Office 2010 Public Beta is expected soon and the confirmation comes from a tweet from the official Microsoft Office Twitter account which says that the Office team has some exciting news to tell at PDC which starts on the 17th of November, in Los Angeles.
Permalink: Office 2010 Public Beta to be released as early as next week at PDC?
It has been around a month since Microsoft released the Technical Preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps. One complain at that time from users was that the invitations were only for a limited number of people. Well, Microsoft has decided to put an end to that. They have started offering invitations to more people try out Office Web Apps. You might want to get your invite as soon as possible.
Permalink: Get your Microsoft Office Web Apps invitation right here
Microsoft has just announced that the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 will be released for the general public in November. This information was revealed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during Microsoft’s Share Point Conference held in Las Vegas. The CEO for the first time went into depth of the capabilites that the SharePoint Server 2010 will provide.
Permalink: Public Beta of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 to arrive in November
Microsoft is in extreme need of a plumber to control the build leakage of its various softwares. Very recently Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 was leaked. The latest leak has the build number 14.0.4514.1009 and can be downloaded from torrent sites and third party sources. Looking at the build number, it seems the build was finalized on 14th October 2009 (Just a wild guess).
Permalink: Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Build leaks out, activation procedure changed
Application icons are an integral part of a software as much as its UI. To be able to have icons that help users identify your applications at a glance is a design win. Since Microsoft has new software or new versions of software being developed all the time, it is interesting to go through the different types of icons they use for different applications. Let’s take a brief look at these icons.
Permalink: A look at new icon designs by Microsoft
Long Zheng posted a few blurry screenshots of Office 2010 a couple of days ago from a TechEd 2009 keynote. Here’s another one from Techradar who have posted a first look at Office 2010, covering the many upcoming changes in Outlook. This screenshot shows Outlook making use of Windows 7’s Jumplists which shortcuts to create a new email message, appointment, contact or a task. The taskbar button also shows when new mail is available just like Windows Live Mail does now.
A new blog has popped up on Office 2010, called the Microsoft Office 2010 IT Blog. It has given out information on the roll out of Office 2010 CTP to testers in July this year. Mary Jo Foley writes that Microsoft plans to roll out the CTP to thousands of invited testers in waves. The CTP will include Office 2010 Client, SharePoint Server 2010 and Office Web Applications, the online version of Office.
Permalink: Office 2010 to be rolled out to thousands of testers in July. Sign up now!
Zack from iGeneration has his ways of getting a peak at all the good stuff earlier than most. How he does that? I have no idea. He’s done it again by posting some never seen before images of Office 2010 again ( he had posted an image of Word 2010 splashscreen earlier). This time he has provided a logo, about box image, a screenshot of the new energetic UI that includes a new start page, and finally a screenshot of Outlook 2010 with its new Ribbon UI.
Permalink: New Office 2010 UI and Logo
