PSA to IT admins: don't upgrade to Office 2007 in crunch time

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Seems a bit strange that two I.T. admins are allowed to drive this sort of change if so many people are complaining about it.

At present, is there actually a valid business case for upgrading from office 2003 to 2007? I?m curious, because I don?t think there is.

- Does Office 2007 actually provide more functionality over 2003 ? in the sense of enabling you as the individual to work more efficiently / the organisation to operate more effectively?

- Is Office 2003 soon to be unsupported by MS?

I?m a heavy Excel/Word/Project/Outlook 2003 user with light use of powerpoint and would prefer to stick with this edition of MS office to ensure continuity in my own work, but undoubtedly there will be a time in the future when I am forced to change for one reason or another.

Anyway, your I.T. guys should really be managing this transition appropriately to mitigate the risks associated with the change, because evidently the risks have manifested into issues impacting business continuity.

for 60 people? no thats pretty common.

 

[ivan2]

see, if you merge A2 together with A3 and A3 is gone, why won't you instead delete it, i dont get it.

 

[JS80]

The only reason why I gave in to excel 2007 is the fact that previous 10 mb files that would crash my computer regularly are now 1 mb under excel 2007. And yes I had to convert ALL my budgeting and forecasting files from 2003 to 2007.