ASUMAC

Microsoft has released updated information for ASU customers concerning the Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac volume license. Thanks to Shelly Sexton from Microsoft and Jon Finley from ASU for forwarding the information to the ASUMAC group:

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We have a lot of confusion around which version of Office for Macintosh will be available for our VL customers in October. This should help clear things up.

Office 2008 for MAC Business edition is a retail product and will not be available to VL customers. The features and functionality WILL be rolled into Office for MAC R2 that will be available via the MVLS site for VL customers.

For the Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition content, the Volume Licensing (VL) customers do have/will have access to all of the bits, but it won’t show as an additional or new SKU to what they see today. The only thing that is not being released in VL, that does come in the Business Edition FPP box, is the coupon promoting the 30-day trial of the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) that is available to VL customers today.

Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition in retail includes 2 discs:

Disc 1 – “Office 2008 for Mac” (now with SP2) includes:
Word 2008
Excel 2008
PowerPoint 2008
Entourage 2008
Messenger for Mac 7
Document Connection (access to SharePoint and Office Live Workspace)

Disc 2 – “Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition Extras” includes:
Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition
Remote Desktop Connection 2
7-hours of training from Lynda.com on disc
An installer that provides a new set of business-focused templates and clipart

For VL, we slipstreamed the recently released SP2 bits (equal to Disc 1) into the channel, and we added the Extras disc content (Disc 2) into the existing VL offering as well, so any of our existing VL customers and/or new customers will get all of the Business Edition content. The VL offering is still named Office 2008 for Mac, and it still retains the same SKU number. The 2nd disc will appear as Office 2008 for Mac Extras starting on 10/1. Customers can access the content through their MVLS account.

The June 2009 ASUMAC meeting featured a presentation by Parallels National Channel Manager Jason Krilich. Jason discussed Parallels virtualization technology solutions for the Mac from the desktop to the data center, and how Parallels can be used to promote sustainability, reduce cost, increase efficiency and provide Windows only solutions to the ASU Mac community. Please click on the link below to view the video hosted on Vimeo:

ASUMAC General Meeting, June 16, 2009 on Vimeo.

More info about Parallels can be found at:

http://www.parallels.com/

(A special thanks to Jemal Leonard from Biodesign IT Services (BITS) for putting this video together for the ASUMAC site)

Parallels – Desktop to Data Center

This months ASUMAC meeting will feature a presentation by Parallels National Channel Manager Jason Krilich. Jason will be on campus to discuss Parallels virtualization technology solutions for the Mac from the desktop to the data center, and how Parallels can be used to promote sustainability, reduce cost, increase efficiency and provide Windows only solutions to the ASU Mac community. Apple Engineer Al Teran and Higher Ed Account Executive Jeff Wolf will be on hand to help answer questions and provide information.

This months meeting will be held on the 16th of June at 10:00 am in Computing Commons 120. A video of the meeting will be posted on the ASUMAC site after the meeting is complete.

Hope to see you there.

Technology Moving at the Speed of News

Parallels posted a case study highlighting the ASU Cronkite School and how they utilize Parallels virtualization technology in their news production and computing lab environments. 

Web Link:

http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/spotlights/

Hey I’m Carrie, the Senior Campus Rep for Arizona State! I am a huge fan of anything Apple and am always on campus spreading the word about the Apple Education Discount. This discount enables students to get great discounts on Apple hardware and software. If you want to learn more about me and the other campus reps, please visit my iWeb link!

http://web.me.com/carrie_vannest/Site

Carrie

The Cisco SSLVPN client for Mac OS X, which can be used to connect to resources protected by ASU installed Cisco firewalls, is available online for ASU faculty, staff and students at the following link:

https://sslvpn.asu.edu/

The installation requires a valid ASURITE username and password to download and install the VPN client via your desired web browser. Please note that not all ASU data resources are protected by Cisco firewalls. Contact your local ASU IT staff to determine if the Cisco SSLVPN can be used to access data resources in your area.

More information concerning the Cisco SSL VPN client can be found on the ASU UTO help site:

http://help.asu.edu/Installing_and_using_SSLVPN

The Feb. 17th, 2009 ASUMAC general meeting featured Alvin Bridges and Sasan Poureetezadi from the IT staff of ASU’s Cronkite School. Their discussion featured the recent deployment of Mac OS X and Windows images in the Cronkite School classrooms using DeployStudio. Please click on the link below to view the video hosted on Vimeo:

ASUMAC General Meeting, Feb. 17, 2009 on Vimeo.

More info about DeployStudio can be found at:

http://www.deploystudio.com/

(A special thanks to Jemal Leonard from Biodesign IT Services (BITS) for putting this video together for the ASUMAC site)

The Check Point VPN client for Mac OS X 10.4(7 or greater) is now available. It can be downloaded from the http://www.asu.edu/security web site by clicking on the Software and Tools link. Documentation can also be found on the UTO security web site or by clicking here to download the PDF.

Questions about the ASU UTO implementation of the Checkpoint Macintosh VPN client for Mac OS X 10.4.7+ can be directed to the IT Help Desk at (480) 965-6500.