Course 5232: Planning for 2007 Microsoft Office System Client Deployment

Introduction In this 2-hour course, you learn how to plan for deploying the 2007 Microsoft Office System in your organization. You learn about the benefits of the new Microsoft Office System File Format, as well as how it differs from previous formats. Additionally you learn about various tools you can use to analyze your current environment and migrate existing Office documents. In the lab, you use these tools in a migration scenario.

This course helps you prepare for exam 70-624.

Student prerequisites:

• Experience deploying, managing, and supporting either Windows® client systems or Office System technologies.
• Familiarity with standard client and application deployment methods, such as RIS, imaging, and SMS.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Active Directory® directory service.
• Familiarity with the 2007 Office System and Windows Vista™.

Objectives At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Prepare for the Microsoft Office System File Format.
  • Describe the benefits of the Microsoft Office system file format.
  • Describe the components of the Microsoft Office system file format.
  • Describe the considerations and methods used to interoperate with earlier versions of the Microsoft Office system.
• Assess the user environment for the Microsoft Office system.
  • Describe considerations that affect the deployment of the Microsoft Office system client.
  • Describe the functionality of the Office Migration Planning Manager.
  • Describe the purpose of the Office File Scanner.
  • Explain how to provision and use the Reporting Database.
  • Describe how to obtain and read results of an OMPM analysis.
  • Describe how to use the Microsoft Office File Conversion Tool to convert files to the Microsoft Open XML format.
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Modules & Lessons Course Overview Module Introduction Navigation Overview Lab Information Course Introduction Planning for 2007 Microsoft Office System Client Deployment Module Introduction Preparing for the Microsoft Office System File Format Lesson Introduction Overview of the Microsoft Office File Format Benefits of the Microsoft Office System File Format The Components of the Microsoft Office System File Format Interoperation with Earlier Versions of the Microsoft Office System Sharing Documents with Previous Office Versions Microsoft Office File Format Self Test Assessing the User Environment for the Microsoft Office Client System Lesson Introduction Considerations that affect the Microsoft Office System Deployment What is the Office Migration Planning Manager? What is the Office File Scanner? What is OMPM Reporting? Process for Preparing and Using the Reporting Database The Microsoft Office File Conversion Tool Self Test Lab: Planning for 2007 Microsoft Office System Client Deployment Lesson Introduction Scenario Exercise Information Launch the lab Lab Review Module Summary System Requirements To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Adobe Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.

For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:

• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

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• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
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• MSAA enabled