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Make the Decision to Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010
Make sure that the suite upgrade doesn't go sour.
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Your Challenge
- Microsoft is releasing Office 2010. Organizations still at Office 2003 should upgrade and organizations at 2007 should not.
- However, many organizations dropped Office from Software Assurance and Enterprise Agreements, which means they do not own Office 2010. This is an opportunity to re-evaluate competing office suites.
- For the first time, Microsoft is releasing some Office 2010 applications with a "Web Apps" on-demand version, providing organizations with a choice of deployment options.
- This solution set will allow organizations to determine the most appropriate course of action for upgrading their office productivity suite.
Our Advice
Critical Insight- Fifty-seven percent of organizations are at Office 2003 or below. These are sunset technologies and organizations must evaluate upgrading to a newer product on the basis of continued support and security patches first, then evaluate new features.
- Forty-two percent of organizations at Office 2003 or below do not own Office 2010 yet. These organizations must re-evaluate competing office suites and consider switching.
- Office 2010 Web Apps are a game changer in the desktop productivity space. Organizations have an opportunity to mix on-demand and local installations of Office according to role-based scenarios.
- Compare the scenarios of upgrading to Office 2010 versus remaining at Office 2007 or switching to an alternative suite.
- Understand the benefits and limitations of on-demand office products, like Google Apps and Office 2010 Web Apps.
- Architect the optimal office productivity application solution for the organization, from selecting a single vendor and a single deployment option to selecting multiple vendors and a mix of local installations and on-demand
Get to Action
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Size up the new suite and your options
Decide whether upgrading to the new version or migrating to a different platform is the best course of action.
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Assess new and improved features
Identify an upgrade's potential for improving business processes.
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Compile a plan
Ensure a successful migration.
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Solution Road Map
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1. Make the Decision to Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010
Make sure that the suite upgrade doesn't go sour.
Make sure that the suite upgrade doesn't go sour.
2. Investigate Alternative Office Suites
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Do we have the wrong product or did we just overbuy MS Office?
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With a MS Word hammer, the world looks like a word processing nail.
4. Build a Strategy for Document Security and Electronic Approval
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Reduce risk and accelerate document approval without overspending.
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How would the the cloud version of Office 2010 work? As a subscription per month/per seat?
Thanks Marc. The cloud version of Office 2010, called Office Web Apps, includes Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Access to these depends on which Office version (SKU) the organization purchases.
If you buy retail or OEM versions, such as Office 2010 Professional, you will be able to use Office Web Apps as hosted by Microsoft, for each seat purchased. This service should be available sometime in early Summer 2010, according to Microsoft. This service is the same on-demand service which we be made available to consumers for free, with Office Live.
If you buy using a volume licensing or a subscription agreement, you will be buying either Office 2010 Standard or Professional Plus. With these two enterprise versions, you will be required to deploy SharePoint Server 2010 to run your own Office Web Apps on your own premises. Any user or device licensed for Office 2010 will be able to use Office Web Apps too.