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From: nntp on 20 May 2010 11:13

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the latest
version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to get
and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office,
from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You
can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you
purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a
new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our community
to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined
below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns
with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: Bre-x on 20 May 2010 15:03
I assume that all this information is going to be move to Microsoft Forums
rigth?

This is a great source of information

Bre-x



<nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23MQp87C%23KHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
> As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
> latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
> you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
> the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
> Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
> manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft,
> faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
> Click-To-Run.
>
> And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
> you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
> Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
> community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
> are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this
> as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
>
> What is Happening?
> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
>
> Why?
> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
> finding
> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
> This
> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
> easier
> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
> and
> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
> a
> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
> will
> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
> and discontinue support for newsgroups.
>
> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
> reader
> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
> the
> NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
>
>
> When will this Happen?
> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>
> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
> Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
> same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
> The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
> the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/addbuz/threads
>
> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
>
> Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
> NNTP(a)microsoft.com


From: John W. Vinson on 20 May 2010 15:44
On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:03:06 -0600, "Bre-x" <cholotron(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>I assume that all this information is going to be move to Microsoft Forums
>rigth?

I believe that it will not.

The historical posts can be found using http://groups.google.com advanced
search. AFAIK Microsoft has never maintained a reliable archive, and the posts
will certainly NOT be moved from here to the Answers forum.

>This is a great source of information

I agree. And I'm terribly sad about what Microsoft is doing to it.
--

John W. Vinson [MVP]
From: Daniel Pineault on 21 May 2010 08:37
John,

Sad is an understatement! The number of amateurs and even professional
developers that these forums have helped over the years, is simply countless!
And their improve website is a mess, throwing multiple apps into the same
section and having no subject categories (table, forms, coding, queries,...).
Just a mess!

What is the expression: "All good things come to an end"!

I've actually been amazed at how good the Access groups has been. Other
forums have not been so polite on the matter. I guess, what we think has no
importance one way or another.
--
Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
http://www.cardaconsultants.com/
For Access Tips and Examples: http://www.devhut.net
Please rate this post using the vote buttons if it was helpful.



"John W. Vinson" wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2010 13:03:06 -0600, "Bre-x" <cholotron(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I assume that all this information is going to be move to Microsoft Forums
> >rigth?
>
> I believe that it will not.
>
> The historical posts can be found using http://groups.google.com advanced
> search. AFAIK Microsoft has never maintained a reliable archive, and the posts
> will certainly NOT be moved from here to the Answers forum.
>
> >This is a great source of information
>
> I agree. And I'm terribly sad about what Microsoft is doing to it.
> --
>
> John W. Vinson [MVP]
> .
>
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