Posted by: kurtsh | September 8, 2009

RELEASE: Productivity Hub for End User Training in the Enterprise

UPDATE:  9/8/10:
The URL changed for the demo site and it now requires a secure username and password in order to access it.  See below for updated information.

UPDATE 9/9/09:
We have a demo of the installed Productivity Hub available for perusal at the following web site in case you’re interested in taking a look at the full blown product.  Remember:  This is free and completely extensible for your own applications such as line of business tools or important 3rd party apps like Adobe Photoshop or something.

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Microsoft has developed the Productivity Hub to help support your ongoing end user training efforts.

The Hub is a SharePoint Server 2007 site collection that serves as a learning community and is fully customizable. It provides a central place for your training efforts, and includes training content from Microsoft’s core products. Microsoft also provides ongoing and updated content packs.

The Hub uses SharePoint Server’s social networking capabilities, such as blogs and discussion groups. In addition, it offers the Coach program, a change management feature to help you train end users to self-help, reducing the burden on your training and IT staff. The Coach program impacts productivity in a collaborative and positive way.

What the Productivity Hub is:

  • Format: Pre-loaded SharePoint site collection, optimized for Web 2.0 functionality and easily deployed within SharePoint Server 2007 environment.
  • Content: Convenient end user productivity training in a variety of formats (documents, videos, podcasts, etc.). Receive free quarterly updates of content that you will learn about through the Productivity blog.
  • Blog: The Productivity blog offers tips and tricks for end user productivity. Use it as is, or your training staff can use the posts as their own to help them get started in running an internal blog.
  • Train the trainer: Includes IT/Manager section to aid with deployment of the site collection, and guidance to develop the Coach program.
  • Products: Office 2007 System applications including SharePoint Server 2007. Windows 7 and others will be added in the future.

imageOut of the box, we provide ‘Help modules’ that contain How-To videos, quick reference guides, step-by-step documentation, and other aids for the following products:

  • Fluent (The “Ribbon”)
  • Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access
  • Sharepoint
  • OneNote
  • Groove
  • LiveMeeting
  • Communicator
  • Infopath
  • Publisher
  • Project
  • Visio
  • Windows

You can also download additional content packages that expand the training materials you can make available through the Hub.  We have 4 updates already planned along with Office 2010 specific content on the way, including a migration path for customers that would like to move to Sharepoint Server 2010.

DOWNLOAD:  Microsoft Productivity Hub (383MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=277fefca-d62f-41bc-943d-79002254cfee

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