Microsoft Higher Education Tech NE : Office

Office 2010 Beta is out

Matthic — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT

We will keep you updated for Academic Edition testing opportunities as well. Today, at PDC in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced the public beta release of Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, Office Web Apps for business customers,...(read more)

Student Select - Electronic Delivery Pilot

Matthic — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Effective immediately, access to popular Student Select software via secure Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) has been made available on all e-academy managed Student Select software distribution centers. Contact your Sales Account Manager or reseller...(read more)

Outlook for Mac is back!!

Matthic — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:38:00 GMT

We normally don't just link to other stories but this is huger for education. It's all over but the waiting: http://www.macworld.com/article/142266/2009/08/office_2010_outlook.html?lsrc=twt_macworld...(read more)

Distributing Office to students

Matthic — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:58:00 GMT

With so many schools signing up for NERCOMP and other site licenses, we have been fielding lots of questions about how to get the goods in student’s grubby little hands. The first post in this vein is the Microsoft Office System. First, you can always...(read more)

OLW - Help your study group make the grade (or any group project)

Matthic — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:01:00 GMT

There are many ways Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta can make your life easier. Today, we’ll show you how to use a workspace for your next group project. A workspace gives you a single online place where your group can store notes and schedules, and...(read more)

Entourage for Exchange Web Services Beta is Live

Matthic — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:54:00 GMT

I am excited to announce that we went live with our Entourage for Exchange Web Services beta today. For those of you who may be new to the Exchange Web Services feature, this is new technology that we partnered with the Exchange Server team on to allow...(read more)

Office Desktop Deployment Labcasts in February 2009

Matthic — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Join our two-part Desktop Deployment: Planning, Deploying, and Managing Office 2007 virtual labcast to learn about new tools and technologies to deploy the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. During these sessions, IT audiences will receive practical technical...(read more)

Group Projects Made Easy - Office Live Workspaces

Matthic — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:54:00 GMT

If you have not tried OLW, check it out. I started using this for a cross Edu project and it works great. Think MOSS "lite" that works awesome outside the firewall out of the box. Group projects are tough when everyone has different schedules. One way...(read more)

Creat your own how-to video - Community Clips

Matthic — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:37:00 GMT

Community Clips allow users to create their own how-to videos and upload them to a community site. This tool integrates into Office and can be accessed on the desk top as well. You can even narrate your clips. Universities and schools can use Community...(read more)

Search Commands add-in for Office 2007 aka Scout

Matthic — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:33:00 GMT

This is a neat addition especially if you are migrating your users to Office 2007. The Search Commands project (known as "Scout") is now available to the public: http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands/Pages/default.aspx...(read more)

Nice - PowerPoint Control Sideshow gadget

Matthic — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Control PPTs from you Windows Mobile Phone. Phone screen displays current, next slides and notes. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=79f19684-f862-4e02-a2b0-0003b4565f34&DisplayLang=en...(read more)

New BLOG - OneNote and Education

Matthic — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:21:00 GMT

http://blogs.msdn.com/onenote_and_education/rss.xml...(read more)

You're Invited: Deploying and Managing Microsoft Office 2007 in the Enterprise workshop - Farmington CT - May13th

Matthic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Join the Desktop Deployment: Planning, Deploying and Managing Office 2007 Labcast to learn about new tools and technologies to deploy the 2007 Microsoft® Office system. In this 1-day event, you will receive practical technical information and proven techniques...(read more)

2007 Office Deployment 1-day Labcast: Multiple dates

Matthic — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:41:00 GMT