You think November 30 was just about Vista and Office 2007? Think again

Dec 2, 2006 10:55 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft's most significant product launch in history was focused on the company's flagship products: Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The three names have grabbed all the spot lights and all the headlines, with Vista as the indisputable star of the Microsoft's New Day for Business at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, NY.

But in the shadow of Windows Vista, Microsoft additionally released a host of products. On the same stage that saw the first combined release of Windows and Office in 11 years since that of Windows 95 and Office 95, alongside the client enterprise editions of Vista and Office 2007, the Redmond Company introduced a plethora of upgrades and new products. The vast majority of them are available immediately from Microsoft.

Client upgrades

■ Windows Vista Business ■ Office Professional 2007 ■ Office Project Professional 2007 ■ Office Visio Professional 2007 ■ Office InfoPath 2007 ■ Office OneNote 2007 ■ Office Communicator 2007

Server upgrades

■ Exchange Server 2007 ■ Office SharePoint Server 2007 ■ Office Project Server 2007 ■ Forefront Security for Exchange Server ■ Forefront Security for SharePoint ■ System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Server Enterprise editions

■ Windows Rights Management Services ■ System Center Operations Manager Enterprise 2007 ■ Exchange Enterprise CAL ■ SharePoint Enterprise CAL

New products

■ Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance ■ Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 ■ Office Forms Server 2007 ■ Office SharePoint Designer 2007 ■ Office Communications Server 2007 ■ Voice CAL for Office Communication Server 2007 ■ Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 ■ Forefront Client Security ■ Office Sharepoint Server for Search 2007 ■ SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007 ■ System Center "Desktop" ■ Office Groove Server 2007 ■ Office Groove 2007 ■ Exchange Hosted Services