Microsoft Products
Peer Group Vice President
Kara Portwood -
E-mail
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
One Metropolitan Square
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St. Louis, MO 63102-2740
p: (314) 552-6691
f: (314) 621-5065
Mission Statement
ILTA's Microsoft Peer Group will provide quality educational and networking opportunities with regard to the various products and services provided by Microsoft. The Peer Group will foster a relationship between ILTA and Microsoft to assist with the release of new products/versions and provide support for existing products.
In addition to our PGVP Kara Portwood, you may also contact the Microsoft Steering Committee members listed below for more information about ILTA's Microsoft Peer Group.
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Resources
podcasts/documents
- Office 2010 Changes (from 2007)
- Fact-Based Comparison of Hosted Services - Google vs Microsoft
This white paper showcases two approaches for cloud-based messaging (for example, e-mail) and collaboration solutions. This white paper compares Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS) offering to Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) in terms of true business value and cost differences. - Podcast: What's New in Windows 7
Cathy Nuxoll (with ILTA’s Microsoft Peer Group) talks with Beau Mersereau, Director of Applications, Development and Support at Fish & Richardson about what's new in Windows 7
- Podast - What’s in Office 2007 Compatibility
Cathy Nuxoll (with ILTA’s Microsoft Peer Group) talks with Donna Payne, President of Payne Consulting Group. In this segment, we discuss Office 2007 Compatibility and DOCX, XLSX files. - Podcast - What’s in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2
Cathy Nuxoll (ILTA’s Microsoft Peer Group) talks with Donna Payne, CEO of Payne Consulting Group. In this segment, we discuss what’s in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2. We discuss some of the various benefits, fixes and issues.
- Microsoft: The Road Ahead
Articles included in this white paper:
Windows 7 for Legal IT
Lessons Learned in Deploying Office 2007
Deployment Resources for Office 2007
Planning Your Office 2007 Rollout Strategy? Think Again!
Building a Successful Portal: MySite at Nixon Peabody LLP
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Events
Upcoming
- February 2010 Microsoft Patch Release
- Raleigh Area Event
SharePoint 2010 ? Review and Top Ten New Features for Legal - March 2010 Microsoft Patch Release
- Washington, DC Area Event
Leveraging SharePoint to Drive Client Retention and Matter Team Effectiveness Past
- Microsoft April 2009 Patch Release
- Microsoft PG: Firm Directory - Building a Robust Firm Directory in MOSS 2007
Join us for part one of a 3-part series of webinars that explore the capabilities of SharePoint. - Microsoft PG: Updates to Exchange Server 2010 for Law Firms and Law Departments
The Microsoft Peer Group of ILTA is pleased to announce a free webinar titled "Updates to Exchange Server 2010 for Law Firms and Law Departments" sponsored by Microsoft. - SharePoint for Legal Symposium
Future of the SharePoint/Office Platform - Microsoft PG: Integrating SharePoint with InterAction
This webinar will present different tools and technique for integrating InterAction content in a SharePoint portal, including incorporating employee details in the firm directory, displaying client contacts on a client-centric site, and presenting a user's My Contacts. - Microsoft PG: News and Events - Using MOSS to Communicate Firm News and Events and Awareness
A key component of a law firm?s intranet portal is communication around firm news, announcements and events. SharePoint has proven to be a capable platform for managing, targeting and presenting firm communications to the right people at the right time. This session will introduce and demonstrate techniques for managing news and events content, targeting this content to the appropriate users and presentation techniques. - Microsoft PG: Microsoft Office 2007 Packaging & Deployment
We will review current tools for packaging and deploying Microsoft Office 2007. Key focus will be on configuration of certain Office settings, Outlook profiles and Office Group Policy Objects. - User Support PG: Office 2007 - Top Features You Need To Know About Word
This webinar is focused on Word. We've heard a great deal about the Ribbon and changed user interface. We'll discuss this but also talk about how to get the most out of the Quick Access Toolbar, Quick Styles and style sets, themes, and Building Blocks. We?ll also talk about the free tools that Microsoft provides to help you prepare your users for the change to Office 07.
- Microsoft PG: Sneak Preview of SharePoint 2010
SharePoint is the business collaboration platform for law firms that enables you to connect and empower users through an integrated set of rich features. Whether deployed on premise or as hosted services, SharePoint 2010 helps you cut costs with a unified infrastructure while allowing you to rapidly respond to business needs. Come get an early look at the new capabilities the next release of SharePoint will bring to your firm. - Open Source Software PG: Is There Such Thing as a Free Lunch?
This session will investigate the issues involved in the major open source licenses, and how to identify and manage the risks arising. - Microsoft and User Support PG: Office 2007 - Top Features You Need to Know About InfoPath
The Microsoft and User Support Peer Groups are pleased to continue a series of webinars that highlight new or changed functionality in the 2007 version of applications in the Office suite. - Microsoft and User Support PG: Office 2007 - Top Features You Need to Know About PowerPoint
In this session, we'll focus on the 10 most important things you need to know about PowerPoint 2007. In addition to exposing some great new features, we'll also tackle issues like the file format and backwards compatibility. If you haven't taken a close look at PowerPoint 2007, please join Jeffrey Roach for an exciting inside look at what may well be the most well executed product of Office 2007.