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Office 2010 RTM next month, May 12 for Biz - June 15 for consumers

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Microsoft said on Friday that it will release Office 2010 to manufacturing in April and provide businesses with copies of the latest Office suite on May 12.




In a company blog posting, Jevon Fark of Microsoft Office marketing, provided some information on the Office 2010 Technology Guarantee. Last month Neowin revealed Microsoft's plans for the guarantee program. Customers who purchase Office 2007, or a new PC with Office 2007, and activate it between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010 will be offered a free upgrade to Office 2010. Copies will be available online, via download, at no additional cost.

Fark confirmed that Microsoft is on target for an Office 2010 next month. "we're excited to confirm that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 are on schedule and will release to manufacturing (RTM) next month."

Microsoft also officially confirmed that the business launch for Office 2010 is on May 12. Consumers will not be able to purchase the product until June. Although Microsoft officials will not confirm the exact date, Neowin firmly believes this will be June 15. In January Microsoft announced Office 2010 pricing. The professional edition will retail for $499 boxed. Office 2010 will be released in at least five different flavours, including a free version that includes Microsoft Word and Excel, but comes with limited functionality and includes advertisements. The editions of Office 2010 will include Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Professional and Professional Academic.

source: neowin.net

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Comments(9)

RTM Key

By nick on 06.03.2010 - 08:03
so... any working key for rtm out ?

whats so good about a new office?

By netsendjoe on 06.03.2010 - 10:03
whats so good about office 2010 compared to office 2007? i have no clue. its got the same interface, albeit slightly improved, but its not compelling enough to need a new version of office. geez microsoft. why not keep developing stuff and release new office versions alongside new windows versions like you used to. it seemed to make more sense that way.

no keys...

By netsendjoe on 06.03.2010 - 10:03
nick : no there arent any keys and you shouldnt ask for stuff like that... youll be able to find it when its available if you know where to look for it...

OEM activation

By Ivanna on 06.03.2010 - 10:03
will there be off-line activation for office 2010?

New office | no keys | OEM activation

By Bossmj on 07.03.2010 - 06:03
netsendjoe. clearly you have not had a look at office '10. the improvements in onenote alone are enought to toss out 07.

the interface is nothing like office 2007. particularly the 'home tab'.

it doesn't make sense the way stuff used to be released. i rather the new system [progressive elaboration] keep in mind what you get is for general release. there is so much more exciting stuff going on.

case in point; outlook 2010 interfaces beautifully with all social networking sites. end result, all the pertinent information about a contact in one location.

infopath and sharepoint workspace are standard on office pro.

above all, office 2010 plays wonderfully with w7u. i haven't had a single incident or event reported since going ...4734.1000

keys
p6hby-xxxxx-df37x-xxxxx-2f8dw
xxxxx-b6ycj-brcw8-bq3v7-xxxxx

so, netsend ol' chap, you might want to revise and/or extend your information.

yep, there'll be oem activation. going to be a little tricky and a lot messy but, best minds are on it.

to no keys

By nick on 07.03.2010 - 15:03
i have only 4 days left to activate... and nothing i was try was working so i need a valid key to activate the copy.

'Sadly', NO off-line activation for Office 2010

By Bossmj on 08.03.2010 - 22:03
there shall be no activation of office 2010 no oem: slp key and certificate files, i.e no off-line activation.

ivanna's question prompted me to take another look at a decrypted file [pkeyconfig.xrm-ms for escrow build 4734] the .xrm-ms file is already final.

Farking Hell

By Big Dixon on 17.03.2010 - 05:03
fark confirmed that microsoft is on target for an office 2010 next month. "we're excited to confirm that office 2010, sharepoint 2010, visio 2010 and project 2010 are on schedule and will release to manufacturing (rtm) next month." fark, not long to go now, can't wait!

Bossmj is an idiot

By Smarter than Bossmj on 23.03.2010 - 20:03
you moron. no offline activation? anything and everything is hackable, as a rule of thumb.


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