DeKalb County Community Foundation

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DeKalb County Community Foundation

• Latest Technology for DeKalb County Non-profit
  Organizations
• (Are you ready for Vista Office 2007?)
• May 1, 2007

FOR GOOD. FOR EVER.
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DeKalb County Community Foundation
AGENDA 800-830 Registration and
Coffee 830-930 What is Vista? Should I
upgrade? Wally Czerniak, NIU 930-940 -
Break 940-1030 Office Exchange 2007 Cohen
Barnes, TBC 1030-1100 Tech Soup Are you
getting the deals? Gretel Pfeifer,
4-C 1100-1145 Open Q A Panel 1145-1200
Feedback, Future Topics, User Group Survey,
Evaluation
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Windows Vista

• Should I Upgrade?

Walter L. Czerniak Jesse Hastings, NIU Aaron
Ward, MS
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Should I Upgrade?

• No.
• Definitely Not.
• Heck NO!
• NO!
• Why are you still asking?

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Should I Upgrade?

• Is everything working fine?
• Dont mess with it.
• Is everyone happy?
• Why make them unhappy?
• Microsoft is making plenty of money.
• No need to make them richer.

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Should I Upgrade?

• Need to buy new or additional computers?
• Maybe?
• It is time to take a look.

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Windows Vista

• What is Windows Vista?
• Microsofts Newest Operating System
• Security Network Focused
• Graphics Intensive Interface

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Benefits of Upgrading

• Security
• User Access Control (UAC)
• Windows Defender
• Windows Firewall
• Bit Locker Encryption

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Benefits of Upgrading

• Efficiency
• File Allocation
• Memory Usage
• Improved Search
• Start Menu

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Benefits of Upgrading

• Ease of Use
• Windows Flip (Flip 3D)
• Bread Crumb Navigation
• Active Toolbar Icons
• Networking Sharing

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General Vista Issues

• Driver Updates
• Hardware Compatibility
• Software Compatibility
• Resource Intensive OS
• 40 GB Hard Drive
• 15 GB Free Space
• 512 RAM (1 GB)
• 32MB Graphics (128 MB)

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NIU Vista Issues

• Compatibility with VPN
• Compatibility with Blackboard
• Virus Scan Issue
• Office 2007 Compatibility

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Windows Vista

• Should I Upgrade?

• Resources
• www.microsoft.com
• www.chris.pirillo.com
• www.technet.microsoft.com
• Application Vendors
• Test PC

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Thank You!
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Office 2007Why Should I Upgrade?

• Product Enhancements
• Daylight Savings Time Issue
• Office Website Geared Towards Newest Version
• Document Compatibility
• Ability to save files as a PDF
• Third Party Application Support
• NEVER BE MORE THAN ONE VERSION BEHIND!!!

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What Concerns Should I Address First

• New Extension (.docx)
• Minimum Requirements
• Picking the correct version
• Staff Buy in

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Versions of Office

• Microsoft Office Basic 2007
• Microsoft Office Standard 2007
• Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
• Microsoft Office Professional 2007
• Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
• Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
• Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
• Microsoft Office Accounting 2007
• Microsoft Office Access 2007
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
• Microsoft Office Groove 2007
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
• Microsoft Office Word 2007

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Minimum Requirements

• Computer and processor
• 500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
• Memory
• 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher1
• Hard disk
• 1.5 gigabyte (GB) a portion of this disk space
  will be freed after installation if the original
  download package is removed from the hard drive
• Drive
• CD-ROM or DVD drive
• Display
• 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
• Operating system
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2,
  Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating
  system

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Exchange Server 2007
Outlook Web Access

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Exchange Server 2007
Outlook Mobile Access

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Exchange Server 2007
Local Continuous Replication

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Microsoft Office 2007
Database Portability

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Exchange Server 2007
SPAM Filtering

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For Good. For Ever.

• Please complete an evaluation of the workshop and
  leave it up front
• Thank you!

DeKalb County Community Foundation (815)
748-5383 www.dekalbcountyfoundation.org Jerry
Smith jerry_at_dekalbcountyfoundation.org Dan
Templin dan_at_dekalbcountyfoundation.org