Category Archives: Office
Quick Start Guide for Outlook Voice Access 2010
Everytime I demonstrate Outlook Voice Access in action it is warmly received by the audience. Outlook Voice Access lets UM-enabled users to access their Exchange 2010 mailbox using analog, digital, or cellular telephones. By using the menu system found in Outlook Voice Access, UM-enabled users can read e-mail, listen to voice messages, and interact with their Outlook calendar.
Having completed two customer sessions today I intended sending them on some useful links. So it was with welcome surprise Eric Ligman posted about it on twitter today. Get the Microsoft documentation here. This quick reference sheet shows the navigational tree and the options that are available to UM-enabled users when they are using Outlook Voice Access.
Windows 7 Demonstration – Office and Email
The mobile device market is so exciting this year. Please view the following two videos for yet another view of the impending Microsoft product.
App-V and Med-V is now publicly available
The Microsoft MDOP team recently announced Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.6, including App-V for RDS, is now publicly available as part of MDOP 2010!!! In addition, MED-V 1.0 SP1 RC for Windows 7 is now available!
App-V 4.6 can be accessed immediately via MDOP 2010. Existing MDOP customers can download MDOP 2010 at the Microsoft Volume Licensing Site (MVLS). For evaluation, MDOP 2010 can be downloaded from MSDN and TechNet.
- App-V 4.6 for RDS (formerly App-V for Terminal Services) can be downloaded immediately here.
- MED-V 1.0 SP1 Release Candidate is available for immediate download and evaluation at: https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=665. This version adds support for Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit).
As Windows 7 continues to gain excitement across the industry, enterprises are evaluating their desktop strategy including Office deployment, application compatibility and desktop management. Together, App-V 4.6 and MED-V 1.0 SP1 with Windows 7, Office 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2 and System Center deliver a world class desktop for your enterprise.
Virtualise applications to enable Access from Anywhere
As users continue to need their Windows experience to move with them no matter where they are, it becomes critical for technology to deliver on this ask. By combining App-V 4.6 and Windows Server 2008 R2 access from anywhere is possible for global businesses, meaning:
- App-V 4.6 is now compatible with 64-bit Windows client and server platforms, enabling IT to take advantage of x64 for client hardware refresh AND also deploy App-V to Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Services. The benefits: consolidate terminal server farms, simplify profile management and provide virtual applications via session virtualisation for users using App-V with Remote Desktop Web Access and Connections, and Access Gateway.
- App-V 4.6 enables Windows 7 mobile users to access apps on the road. Virtual applications can be made available offline and can be streamed over the internet and are currently supported in 11 languages, with 13 new languages coming in April to meet global business needs.
Through the App-V Cost Reduction Study and over 80 App-V customer case studies you can see that customers are gaining real benefits by using App-V to improve their application delivery. They have saved time, money and simplified their application management.
App-V 4.6 and SCCM 2007 R2 SP2 now deliver virtual applications faster to users at logon. Users no longer need to wait for policy refresh to gain access to their applications.
App-V 4.6 saves on SAN storage space by using a cache of virtualized applications that is shared across all your VDI desktops, saving Gb’s of space, eliminating duplicate applications and files, and enabling faster launch of your virtual applications.
Accelerate your adoption of Office 2010 with Microsoft Application Virtualization
App-V’s native streaming, no installation and isolation capabilities deliver Office 2010 faster than a traditional install and with less user productivity impact. Users can run multiple versions side by side, easing the learning curve associated with advancements like the ribbon user interface. IT has more time to migrate LOB applications dependent on older Office versions.
Cross product collaboration delivers seamless integration and new advancements in virtual Office 2010 and the Office family of products not previously available, this include:
- Improved SharePoint integration to Open, Save, Edit files
- Find your email items quickly with Outlook’s Fast Search
- Send files from directly inside of Office products such as PowerPoint
Office 2010 Beta now available
I’ve been using the technical release for a little while now but the beta is a big improvement. Now you can get it as well from http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx Certainly the interest in virtualising this product via App-V is an interesting development. Application virtualisation is going to be big in 2010 I’m sure of it.
