Using Office 2007 Applications with SharePoint 2010
Microsoft offers a thorough guide on this topic, with 41 pages dedicated to the various versions of Office and the level of integration provided with SharePoint 2010: “SharePoint_2010_and_Office_2010_Business_Productivity_at_its_Best_Whitepaper.docx.” This guide offers a detailed comparison of the user experience when Office 2007 products are used with SharePoint 2010 and when Office 2010 products are used with SharePoint 2010.
The following is a partial list from that white paper of the features that users won’t get if using Office 2007 with SharePoint 2010. IT should find this useful to help determine whether any of these features would justify or help justify and upgrade to Office 2010 products. ...
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