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Microsoft Office 2010 (Beta)

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Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 empowers people to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, phone or web browser.

System requirements for Office 2010 Beta
Hardware that is capable of running Office 2007 will support Office 2010. Review the complete software and hardware requirements for Office 2010 programs here.

Office 2010 Beta Resources

Evaluate and Get Started

Plan the Deployment

Configure and Deploy

Application Compatibility

Migration and Upgrade

Volume Activation and Licensing

Feature Changes

Office Web Apps

Learn about

What's new for IT professionals in Office 2010
System requirements
Deployment architecture, 64-bit deployment
Deploying Office 2010 with Silverlight

Resource center for getting started

Assess the environment and learn about assessment tools for Office 2010
Plan desktop configurations
Plan for volume activation of Office 2010
Plan for security
Plan for terminal services (available during Beta)
Plan for virtualization (available during Beta)

Office 2010 Code Compatibility Inspector includes add-ins for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Visual Studio that scan for object model usage that is incompatible with Office 2010. Read the user's guide in the technical library.

Office 2010 Office Environment Assessment Tool (OEAT) helps you determine add-in usage in Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, and 2007 Office system installations. Read the quick start guide and user's guide in the technical library.

The application compatibility assessment and remediation guide for Office 2010 describes the overall assessment and remediation process.

Send us feedback about the OEAT and Code Compatibility Inspector tools

Plan an upgrade to Office 2010
Migrate user data registry keys in Office 2010
Choose an option for deploying Office 2010
Introduction to Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM)
Collaborating with previous versions of Office and other programs (available during Beta)

Learn about

Office 2010 volume activation
Key Management Service (KMS)
Multiple Activation Key (MAK)

Resource center for volume activation

Learn about changes in

Microsoft Office Web Apps are online companions to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, enabling people to access and do light editing or sharing of Office documents from virtually anywhere.

For more information, visit the Office Web Apps Resource Center.

Featured Video

Volume activation for Office 2010 client products

Office 2010 client products use a new activation process. This video helps you to understand the different methods to activate your copy of Office 2010 client products. You can choose to use just one or a combination of these activation models. You can also view more detailed information on the Volume Activation resource center.