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Office 2010: Challenges Old and New

Organizations are eagerly anticipating the release of Microsoft Office 2010 later this year, and all the productivity features it contains. These include new built in graphic and video capabilities, enhanced collaboration via co-authoring, and anytime, anywhere access via Office Web Apps. But before your organization can enjoy the benefits of Office 2010, you’ll need to effectively deploy it to your end-users.

Rolling out Office 2010 presents some familiar challenges, but it's not without a few new twists. Will you choose to combine an Office 2010 deployment with a Windows 7 migration? If so, how will you deploy reliably without overwhelming your team, or damaging end-user productivity? How will you handle your remote offices and mobile workers? And let’s not forget the Ribbon GUI that caused so much user confusion in Office 2007 – it’s back and now in all Office applications, most notably Outlook. And then there are the brand new challenges, most significantly a volume license activation requirement based on a Key Management Service host.

Smart organizations will start planning now to ensure they have the processes and tools in place for a successful roll out. Dell KACE offers a proven appliance-based solution to help you streamline the deployment of Office 2010, Windows 7 – or both. To understand how it can help you get ahead of the curve, see the leading systems management appliance in action via a live demonstration or take a self-paced screenshot tour.

Sincerely,

Wynn White [Signature]