<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Good morning,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Earlier today, Microsoft released Office for Mac 2011, their latest productivity suite for the Macintosh platform. Based on preliminary testing of prerelease versions, Information Services and Technology (IS&T) recommends that Macintosh users WAIT to upgrade and continue to use their current version of Office while IS&T completes its review and testing of Office for Mac 2011.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Why Wait?</b><br>As with any new product, especially one that has as many under-the-hood changes as Office for Mac 2011, there are some incompatibilities, bugs, and an associated learning curve. Also, some third-party programs, such as EndNote X4, are not compatible. Based on past experience, IS&T expects that Microsoft will release frequent updates addressing some of these incompatibilities.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Licensing</b><br>Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is covered by MIT's <span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/msca/overview" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Microsoft Campus Agreement</a></span>. MIT departments, faculty and staff may install this software on any MIT-owned computer, provided that it will only be used by current MIT faculty, staff or students for MIT purposes only. MIT students are not covered under the general terms of MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement. Students should contact the <span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/msca/office-pro" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">software liaison</a></span> for their department, lab, or center (DLC) to determine if their DLC funds student access to Microsoft Office as part of MIT's Microsoft Campus Agreement. Students who are not covered can obtain Microsoft Office at academic pricing through educational resellers such as <span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="https://web.mit.edu/ecat/ecat3/personalorders.html?Submit=Place+Personal+Order" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">GovConnection</a></span>.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Outlook for Mac</b><br>Office for Mac 2011 includes Outlook for Mac 2011, an entirely new email and calendaring client. Though initial testing indicates this will be a viable solution, IS&T recommends that Microsoft Exchange users remain on their current Exchange client (e.g., Entourage, OWA, Apple Mail) while we thoroughly review and test Outlook for Mac 2011's Exchange support.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Support</b><br>The IS&T Service Desk will not be providing installation or technical support for Office for Mac 2011 at this time. Until it does, IS&T recommends that only early adopters, who are able to support themselves and their users, download and use Office for Mac 2011.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Installer</b><br>Early adopters can download the Office of Mac 2011 installer from IS&T's <span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="https://msca.mit.edu/cgi-bin/msoffice" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">Microsoft Campus Agreement for MS Office Professional download site</a></span> [<span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/services/certificates" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">certificates</a> </span>required]. To reduce costs, IS&T will not be providing installation media to software liaisons.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Please direct questions regarding Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 to <span class="nobr" style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="mailto:office-mac-release@mit.edu" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); ">office-mac-release@mit.edu</a></span>.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Regards,<br>Patrick</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Patrick McNeal</span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "></span></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Macintosh Platform Coordinator</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Systems Engineering, Information Services and Technology</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></font></div></span></div></span></span></font></span></p></span></div></body></html>