Office 2010 Reaches RTM!

[z3r010]

I am very excited to share some great news with you. Earlier today 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 productswill 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!

-- Takeshi Numoto

Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Office

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[blackroseMD1]

Sweet! Can't wait to see it on Technet.

 

[tw33k]

Sweet! Can't wait to see it on Technet.

Was just thinking the same thing

 

[superjose]

Visio has a different build, I think is 4751. And Word 4762, which is normal.

 

[LFB]

So... Wen will be available on Technet?

 

[Airbot]

They're saying April 22 for MSDN/Technet.

 

[blackroseMD1]

They're saying April 22 for MSDN/Technet.

Good to know. Thanks Airbot!

 

[Airbot]

Don't ask me where they're getting that information, (certain sites) because I don't see it stated in this blog article, but that's what they're saying. lol

 

[blackroseMD1]

Don't ask me where they're getting that information, (certain sites) because I don't see it stated in this blog article, but that's what they're saying. lol

Guess I'll just have to pop onto technet on the 22nd and find out for myself then.

 

[Shanester]

Broken Link

Our virtual launch will allow people from around the globe to participate in our launch by going to http://www.the2010event.com.

http://www.the2010event.com comes up "page not found".

Shane.

 

[Airbot]

Our virtual launch will allow people from around the globe to participate in our launch by going to http://www.the2010event.com.

http://www.the2010event.com comes up "page not found".

Shane.

Probably because it hasn't launched yet.

 

[Corrine]

Don't ask me where they're getting that information, (certain sites) because I don't see it stated in this blog article, but that's what they're saying. lol

Paul Thurrott is predicting earlier than April 22 so I guess we'll just have to wait and see when it hits MSDN/TechNet.

I'm sure its mentioned elsewhere but it doesn't hurt to add again -- If you are located on the East Coast, you can learn more about Office 2010 during the Get On the Bus Tour during its 10-city road tour to the East Coast toward New Orleans and Tech-Ed 2010. The sessions are free and will include dive deep into both Windows 7 and Office 2010. If the bus won’t be stopping near you, there are opportunities available for IT Pros and Developers at 2010 Launch Events.

 

[blackroseMD1]

It would be nice if they gave away Office 2010 discs at the launch events like they did with Win 7 at the Win 7 launch events.

 

[Lebon14]

I want to try the free version.

 

[Tepid]

The above site is working half ok for me right now.

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST. The live Microsoft keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers:

• End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser
• IT choice and flexibility
• A platform for developers to build innovative solutions

Join the virtual launch event with Microsoft executives, product developers, partners and customers to:

• Find out how peers and partners are already seeing benefits to their business by leveraging the next wave of productivity.
• Submit your questions through live Q&A.
• Participate via blogs, tweets, social media networks, commenting, and more.

View on-demand breakout sessions showing how Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 meet the unique challenges people and businesses are faced with today, and provide the solutions they need for tomorrow.

 

[SeVeNrOxS]

Office 2010 is leaked.....

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I'll wait for TechNet for this one.

 

[v0id]

I installed and i liked!

 

[echrada]

I'll wait for TechNet for this one.

Ditto

 

[24c]

I'll wait for TechNet for this one.

Ditto

Double ditto