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ChallengesMany organizations are looking for solutions to optimize their IT governance processes. A lack of integration of project information can impede the ability to properly analyze IT investments. The lack of integration also challenges the IT staff who support the analysis, because they are often tasked with the time-consuming effort of gathering and rolling up data for reporting purposes.
Why Choose the Microsoft Office System?An IT governance solution built using the 2007 Microsoft Office system can provide an end-to-end, collaborative project and portfolio management environment. This environment helps facilitate deployment and management by providing the following benefits: Integration with familiar Microsoft technologies. Users can contribute data to an IT governance system while working in familiar applications such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Office Word 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Integration with line of business applications. The 2007 Microsoft Office system is a flexible and extensible platform with which to manage your work. The platform includes tools such as the Project Server Interface API, the event model (which supports the Windows Workflow Foundation), and a software development kit (SDK) with reference samples. For example, the Project Server Interface is a Web services-based API that you can use to seamlessly integrate with line of business data and applications. Integrated administration tools. To save time and reduce the learning curve for administrators, the solution consolidates security and other management functions on a single web service called Server Settings. Other benefits include: | • | Reduced training costs by using familiar Microsoft technologies. | | • | Reduced total cost of ownership by leveraging current investments in Microsoft software products. | | • | A network of technology partners who are well-versed with Microsoft Office technologies. |
Microsoft Office System ProductsThe Microsoft Office system is an integrated set of products, technologies, services, and solutions that enable customers to increase their organizational, team, and personal productivity. An IT Governance solution often uses these technologies: Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Microsoft Office Project 2007 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Microsoft Office Live Meeting Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Office Live Communications Server 2005 | 
