Always on, always connected. Today's business environment necessitates that people can find what or who they need—fast. Microsoft Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can help your company maintain an advantage with pervasive search capabilities that return comprehensive results quickly and easily. New tools enable users to bring data from key corporate systems into Microsoft Office programs, so they can work with critical information within a familiar environment. These new releases provide
business intelligence tools suitable for all of your people and customizable to each person's role and needs. Together, these new products can help your people make more informed decisions.
Customer Success Stories
Learn how other customers are streamlining the way their people work together with Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007.
With a diverse portfolio of products and constant new product launches, Del Monte Foods needs an
automated, centralized system for managing and archiving its comprehensive list of formulae. Del Monte will implement a product life cycle management
solution using the workflow and automation capabilities of Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007
integrated with Microsoft Office Excel® 2007 and Excel Services technology to provide greater insight into data, improve collaboration across business divisions, and increase control over proprietary formulae.
The Engineered Wood Association helps the North
American engineered wood industry create structural wood products of exceptional strength, versatility, and reliability through applied research, testing, quality assurance, and market development. Seeking new ways of using technology to improve its processes and keep its employees connected, APA joined the
beta-testing program for the upcoming release of Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007. The simplified user interface of the communication and collaboration server enables the network administrator to perform large management tasks in seconds. When Exchange Server 2007 is released, APA plans to take advantage of new features such as unified messaging to give APA employees unfettered access to messaging services, even where an Internet connection isn’t available.
A leading European accounting firm, Dixon Wilson wanted to improve efficiency and security. With
Windows Vista, the firm is experiencing increased end-user productivity, more secure infrastructure, and better utilization of IT staff.
Windows Vista delivers many enhancements to search technology that enable people to find anything on their computers and the Internet, quickly and easily. Live icons enable users to quickly preview documents and go directly to the items they need, without the hassle of navigating complex file menus. New Search Folders change the nature of search, providing a variety of quick and easy ways to find and organize documents based on the information they contain rather than the file name—no matter where they're located on a user's computer.
With the 2007 Office system and Exchange Server 2007, people can search for information from their desktop, from within Web clients such as Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, and also from mobile devices for quick access to valuable information—anytime, anywhere. Across many of these programs, innovative tools for searching e-mail, handwriting, graphics, and even audio recordings with electronic notebooks have been integrated.
Because business insight is valuable to all employees, from executives on down, business intelligence tools are available within many of the programs, including personalized "report centers," scorecards, dashboards, personalized portal sites, and server-based
spreadsheets. It's now easier to access data from key corporate systems from within the Microsoft Office environment—with a new Business Data Catalogue and Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, and with Exchange Server 2007, Web services can be used to integrate access to e-mail, calendar, contacts, and other inbox data with your organization's business and service-oriented applications.
Discover how partners are building integrated business
solutions that utilize the innovative new technologies in Microsoft Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007. These new products have made significant advancements in security and
reliability, and provide cost and operational
efficiencies. They give partners the ability to build solutions that provide users with new and innovative ways to organize and view their information, help protect and secure confidential data, and simplify how people work together. Learn more about how our partners can help your people make the greatest possible contribution to your company's success.
