Everyone is asking what will be used to import to RQM when Microsoft is no longer supported. Does anyone know?
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This is from a user this morning:
"We are hearing that Microsoft Office, therefore Excel will soon no longer be available.... Do you know anything on this ?
This leads to the impending issue we will have with our current automatic upload from Excel into RQM... Do you know
if there is a similar tool we will be able to use from Apache into RQM ?"
I was working with another user on importing requirements to RRC and she too said we will not be using Exce/Word in the near future.
I have been hearing these rumblings for a while now.
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We are not aware of support ending for Microsoft Office, as a product. However, support for Microsoft Office 2003 will end in 2014 (see http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/endofsupport.aspx). That said, the RQM Excel/Word Importer is supported for Microsoft Office 2007/2010.
What do you mean by Apache? Apache is an open-source project with many different sub-projects/products.
Lillian,
We know some companies consider to move to cloud based Office 365 and the users want to know how to make Excel/WordImporter work in those environment. Since this could be a trend for small/medium companies, I am not sure if the tool considers to adapt to that change.
Hi Don and Lillian,
The RQM Excel/Word Importer supports Microsoft Office 2003+ and 2010+ (64 bit). However, RQM Excel/Word Importer has not been tested on Microsoft Office 365. Users can open a RQM defect for an issues around running RQM Excel/Word Importer in Microsoft Office 365.