“ Better Together” for Your Business Productivity Windows Vista ™ and the 2007 Microsoft ® Office system, Indika Boteju (Indy) [email_address] Solutions Advisor Microsoft Corporation +

Help protect & manage content Find information & improve business insight Simplify how people work together Reduce IT costs & improve security +

Quality improvements, addressing reliability, security and performance Administration improvements and changes Emerging Hardware Technologies and Standards Application and Hardware compatibility Deployment process guidance More detailed information for IT Pros is available in the TechNet article, “ Notable Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1”

Quality improvements, addressing reliability, security and performance

Administration improvements and changes

Emerging Hardware Technologies and Standards

Application and Hardware compatibility

Deployment process guidance

Find what you’re looking for on your PC and the Web Pervasive search Live icons Search folders

Find what you’re looking for on your PC and the Web

Pervasive search

Live icons

Search folders

Unify all communication From one location, manage all communication types: e-mail, voice, IM, faxes, calendar, and To Do. Access your information virtually anywhere; interact with Outlook ® using speech. Use powerful mobile e-mail and IM capabilities.

Unify all communication

From one location, manage all communication types: e-mail, voice, IM, faxes, calendar, and To Do.

Access your information virtually anywhere; interact with Outlook ® using speech.

Use powerful mobile e-mail and IM capabilities.

New interface helps you get better results faster. Office “ribbon” groups commands logically, making features easier to find intuitively. Visualization features make information easier to understand.

New interface helps you get better results faster.

Office “ribbon” groups commands logically, making features easier to find intuitively.

Visualization features make information easier to understand.

Workflow and business processes Use expanded electronic forms capabilities – on the desktop and the Web. Easily create and participate in workflows using familiar Office programs.

Workflow and business processes

Use expanded electronic forms capabilities – on the desktop and the Web.

Easily create and participate in workflows using familiar Office programs.

Secure your data Windows ® BitLocker ™ Drive Encryption helps protect your data from being compromised Windows Vista ™ can also restrict removable storage devices.

Secure your data

Windows ® BitLocker ™ Drive Encryption helps protect your data from being compromised

Windows Vista ™ can also restrict removable storage devices.

Progress: Security Fewest total vulnerabilities at first birthday 60% less likely to be infected with malware than XP SP2 Management and Performance Up to $20/PC Help Desk cost reductions Over 40% faster File Copy with SP1 Startup and shutdown is 50% faster with SP1 Battery life is vastly improved with SP1 Device Compatibility 78,000 devices supported (58,000 since January 2008) 96% of top 35,000 devices have device driver in-box, WU or link Application Compatibility 99% of NPD top 100 apps 200+ enterprise apps remediated, 5M seats unblocked All Top 3 rd party apps – Adobe, Autodesk, Intuit, Sage**

Progress:

Fewest total vulnerabilities at first birthday

60% less likely to be infected with malware than XP SP2

Up to $20/PC Help Desk cost reductions

Over 40% faster File Copy with SP1

Startup and shutdown is 50% faster with SP1

Battery life is vastly improved with SP1

78,000 devices supported (58,000 since January 2008)

96% of top 35,000 devices have device driver in-box, WU or link

99% of NPD top 100 apps

200+ enterprise apps remediated, 5M seats unblocked

All Top 3 rd party apps – Adobe, Autodesk, Intuit, Sage**

Optimized Desktop

Make a qualifying purchase and earn partner subsidy funds to use for additional hardware, software, and services. How to Use the Offer: Make a qualifying purchase between August 25, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Earn even more subsidy funds when you: purchase from more than one product group purchase advanced or enterprise versions of the software purchase licenses with Software Assurance benefits Submit your redemption request at www.MicrosoftIncentives.com/BigEasy Use the partner subsidy funds earned through the offer for additional hardware, software, and services. For more information, visit www.MicrosoftIncentives.com/BigEasy Included Pricing Levels: COEM (specific products) Open L – Commercial and Government (specific products) Open L&SA Government Open Value Open Value Subscription

Make a qualifying purchase and earn partner subsidy funds to use for additional hardware, software, and services.

How to Use the Offer:

Make a qualifying purchase between August 25, 2008 and December 31, 2008.

Earn even more subsidy funds when you:

purchase from more than one product group

purchase advanced or enterprise versions of the software

purchase licenses with Software Assurance benefits

Submit your redemption request at www.MicrosoftIncentives.com/BigEasy

Use the partner subsidy funds earned through the offer for additional hardware, software, and services.

For more information, visit www.MicrosoftIncentives.com/BigEasy

Included Pricing Levels:

COEM (specific products)

Open L – Commercial and Government (specific products)

Open L&SA Government

Open Value

Open Value Subscription

IT Priorities Main Technical Capabilities SIMPLIFY HOW PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER REDUCE IT COST & IMPROVE SECURITY FIND INFORMATION & IMPROVE BUSINESS INSIGHT HELP PROTECT & MANAGE CONTENT Collaborate effectively Secure by default and when deployed Find what you’re looking for on your PC and the Web Secure your data Help ensure integrity of data for collaboration Help protect against malicious and harmful elements Find who and what you need Beyond content creation … Unify all communication Cost-effective to deploy and manage Improve business insight Workflow and business processes Cost-effective to deploy and manage Windows Vista ™ Enterprise Office Enterprise 2007 Online Services (Microsoft ® Forefront ™ Security for Exchange Server or Exchange Hosted Services) Exchange Server Enterprise CAL Exchange Server Standard CAL Windows Vista Business Office Professional Plus 2007 Exchange Server 2007

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