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Beta testers are especially happy with suite's simplified management.
Information technology managers can now centrally deploy the suite across their global networks without having to hard-code configuration files. Office 2000 has a single worldwide code base, so global organizations will be able to maintain the same version across their entire infrastructure, reducing the total cost of the suite. Wilson notes that the Custom Installation Wizard in Office 2000 manages centrally what used to entail replicating a file down to each desktop. Microsoft says the corporate focus for the new suite was determined by the Office Advisory Council, made up of 15 enterprise customers who collectively manage more than 1 million desktops. They helped us understand the key business issues IT is faced with, so we could help solve them.