Microsoft Deployment Workshop Deploying Office 2003 Editions Joe Liptrot Linkpad Limited

Agenda Office installation options Office compatibility Migrating applications - Application Compatibility Toolkit Access / Word / Excel migration issues Project Management XP - the road to Longhorn

Resources ORK Technical White Papers Office 97 to Office 2003 Migration Issues (78 pages) 97-03Delta.doc Office 2000 to Office 2003 Migration Issues (81 pages) 00-03Delta.doc Office XP to Office 2003 Migration Issues (73 pages) XP-03Delta.doc

Access / Word / Excel migration issues If organisation has developed macro or VBA based solutions for previous versions of Office Use the same application migration strategy as packaged applications Evaluate Mitigate Deploy

Access migration Microsoft Office Access 2003 Conversion Toolkit Scanning Tool Reporting Front End Documentation Training http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA011401661033.aspx Tip – use Group Policy setting “Do Not Prompt to Convert Older Databases”

Access 2003 Conversion Toolkit Reporting Output

Access Conversion Resources Access Articles 319400 - ACC2002: Conversion White Paper Available in the Download Center http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;319400 290291 - ACC2002: How to Suppress the Convert/Open Database Dialog Box http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290291 304318 - How to Programmatically Convert Multiple Access Databases http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304318 324702 - HOW TO: Convert to a Different File Format in Microsoft Access 2002 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324702 286341 - ACC2002: Troubleshooting Tips for Conversion Issues in Access 2002 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;286341 313233 - ACC2002: You Receive Compile Errors after You Open or Convert a Database That Has Older DAO Code http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313233 283806 - ACC2002: VBA Functions Break in a Database with Missing References http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;283806

Word Migration Issues For co-existence during migration use “Save As \ Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 RTF” Word upgrade issues: More templates and wizards are now available Web Page Wizard removed Some document converters removed (still available for download in the Office Converter Pack

Excel Migration Issues For co-existence during migration use “Save As \ Microsoft Excel 97-Excel 2003 & 5.0/95 Workbook Excel upgrade issues: Microsoft Map - Feature removed. Add-ins no longer included as part of an install: AccessLinks AutoSave ODBC Add-in Report Manager Template Utilities Template Wizard with Data Tracking Update Links Quattro Pro 5.0 Converter –Now integrated into Excel. Samples.xls - The Samples.xls under the Samples folder, and the corresponding .DBF files, are no longer available.

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