[Macpartners] FileMaker 11 Release Announcement

[Cecilia M Marra]

Good Morning,

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of FileMaker 11 for Macintosh and Windows.

Current users of version 9 or earlier are encouraged to upgrade directly to FileMaker 11.  Users of FileMaker 10 may continue using that version or upgrade to FileMaker 11 if they want or need features specific to FileMaker 11.

IS&T has discontinued support for FileMaker 9, effective immediately.


New Features
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FileMaker 11 has some valuable new features and functionalities:

http://filemaker.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7584


System Requirements
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For detailed system requirements for FileMaker Pro 11 on Macintosh and Windows, go to:

http://filemaker.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7546

For detailed system requirements for FileMaker Server Advanced 11 on Macintosh and Windows, go to:

http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-server/server-11-specifications.html


How to Obtain
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For information on license eligibility and distribution for MIT faculty, staff, and students, please see the Volume Site-Licensed Software web site:

http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/vsls/mitfmpro


Training
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IS&T currently provides training on FileMaker Pro 10.
Classes on FileMaker Pro 11 are under development and will be announced to the community as they become available.
See course schedules at:

http://ist.mit.edu/services/training


Getting Help
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Documentation on FileMaker at MIT can be found here:

Windows
FM Pro:  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/filemaker/11/prowin
FM Server:  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/filemaker/11/serverwin

Macintosh
FM Pro:  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/filemaker/11/promac
FM Server:  http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/filemaker/11/servermac

IS&T provides support for beginner- and intermediate-level features of FileMaker Pro.  Support for FileMaker Server Advanced is limited. 
To see which features are supported, go to:

http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/filemaker/newfeatures

IS&T does not provide support for FileMaker Pro Advanced.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Computing Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or computing-help at mit.edu.


Thank you and enjoy the new world of FileMaker 11!

Cecilia Marra,
Product Release Coordinator on behalf of the FileMaker Release Team

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Cecilia Marra
Web and Database Consultant
Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD) 
Information Services and Technology 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
cmarra at mit.edu 

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