November 18, 2010 | Worksighted

Welcome / About  About the Presenter Matt Maines  Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP)

Agenda  Windows 7  Office 2010 & Office 2011  Microsoft Server Releases  Upcoming Releases  Microsoft and the Cloud  Questions

Windows 7  Quick Facts  Responding to Vista’s disappointing adoption rate, Microsoft developed Windows 7  Released just over one year ago.  24% market share and will surpass XP next summer.  OS interface was similar to that of Vista, but was met with enthusiasm for its noticeable speed improvement and its modest system requirements  Versions

Windows 7 – Why Upgrade?  Get quicker access to all of your stuff  Use Pin Jump Lists to keep the programs and files you use the most right at your fingertips, shortcut keys to taskbar items.  Manage open windows more easily  Resize windows, snap, shake  Quickly find what you're looking for  Use Windows Search to find a specific file, program, or in a few seconds.  Connect to networks easily  View and connect to any available wireless network in as few as three clicks.  Cool tools  Snippy  Problem Steps Recorder  Previous Versions

Office 2010 – Retail / OEM Home and StudentHome and BusinessProfessional Word 2010 xxx Excel 2010 xxx PowerPoint 2010 xxx OneNote 2010 xxx Outlook 2010 xx Access 2010 x Publisher 2010 x

Office 2010 – Volume StandardProfessional Plus Word 2010 xx Excel 2010 xx PowerPoint 2010 xx OneNote 2010 xx Outlook 2010 xx Access 2010 x Publisher 2010 xx InfoPath 2010 x Sharepoint Workspaces 2010 x

Office 2011 for Mac Home and StudentHome and Business Word xx Excel xx PowerPoint xx Outlook x No more Entourage for Outlook now supports Exchange 2007 & 2010

Outlook 2010  Speed, It is faster than previous versions and hangs much less…  Manage multiple accounts including Exchange  Conversation Views  Stay Connected with Social Networks  Contact Details  Scheduling Made Easier  DEMO DEMO

Word 2010  Picture corrections allow you to fine-tune your images  Make your images look more like a sketch, drawing, or painting — in fact, Word 2010 has 20 new artistic effects.  Automatically remove unwanted portions of a picture, such as a background.  You can quickly capture screenshots to incorporate visual illustrations into your document.  Prevent changes to a final version of your document  Before you share a final version of a document with other people, you can use the Mark as Final command to make the document read-only and communicate to other people that you are sharing a final version of the document. When a document is marked as final, it’s typing, editing commands, and proofing marks are disabled, and people who view the document cannot inadvertently change the document.  Recover work you thought was lost  After working on that document for awhile, did you accidentally close it without saving? No problem. Word 2010 lets you recover draft versions of recently edited files as easily as opening any file, even if you never saved the document.

Excel 2010  Create data charts in a single cell.  With Sparklines, a new feature in Excel 2010, you can create small charts in a single cell to quickly discover patterns in your data. It’s a quick and easy way to highlight important data trends such as seasonal increases or decreases, saving you time.

Excel 2010  Zero in on the right data points quickly  Excel 2010 delivers new and exciting slice-and-dice capabilities. The Slicer feature provides you with a rich visualization of your PivotTable view so you can dynamically segment and filter the data to display just what you need. With the search filter, you can spend less time sifting through large data sets in your tables and PivotTable views, and more time analyzing.

OneNote 2010 SharePoint Workspaces 2010  OneNote 2010  Included with all retail and volume licenses of Office  Centralize notes, ideas, information  Sync and share info easily  SharePoint Workspace 2010  Integrates seamlessly with SharePoint Server for instant access  Create your own workspaces and share with others

Microsoft Server 2008 R2  DirectAccess  Remote access with out VPN (uses HTTPS)  Branch Cache  Caches files at branch locations to improve access to files  64-Bit  First OS that is only available in 64-bit  Better resource utilization, performance, etc.  Volume Shadow Copy  Backups up the previous 64 versions of each file in the shadow volume.  Allows users to easily restore deleted, damaged, or overwritten files

Remote Desktop Services  Also known as Terminal Services  RemoteApp  Applications running remotely that appear to be running locally  RD Connection Broker  Manages each session to determine the most efficient use of systems resources.  Enhanced Graphics w/ RemoteFX  Enables media-rich user environment within virtual and session-based desktops.

Microsoft Exchange 2010  Consistent experience for users across all platforms  PC, Browser and Mobile  Integrated conversation view  HTML s on phone  Lower resource utilization / Better performance

Coming Soon…

Small Business Server 2011  Next generation SBS with Server 2008 R2 + Exchange 2010  SBS Essentials is an entry-level version with no Exchange integration and <25 users.

Internet Explorer 9  Streamlined Designed  More compact so you have more room to browse  Download Manager  Enhanced Tab Browsing  Includes new Tab page to show most visited pages  Search from address bar  Better support for Standards-based websites

Office 365  Microsoft Office 365 brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products with the latest version of our desktop suite for businesses of all sizes.  Office Professional Plus – hosted office  Exchange Online – hosted exchange  SharePoint Online  Lync Online  Provides intuitive communications capabilities across presence, instant messaging, audio/video calling and a rich online meeting experience including PC-audio, video and web conferencing.

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