Office 2010 Trial Extender Activates Office 2010 for up to 180 Days
Windows: If you want to squeeze all the use out of Office 2010 before you’re required to pony up for a license, free utility Trial Extender will extend the free trial period up to 6 months, no command-line work required.
Like many licensed Microsoft products, Office 2010 has a rearm function built-in to extend your trial period an extra 30 days. We’ve shown you how to do this with Windows 7, and while similar functionality is available for Office 2010, you can bypass the command line work by downloading this free utility. All you need to do is launch it the day before your trial expires (if you want to get as many days as possible out of it) and hit the “rearm” button. You can do this a total of 5 times, giving you up to 180 days of completely free, full-featured Microsoft Office.
Office 2010 Trial Extender is a free download for Windows systems.
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Google Docs does not make Office better
Hi, I’m Alex Payne and I’m a Director in our Online Product Management team. A couple of news articles and blogs landed today where Google is trying to make the case that existing Office customers (and there are over 500 Million of them worldwide) should hold off on upgrading to Office 2010 and instead utilize Google Docs as a complement to older versions of Office. Their argument goes like this: Keep Office (an older version) and use Google Docs *with* it and this combination will be more valuable than Office 2010 alone. Here is an actual quote from Dave Girouard (President of the Enterprise division at Google – the group that makes Google Apps):
“Most people find, and they maybe perhaps don’t expect it at first, that Google Docs works quite well with Office and in fact it makes Office better,”
I’m also including a few links (link1, link2, link3) to some of these articles so you can get the gist.
Google is of course doing this now as the business launch of Office 2010 happens tomorrow (Wednesday May 12, 2010). I’m not going to focus on the launch in this blog as there already has been a ton of great news about Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010, etc. What I want to do is spend a little time focusing on Google’s argument. I used to think it was something that Google implied. Given the quotes and articles today, I now see that Google is being explicit in their claim. They are claiming that an organization can use both seamlessly.
This just isn’t the case. Let me explain: As I mentioned………………Continue At Source
(Also check the video at source to explain this visually)
Source: http://blogs.technet.com
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Office 2010 Reaches RTM
Office Team Blog:
Friday we reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010!
RTM is the final engineering milestone of a product release and our engineering team has poured their heart and soul into reaching this milestone. It is also an appropriate time to re-emphasize our sincere gratitude to the more than 5,000 organizations and partners who have worked with us on rapid deployment and testing of the products. Since the start of our public beta in November 2009, we’ve had more than 7.5 million people download the beta version – that’s more than 3 times the number of 2007 beta downloads! The feedback that we’ve received from all these programs has shaped the set of products we’re excited about, and that I’m sure will delight our customers.
Our Volume License customers with active Software Assurance (SA) on these products will be one of the first to receive the 2010 set of products. They will be able to download the products in English via the Volume Licensing Service Center starting April 27. Customers without SA will be able to purchase the new products through Volume Licensing from Microsoft partners starting May 1.
Earlier this year we announced that we will officially launch Office 2010 to our business customers on May 12 with Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft’s Business Division, delivering a keynote as part of our virtual launch. Our virtual launch will allow people from around the globe to participate in our launch by going to http://www.the2010event.com. The virtual launch site will showcase product demos, customer and partner testimonials, and interviews with product managers and executives, and we hope this will give you another great way to explore, learn, and get excited about the 2010 releases.
Office 2010 will first become available in retail stores in June in the US, and customers can pre-order these retail versions of Office 2010 at http://store.microsoft.com/OfficePreorder today to receive Office when it becomes available.
On behalf of the Office team, I want to thank all of the customers and partners who have helped us reach this milestone. We look forward to continue learning from you and all the great things you will do with our products!
Neowin: MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to download Office 2010 RTM on April 22!
Neowin.net – Microsoft Office 2010 released to manufacturing (RTM)
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Microsoft’s New Office Faces the Web
Office 2010, the latest version of Microsoft’s hugely profitable Microsoft Office productivity suite, will begin shipping to business customers early next month. Its arrival will be an important test for the software colossus as it adapts to an increasingly Web-focused software landscape.
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That’s because at the same time, Microsoft will also offer free, ad-supported Web versions of Office applications. The Web versions are Microsoft’s attempt to fend off a growing number of free Web-based office apps, including Google Docs and Zoho. (The regular versions of Office 2010 will cost between $99 and $499, and those who buy these versions will also have access to more complete Web versions of the apps).
The threat to Microsoft from these Web-based apps has intensified as a handful of organizations, including the Los Angeles city government and Genetech, have adopted enterprise versions of Google Docs alongside Microsoft’s software. In a report released by IDC in September 2009, some 20 percent of business users said Google Docs is in widespread use at their companies–up from less than 6 percent 18 months earlier. IDC expects this figure reach 27 percent this year, which could spell trouble for Microsoft, which gets as much as 60 percent of its profits from Office, if it means users are turning away from its software.
Office 2010 brings with it Office Web Apps, which includes Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Microsoft is positioning the software as a complement to the regular version of Office and focusing on compatibility with its existing software as a key selling point. Office Web Apps will let users create and save documents that look exactly the same when opened with the regular versions of those applications.
Microsoft’s Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of Office Business Productivity, says the company’s number one focus in developing Office Web Apps was making sure that files look and behave the same both offline and online in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers (DelBene says Microsoft has not seen enough demand for Google’s Chrome browser to support it), as well as on Web-enabled mobile phones.
DelBene adds that most business users don’t create documents on the Web, so when they move documents from the desktop to a cloud application, this typically results in formatting errors. This is an issue that Google is also keen to address. In March, the company acquired DocVerse, a startup whose software lets people collaboratively work on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents in the cloud. DocVerse’s founders posted on their blog that “our first step will be to combine DocVerse with Google Apps to create a bridge between Microsoft Office and Google Apps.”
Office Web Apps will not include all of Office’s features, like the ability to create macros. Further, Office Web Apps will remain in beta after Office 2010 launches.
Microsoft clearly faces pressure from free Web apps that offer similar functions to many of its Office programs, although so far, increased use of services like Google Docs hasn’t been matched by a drop in the use of Microsoft Office, says IDC analyst Melissa Webster. In its September 2009 study, IDC found that Office is widely used in 97 percent of companies surveyed, “and the needle on that has not moved in three years,” according to Webster, who says most companies use Google Docs to complement Office. “If you’re in a large organization, you’re running this huge number of enterprise applications,” she says. “You’re stuck with selectively implementing things in the cloud.”
Organizational psychology may also help Microsoft. “What works for Microsoft is human behavior; we really don’t like change,” says Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
Office Web Apps will also offer Microsoft a chance to assess the logistics of offering other software over the Web. DelBene was says cloud computing is creating a “total transformation” in Microsoft’s business model.
One Microsoft rival agrees that the company is wise to take a measured approach. “It would be a mistake for Microsoft to put it all in the cloud right now,” said Raju Vegesna, who works for Zoho as an “evangelist.” Zoho has only one customer with more than 10,000 users, and that customer uses a special, client-based version of Zoho’s applications. Still, Vegesna says, Office Web Apps provides validation for cloud applications, and he says that Zoho expects to see a substantial jump in users this year.
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Office 2010 general available on June 15 2010
That Office would be released in June was news last November, but now Paul Thurrott mentions a hard date June 15th 2010 in his weekly WinInfo Short Takes.
GA or General Availability means that RTM should be at least a month before that, but I expect even 2 months 
WinInfo Short Takes Week of February 15, 2010 -RSS
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Microsoft Office 2010 Retail Pricing Comparison Chart
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Free e-book: “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010”
Greetings! For a limited time you can download this free e-book without stepping through any registration. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content, organized like so:
Part I, “Envision the Possibilities,” introduces you to the changes in Office 2010 and shows you how you can make the most of the new features to fit the way you work today. Chapter 1, “Welcome to Office 2010,” gives you a play-by-play introduction to new features; Chapter 2, “Express Yourself Effectively and Efficiently,” details the great feature enhancements and visual effects throughout the applications; and Chapter 3, “Work Anywhere with Office 2010,” explores the flexibility factor by presenting a set of scenarios that enable users to complete their work no matter where their path takes them.
Part II, “Hit the Ground Running,” focuses on each of the Office 2010 applications in turn, spotlighting the key new features and showing how they relate to the whole. These chapters provide a how-to guide for many of the top features you’re likely to use right off…….
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How about some Office 2010 box shots!
Boxshots of retail packages of Microsoft Office 2010. Pics thanks to CentrumXP.pl
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Public Office 2010 Downloads
Office 2010 Pro: http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx
64-bit Client Installation of Office 2010
Describes and illustrates the 64-bit client installation of Office 2010.
Microsoft Office Web Apps (Beta)
Microsoft Office Web Apps are new web-based tools that extend the Microsoft Office 2010 experience to your browser. Office Web Apps enable you to view, do light editing, and share your Office documents from virtually anywhere. With these online companions to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote you’ll always have the tools you need, wherever you are.
Project 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit
The Microsoft Project 2010 (Beta) SDK contains documentation, code samples, “How to” articles, and programming references to help customize and integrate the Project 2010 clients and Project Server 2010 with other applications for enterprise project management.
Download details FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Beta
For organizations looking to help users find information and expertise quickly and easily through a search capability able to address their most challenging needs – includes all the search features and integration capabilities of SharePoint Server 2010, plus a more engaging and conversational search experience, use of context to provide specific search experiences for different needs (such as departments or geographies), advanced content processing capabilities that create metadata and add structure to unstructured content, and deep platform flexibility, scalability, and extensibility. For use with SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition.
Download details FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Internet Sites Beta
For customers looking to offer engaging and conversational search experiences on websites using SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites – this product also adds powerful content processing that enhances the meaning and structure of your information, along with deep platform flexibility and search scalability. For use with SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise Edition.
Download details SharePoint Foundation 2010
This download contains an installable version of Windows SharePoint Services 2010 Beta, that can be used to assess and test the new functionality in this release.
Download details Access Database Engine 2010
This download will install a set of components that can be used by non-Microsoft Office applications to read data from and write data to 2010 Office system files such as Microsoft Access 2010 (mdb and accdb) files and Microsoft Excel 2010 (xls, xlsx, and xlsb) files. Connectivity to text files is also supported.
ODBC and OLEDB drivers are installed for application developers to use in developing their applications with connectivity to Office file formats.
Download details Visio 2010 (Beta) Viewer
The Visio 2010 (Beta) Viewer allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5.0, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, or 2010) inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later Web browser.
Download details Visio 2010 (Beta) Software Development Kit
The Microsoft Office Visio 2010 (Beta) Software Development Kit (SDK) contains the latest documentation, samples, header files, libraries and tools that you need to develop custom solutions for Microsoft Office Visio 2010 (Beta).
Download details Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Beta x64
Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Beta gives you powerful, visually enhanced ways to successfully manage and deliver a wide range of projects. Easier and more intuitive, Project Professional 2010 Beta provides flexible choices to simplify planning, collaboration and resource management.
Download details Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Beta 32 bit
Download details Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta
Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 provides contact management, sales, marketing and project management for the small business or small team.
Download details Office 2010 (Beta) Administrative Templates and OCT
This download includes updated Group Policy Administrative Template and Office Customization Tool OPA files; an updated Office Customization Tool; and ADMX and ADML versions of the Administrative Template files.
Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack
Volume editions of Microsoft Office 2010 client products require activation. Key Management Service (KMS) is a local volume activation method. To activate your Office 2010 client installations with KMS, you will need to set up a KMS host.
SharePoint 2010 Products Beta MP
A System Center Management Pack for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products Beta (the product are: SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010).
SharePoint Foundation 2010 (Beta) MP
A System Center Management Pack for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Beta.
Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010 Beta
Beta release of Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 (Beta) Filter Packs
Microsoft Office 2010 (Beta) Filter Packs
Access 2010 Beta Download: Access Runtime
The Microsoft Office Access 2010 Runtime enables you to distribute Access 2010 applications to users who do not have the full version of Access 2010 installed on their computers.
This download contains the Microsoft Visio 2010 Beta release.
SharePoint Server for Internet Sites Enterprise 2010 Beta
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise that enables extranet and internet sites using the full power of SharePoint Server 2010, the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web.
This download contains the Microsoft Visio 2010 Beta release.
SharePoint Server for Internet Sites Enterprise 2010 Beta
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Enterprise that enables extranet and internet sites using the full power of SharePoint Server 2010, the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web.
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Server 2010, the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web.
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Server 2010, the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web.
Search Server 2010 Express Beta
This is a Beta version of Search Server 2010 Express.
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Designer 2010, the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications.
This is a Beta version of SharePoint Designer 2010, the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications.
Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta
Project Server 2010 Beta ensures organizations select and deliver the right projects, while gaining greater visibility and control of resources leading to improved productivity and better business performance.
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Office 2010 Click To Run: App-v from the cloud
Office 2010 Click to run is a very cool implementation of Microsoft App-v from the cloud. Users can run Office 2010 applications within minutes after starting the small installer.
This method will be used for trial version of Office 2010 home and Office edition, but I was told it will also be used for online purchase.
I do wonder though if this will be tied to the user’s computer or say the user’s Live-ID, in the that last scenario users could sign in on any PC and run their Office 2010. But I’m afraid it is tied to a PC (it requires a product key which is automatically activated)
Below some screenshots:
Office can run besides any other office install which is locally installed. But you can only run 1 intance of Outlook becuase of MAPI conflicts.
Plugins like this 3rd party Merge Tables plugn do work in Click to run.
Click to run will be allways up to date and patched, the current build is newer then the publicly released Beta.
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