Work Smart productivity guides

Microsoft IT created Work Smart productivity guides to bridge the gap between technology and users. Work Smart guides provide employees with scenario-based, best-use productivity aids on Microsoft products and technologies. Download customizable versions of Work Smart materials to use as samples and reusable templates that specifically address the scenarios and processes in your information worker environment. Learn more about Work Smart and Microsoft’s approach to productivity training in this 10-minute Work Smart Video.

The guides are listed individually on this page or, for your convenience we’ve bundled all the guides in the Work Smart Zip Download file.

• Collaborating with SharePoint Overview
  Collaborate effectively with SharePoint sites and features.
  April 16, 2009
• Collaborating with SharePoint Server 2010 Get Started
  Get started on collaborating effectively with SharePoint sites and features.
  November 30, 2010
• Collaboration Tools Selection Guide
  The Collaboration Tools Selection Guide provides high-level information about several Microsoft tools and applications that you can use to collaborate with others. It provides descriptions of the tools, what capabilities they provide, and both the pros and cons of using them. Additionally, it offers a table that pinpoints exactly what collaboration functionality each tool provides.
  April 16, 2009
• Customizing SharePoint Sites Get Started
  Customize SharePoint sites with Web parts. Display libraries, documents, RSS feeds, and customize the left navigation menu (Quick Launch).
  April 16, 2009
• E-Mail Basics: Managing E-Mail Get Started
  Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 offers tools to help manage your messages. This guide includes information to help you with the following tasks: Group Messages in Folders, Use the To-Do Bar, Assign Categories to Messages, Search for Messages with the Search Box, and Use E-Mail Rules to Route Messages.
  April 16, 2009
• Environmental Sustainability Get Started
  Environmentally responsible IT business strategies continue to gain momentum across the industry. Microsoft IT has been addressing Environmental Sustainability issues for years but now has a single point of collaboration around these efforts in order to increase awareness and reduce the company’s overall carbon footprint.
  April 16, 2009
• Everyday Work with Windows Vista Get Started
  Windows Vista offers improved search capabilities, easier ways to sort and organize files, and interface enhancements that help manage applications and information.
  April 16, 2009
• Groove 2007 Get Started
  Groove enables teams of people to work together securely over the Internet or a corporate network as if they were in the same physical location. Groove is good for teams that don’t work in the same location, time zone, or company. Groove manages changes to shared files even when you are offline.
  April 16, 2009
• Groove 2007 Learn More
  With Groove 2007, small teams can work together securely over the Internet or corporate network without sharing the same location, time zone, or company.
  April 16, 2009
• Live Meeting 2007 Get Started
  Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 is a real-time, hosted Web-conferencing service that lets you present and share information with a large group of remote users. You can use Live Meeting for cross-company meetings, Web seminars, and training events.
  April 16, 2009
• Live Meeting 2007 on Office Communications Server Get Started
  Microsoft Office Live Meeting is an online meeting space that an organization subscribes to or hosts on its own internal servers. At Microsoft, most day-to-day online meetings are Live Meeting sessions hosted on Office Communications Server (OCS). Use this guide to learn more about how to: Install the Live Meeting 2007 Console and Outlook 2007 Conferencing Add-In, Configure the Live Meeting 2007 Console and Outlook 2007 Conferencing Add-In, Join a Meeting, Schedule a Meeting, Give a Presentation, and Start an Ad-Hoc Meeting.
  April 16, 2009
• Microsoft Office 2010 User Interface Get Started
  Use this guide to learn more about Office 2010 user interface new features.
  November 30, 2010
• Microsoft Office Tasks Get Started
  Use Outlook Tasks to organize your time and your work. Work across applications with Tasks integrated across Outlook, SharePoint, and OneNote.
  April 16, 2009
• Office SharePoint Workspace Get Started
  Microsoft® SharePoint® Workspace 2010 is a client application that offers a seamless experience when you work online and offline with document libraries and lists on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010. Additionally, it conducts real-time, automatic, transparent synchronization of that content when you connect to the SharePoint server.
  November 30, 2010
• OneNote 2007 Overview
  Use OneNote (Office 2007) to collaborate and organize your work in an electronic notebook that has search capability, and enables audio and video recording.
  April 16, 2009
• Outlook 2010 Calendar Scenarios Get Started
  Microsoft Outlook 2010 makes setting appointments, sharing your calendar availability, and managing your schedule even easier.
  November 30, 2010
• Outlook and SharePoint Integration Get Started
  Understand how you can use Outlook to work directly on SharePoint resources.
  April 16, 2009
• Outlook and SharePoint Integration Overview
  Understand how you can use Outlook to work directly on SharePoint resources.
  April 16, 2009
• Outlook E-Mail Signatures Get Started
  Office Outlook 2007 e-mail signatures enable you to create a brief description of yourself for the benefit of those you correspond with.
  April 16, 2009
• Protect Data with BitLocker Get Started
  BitLocker Drive Encryption protects the data on your computer by preventing unauthorized access to the hard disk drive. BitLocker allows access to the data on the protected hard disk only after you have typed in a PIN and logged on to Windows Vista on your computer. This guide covers how to protect your machine with BitLocker.
  April 16, 2009
• Securing Business Information
  At work, all forms of information, including ideas and concepts, have potential business value. It is everyone’s responsibility to protect this information from unauthorized disclosure. The Securing Business Information Work Smart Guide details how to classify business information and how to choose the correct technology to protect this information before you transmit, share, store, or destroy it.
  January 18, 2010
• Securing Your Computer
  Every computer at Microsoft is a gateway to the corporate network. Employees need to guard these gateways against intruders who might try to gain access to corporate resources. By adhering to Information Security Standards and following the best practices in this guide, you can help protect Microsoft against potential threats.
  January 18, 2010
• Transfer Files and Settings Get Started
  Use this guide for instructions on how you can transfer your files and settings from your old computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Vista using the Windows Easy Transfer tool. Topics include: Install Windows Easy Transfer for Windows XP, Transfer Files and Settings Between Computers Over a Network, Transfer Files and Settings Using a Location on a Network, Transfer Files and Settings Using Removable Media, and Recycle Your Old Computer.
  April 16, 2009
• Using Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager Get Started
  Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 provides an integrated and comprehensive self-service group management and password reset solution. FIM 2010 simplifies the identity management landscape and enables group management through a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 portal and a Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 add-in.
  June 23, 2010
• Using Windows Phone 7.5 Get Started
  Microsoft IT deployed Windows Phone 7 companywide to over 50,000 employees. Cross-company, Cross-team collaboration, planning, and focused marketing was the key to deploying and supporting Windows Phones successfully to employees around the world.
  NEW! December 12, 2011
• Windows 7 New Features
  This guide describes some of the new feature available now in Windows 7.
  September 25, 2009
• Windows 7 on a Slate Device
  Learn how to use Windows 7 features on a slate device, using touch-friendly features in IE9, the tablet input panel, speech inputs and more.
  September 30, 2011
• Windows Vista and Microsoft Office Work Smarter Checklist
  Streamline your work with powerful new features in Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and Exchange Server 2007.
  April 16, 2009
• Work Smarter on Microsoft Office Documents Checklist
  Streamline your work with the 2007 Microsoft Office documents, using seven tips to help you become more productive.
  April 16, 2009
• Work Smarter with E-Mail and Tasks Checklist
  Use Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Office Outlook Web Access (OWA), and Outlook Tasks, to make your work and collaboration with others easier and more effective.
  April 16, 2009
• Work Smarter with SharePoint 2007 Checklist
  Use these tips to help you unlock some of the features in SharePoint and become more productive when working on SharePoint sites.
  April 16, 2009