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From: nntp on 20 May 2010 11:13

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the latest
version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to get
and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office,
from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You
can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you
purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a
new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our community
to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined
below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns
with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: Tom Willett on 20 May 2010 11:29
Turning it into a sales pitch.

<nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O7o5%237C%23KHA.2304(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
:
: Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
: As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest
: version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to
get
: and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office,
: from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You
: can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you
: purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a
: new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run.
:
: And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
: you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
: Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community
: to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined
: below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns
: with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
:
: What is Happening?
: This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
: newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
:
: Why?
: As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
: traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
: past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
: solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
: move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
: for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
: make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
: improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
: management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
a
: healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
: begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
: and discontinue support for newsgroups.
:
: In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
: users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
: newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
: which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
: forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
: functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
: NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
:
:
: When will this Happen?
: Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
:
: Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
: Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
: same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
: The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
: the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword
:
: Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
:
: Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
: Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
: NNTP(a)microsoft.com


From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 20 May 2010 11:57
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

<nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O7o5%237C%23KHA.2304(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft,
> faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
> Click-To-Run.
>
> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
> you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
> Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this
> as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
>
> What is Happening?
> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
>
> Why?
> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
> finding
> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
> This
> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
> easier
> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
> and
> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
> a
> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
> will
> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
> and discontinue support for newsgroups.
>
> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
> reader
> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
> the
> NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
>
>
> When will this Happen?
> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>
> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
> the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword
>
> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
>
> Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
> NNTP(a)microsoft.com

From: bj on 20 May 2010 12:09
They also mis-spoke.
They meant "use Office on *our* terms the way *we* think it should be done."

But they're right about the "vision" part & I'm sure they are excited
about it. People having "visions" usually are. :-(
bj

"Tom Willett" <tom(a)youreadaisyifyoudo.com> wrote in message
news:enlGcFD#KHA.3628(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Turning it into a sales pitch.
>
> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O7o5%237C%23KHA.2304(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> : The details of this evolution are outlined
> : below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it
> : aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
> :



From: LVTravel on 20 May 2010 12:30


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message
news:e9zsiZD#KHA.3840(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
> the
> one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going to
> work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums are
> going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
> require
> a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O7o5%237C%23KHA.2304(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
>> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
>> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
>> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
>> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
>> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
>> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft,
>> faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
>> Click-To-Run.
>>
>> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
>> when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included
>> in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
>> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
>> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about
>> this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
>>
>> What is Happening?
>> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
>> discontinuing
>> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
>>
>> Why?
>> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
>> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
>> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
>> finding
>> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
>> This
>> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
>> easier
>> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
>> and
>> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
>> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
>> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
>> encouraging a
>> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
>> will
>> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
>> and discontinue support for newsgroups.
>>
>> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
>> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
>> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
>> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
>> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
>> reader
>> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
>> the
>> NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
>>
>>
>> When will this Happen?
>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>>
>> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
>> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
>> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
>> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
>> continue
>> the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword
>>
>> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
>>
>> Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
>> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
>> NNTP(a)microsoft.com
>

I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while it
is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine. This
is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At least
it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty web
forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with responses.

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