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Share a PowerPoint story, win a custom MacBook Pro

by Michael Rose (Jul 22nd, 2010)

PowerPoint stories are like belly buttons: everybody's got one, but some are more interesting than others. The team at Microsoft's Mac BU wants to hear your exciting, engaging and unique PPT adventures, and they're willing to reward you: the best story might win a major prize. Unlike the "forward ...

Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Snow Leopard

by TJ Luoma (Nov 1st, 2009)

Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection Client is a free utility which allows you to connect to Windows computers running Windows from computers running Mac OS X (versions 10.4.9 or later). For those of us who help manage Windows computers, it's a handy tool to have around, much like Screen ...

Microsoft offers video tips on organizing with Office

by Michael Rose (Jul 9th, 2009)

Ah, summertime; the kids are out of school, the pace drops back from 'overdrive' to 'merely hectic,' and you finally have the opportunity to tackle the giant looming crisis that is your personal state of disorganization. Perhaps I'm projecting a little bit. Anyway, if you're looking for a bit of ...

Microsoft Mac BU gets a new GM

by Steven Sande (Nov 1st, 2008)

The Macintosh Business Unit of Microsoft, that company we love to hate, has announced that a new General Manager has taken over the group. Craig Eisler, the former Mac BU big cheese, has moved onwards and upwards into the bowels of the Redmond-based software giant in a position with the ...

Macworld video: TUAW looks at Microsoft Office 2008

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 24th, 2008)

If you do any work in Office you've probably been waiting for the latest update for a couple of years now. Especially if you're on an Intel machine or have struggled with Entourage's funky interface (or is that just me?). Last week Microsoft released Office 2008 for the Mac, and it's a doozy of an ...

Office 2008 now available for pre-order

by Michael Rose (Jan 10th, 2008)

Many of you have already gotten the email inviting you to dig deep into your pockets, so let me relay the news to them that hasn't: you can now pre-order Microsoft Office 2008 from Apple and Amazon, with delivery scheduled on January 15th. If you were hoping to install Office 2008 in the first few ...

MacBU introduces the "Art of Office"

by Mat Lu (Aug 29th, 2007)

I just recently got through questioning the future of Office for the Mac and the MacBU and now the guys have Microsoft has introduced an interesting new website called "Art of Office." It's a kind of portal designed to allow Office users to share documents demonstrating various cools ideas and and ...

Analysis: iWork and Office for Mac

by Mat Lu (Aug 26th, 2007)

David Weiss is an employee at Microsoft's MacBU, and while he has makes it clear that he doesn't speak for Microsoft or the MacBU, his recent post about iWork '08 is interesting from a couple of directions. He starts with a little self-congratulatory back-patting for Microsoft's embracing an ...

Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac delayed until January 2008

by Scott McNulty (Aug 2nd, 2007)

Craig Eisler, General Manager of the MacBU and proud Canadian, contacted TUAW with some news about Microsoft's much anticipated Universal release of Office, Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac. Craig let us know that Microsoft has pushed back the release of Office 2008 for the Mac to make sure that ...

Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta)

by Scott McNulty (Jul 31st, 2007)

Microsoft promised us some goodies this week, and they just delivered on that promise. The long awaited (at least by me) Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta) is now available for download. This is a beta, but in my limited testing it is much, much faster (as one might expect). New in ...

MacBU is alive, promises Universal RDC and file convertors

by Mat Lu (Jul 17th, 2007)

It appears the Microsoft Mac Business Unit is alive after all as they popped up with an announcement of coming attractions for "the week of July 30th." They'll finally be offering a Universal Binary of the Remote Desktop Client which allows you to control Windows computers from your Mac (thereby ...

Microsoft's MacBU gets new GM: Craig Eisler

by Scott McNulty (Jun 8th, 2007)

I know it is traditional for Mac users to dislike Microsoft, but I think that's silly. Outside of Apple, Microsoft is the largest Mac developer and they do make some cool software (can you imagine a world without Office? I can't. And judging from what I saw at Macworld 2007, Office for the Mac 2008 ...

Microsoft MacBU Global MVP Summit 2007

by Mat Lu (Mar 15th, 2007)

Microsoft Mac developer David Weiss points to the Macintosh Business Unit's upcoming Global MVP Summit 2007, which will be bringing MVPs to Redmond for some Wii gaming and Mac Office feedback. Apparently, MVPs ("Most Valuable Professionals") are non-Microsoft employees that participate in ...

Microsoft MacBU celebrates 10th anniversary with pixel art

by Michael Rose (Feb 7th, 2007)

Loyal reader Nik Fletcher sent us a heads-up on the Microsoft MacBU's 10th anniversary party decorations: gigantic Office icons made with powerful Excel mojo and over one thousand Post-it Notes, covering windows in the entryway to their building. I suppose they didn't have quite that many Mac Mini ...

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update

by Laurie A. Duncan (Dec 19th, 2006)

After being punked on the Office 2004 11.3.1 update, I'm guessing there won't be a mad dash to grab the Office 2004 11.3.2 update, but just in case you have a change of heart -- the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update claims to offer "several improvements for PowerPoint and Entourage" and is ...