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Where's the beef?

We've been talking very high level for a bit and I'm afraid that you guys might be asking at this point: are they all talk? J Well, guess what? We have some great features too. I think it would be fun to switch gears for a little while and talk about some real features that will ship in the 2007 Microsoft Office System that we believe will make everyone's life easier -- particularly end-users AND records managers. We still have plenty of business problems and high-level guidance, but we thought a switch to some features might be a nice change of pace.

 

Jason Cahill, Lead Program Manager

Published Monday, May 08, 2006 10:31 PM by recman

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# re: Where's the beef?

Yes, please do spill the beans on this oh so intriguing development of Microsoft's.

How will the Records Management functionality tie in with your collaboration with OpenText and SAP, for example?  

Do you have a tentative 'deadline' for release?
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:53 AM by Adam Pope

# re: Where's the beef?

Infopath forms - how will completed forms generated from Infopath be captured into the records management system? Will they be stand alone files that are a snapshot of that form as it was completed? This would be needed to meet retention program requirements?
Friday, May 12, 2006 9:17 AM by BKK

# re: Where's the beef?

Good plan. Details on email archiving as part of records management with exchange/sharepoint 2007 please - hopefully this will save me from buying a 3rd party email archiving product!
Cheers, John
Friday, May 12, 2006 10:14 AM by John Brook

# re: Where's the beef?

@Adam Pope:

The latest information about schedule for the 2007 release can be found @ http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx .

Hope this helps,
- Ethan Gur-esh.
Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:59 PM by recman

# re: Where's the beef?

@BKK:

You raise an important point -- for forms scenarios using Microsoft Office InfoPath (and Forms Server) 2007, capturing a "snapshot" of the filled-out form as the user saw it  (rather than just the completed form data) is a critical requirement for record retention.

The short answer is that we've got the functionality to do exactly that in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system -- and we'll be discussing it in more detail in a subsequent post. So please stay tuned!

- Ethan Gur-esh.
Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:06 PM by recman

# re: Where's the beef?

@John Brook:

John,

These details are coming soon, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts/feedback as we post those topics. :)

Thanks,
- Ethan Gur-esh.
Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:10 PM by recman

# re: Where's the beef?

re. response to Adam Pope - comments on the OT / SAP question?
Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:05 AM by Aggie

# re: Where's the beef?

Aggie, go to http://www.opentext.com/news/pr.html?id=1681 to see the announcement of OpenText's partnership with Microsoft to build ECM solutions on top of the 2007 Office system, in particular, Office SharePoint Server.

Microsoft and SAP have been strategic partners for many years now -- see http://www.microsoft-sap.com. With respect to the Office system and SharePoint Server, the recently announced Duet (http://www.duet.com) will enable very rich and seamless integration with SAP.
Monday, May 15, 2006 12:35 AM by Lawrence Liu [MSFT]

# re: Where's the beef?

Hello Jason

For the last 80 years or thereabouts American conceptions of records management have focussed on post-action filing.  Basically the transaction is completed first then the records are put away.  The Commonwealth approach has been to do things the other way round - first communications are logged then routed for action.  This pre-action workflow approach is perferred because it supports accountability and transparency.  It is deeply embedded in the expectations of auditors, parliamentarians, journalists etc in the UK, Australia, South Africa and many other countries.

Importing MS products has tended to create problems precisely because they were not designed with pre-action workflow in mind.  The results have been particularly disruptive and damaging in the most vulnerable public services e.g. in Kenya and Nigeria.

To what extent will the new RM functionality address this challenge?

Regards

Alistair
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:11 AM by Alistair Tough

# re: Where's the beef?

Alistair makes an interesting point, particularly in relation to the previous comment on the capture of InfoPath forms within the context of a transaction.  In the same way we are very keen to see the relationship between this initiative and WFF.

Like John Brook I am also interested in the relationship between email-archiving and ECM in the Microsoft model.  certainly vendors such as EMC and Open Text have been pushing this relationship and making significant investments around it in recent years.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:53 AM by Aggie

# re: Where's the beef?

Thanks for the deadline document, and your responsiveness.

We've found particular problems with documents that contain dynamic links.

For example, one spreadsheet contains inflation data.  Thousands of current spreadsheet records (goping back many decades) rely on this data which is always changing.  Will the MS RM system allow such changes?

If you have an 'archive' that maintains the integrity of electronic documents, how will you cope with documents that change themselves?  Will we be given the option to allow them to change?


Friday, May 19, 2006 11:48 AM by Adam Pope

# re: Where's the beef?

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