Following the success of the company's latest operating system, Windows 7, Microsoft has released a public beta download of its new Office suite.
Last week, the company released Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, Office Web Apps and Office Mobile.
Full release of the company's new products is expected next year. “We are hoping to have millions of people download and test the products, as we depend on that feedback to shape the final product,” it noted in a statement.
Microsoft has made the beta versions available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French and German, which it says is more than any other beta release has done before.
The new product's focus is on the transition between devices, from desktop to mobile, promising easier movement between them, it notes.
One of the most anticipated features of the new Office suite is the social connector, which will allow users to bring social network directories and information directly into their Outlook inboxes.
“SharePoint 2010 plus Office 2010 provides a rich and robust platform for the enterprise and the Web, and allows Microsoft partners and developers to build innovative new business collaboration solutions,” it says.
Microsoft adds that Project 2010 and Visio 2010 will see some of the most important updates. “They enable great interoperability with SharePoint, and include intuitive new user interfaces, significant ease-of-use enhancements, and many additional features that enable customers to optimise resources and drive business process improvements more easily than ever.”
The download can be found on Microsoft's site; however, users are cautioned that the beta download will take the better part of 1GB of bandwidth to download.
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