Issue link: https://epubs.iltanet.org/i/9825
MICROSOFT Our authors deserve a standing ovation for delivering high-quality, relevant content that you’ll find in this year’s Microsoft white paper. Many thanks to Kara Portwood of Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Vice President of ILTA’s Microsoft Peer Group, for riding herd on the project. She provided direction to me and Microsoft — no easy task — in creating a great lineup of topics. We lead with Microsoft’s “insider” look at Office 2010, accompanied by true tales of early adoption and great advice for your own deployment. We In This Issue 6 READYING YOUR FIRM FOR OFFICE 2010: AN INSIDER’S REPORT by Brian D. Zeve of Microsoft Corporation 14 EARLY ADOPTER TALES: PILOTING OFFICE 2010 by Beau Mersereau, Linda Vega and Mark Orlando of Fish & Richardson P.C. 20 ALIGNMENT IS YOUR STRATEGY FOR A SUCCESSFUL OFFICE 2010 IMPLEMENTATION by Sherry Kappel of Microsystems 32 SHAREPOINT AS A DMS: HERESY OR OBVIOUS ORTHODOXY? by Judi Flournoy of Loeb & Loeb LLP 34 FACT-BASED COMPARISON OF HOSTED SERVICES by Norm Thomas of Microsoft Corporation 4 Microsoft ILTA White Paper 24 THE REWARDS OF EARLY ADOPTION by Charlene LeMaire of Traveling Coaches 28 xRM: MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM FRAMEWORK by Sumit Virmani of Microsoft Corporation h im g o u M se R E