Differences Between Microsoft Office Standard 2010 and Professional Plus 2010

here are two versions of Microsoft Office 2010 available through Microsoft Volume Licensing– Standard and Professional Plus. This article looks at the differences between the two.

Microsoft Office Standard 2010 is designed specifically for individual productivity. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 on the other hand offers a complete toolset for both individual and team productivity servers. It also connects users to key business processes.

The Advanced Server Integration Features include:

• Information Rights Management: Helps safeguard digital information from unauthorized use through integration with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Microsoft Windows Server
• Contextual Access to Business & Social Networking – the ability to connect to popular social networking sites through Microsoft Outlook.
• Enterprise Content Management: Provide access to business information through integration with SharePoint 2010 - this includes document workflow smart templates that populate document metadata.
• Publish databases and worksheets to SharePoint 2010: Publish worksheets with high fidelity to the Web, and create Web databases with Excel Services and Access Services.
• Unified Instant Messaging, Presence & Voice: Easily communicate with others in different locations or time zones using familiar Office tools. Integrated with Communicator and Office Communications Server.