted to woo the enterprise IT community: it's not just about the features anymore, it's how the software can be more usable and integrated with other processes.  >> Desktop expert offers unvarnished view of Office 2003 (SearchWin2000.com) 10/16/2003 Desktop deployment expert Jerry Honeycutt combs through the features of Office 2003 and ponders many of the issues that might matter to IT administrators considering the leap to this new desktop system. BOOKS:  >> Chapter of the Week FREE! Bookmark this page and download a chapter from a best-selling Windows technical book. New titles are added each week.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Update on new site content": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-119&ad=479125 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.