Redmond, Washington — After quietly releasing the Office 2010 public beta, software maker Microsoft is reportedly prepping the next major release of its productivity applications suite — Office 2010 — right on time, in June of its namesake year.
The Microsoft Office 2010, and its related products, is planned to be released in June, and will be available in six editions for Windows 7, Vista and XP that includes: Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Standard, Professional, and Professional Plus, including for 32-bit and 64-bit editions, Microsoft said, in response to many Internet reports about a possible ship date for the software. Also, there is no official word from Microsoft on pricing.
Presently, Office 2010 Professional Plus is available as public beta, which is valid till October 31, 2010. Basically, one gets over a year to check out the Office 2010 suit and then decide whether to buy it.
If it delivers Office 2010 on time, it will be following the general availability, or “GA” in Microsoft parlance, of the suite right down to the wire, since the company has been propagating for months that it will deliver the completed suite in the first half of next year.
“We expect Office 2010 and its accompanying products to be generally available in June 2010,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Office software has been one of Microsoft’s major money-maker since it began bundling its applications as a suite back in the late 1980s, and continues that dominance.
Microsoft has a long history of shipping new versions of Office on time, thanks to the management style of now-Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky, who was head of Office development for several years. Additionally, to keep pace with the increasing number of free, or low-cost, desktop productivity tools available online, Microsoft for the first time plans to include a Web-based version of Office with the 2010 release.
Businesses that buy volume subscriptions to Office, Microsoft plans to offer the option of hosting Office Web on their own servers in order to give them more control over the product.
Following applications are included in the Office 2010 suite:
- Access 2010
- Excel 2010
- InfoPath Designer 2010
- InfoPath Filler 2010
- OneNote 2010
- Outlook 2010
- PowerPoint 2010
- Publisher 2010
- SharePoint Workspace 2010
- Word 2010
- Office Communicator 2010
The other two products available separately are: Microsoft Visio 2010 and Project 2010. It’s better to try out the free Public Beta of Office 2010 and then go for the flavor that suits your needs.
The Office 2010 beta is currently available for download.
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