Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering

The official blog of the Microsoft Office product development group

Download our free Office 2010 migration guides

Over on the The Microsoft Office Blog there is a post that links to some migration guides for...

Author: Office Team Date: 09/07/2010

Microsoft Office 2010 File Compatibility

Have you been looking for a tool to help you assess compatibility of your existing Office files and...

Author: Office Team Date: 08/09/2010

Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Tools Availability

The last couple of weeks have brought the release of tools (4 tools in 2 weeks!) to help IT...

Author: Office Team Date: 07/16/2010

Why Office? “To keep projects on track.”

Project execution is important no matter who you work for or what department you are in. You have to...

Author: Office Team Date: 06/24/2010

Office 2010 Availability

Office 2010 is publically available today! Everyone on the Office engineering team is very excited...

Author: Office Team Date: 06/15/2010

Why Office? “Our business runs on Excel.”

I am Jennifer Kensok and I am a product manager in the Office Enterprise business.  I work with...

Author: Office Team Date: 06/07/2010

Next Week: TechNet Updates & Disabled Comments

Hello blog readers! Next week the TechNet blog servers will be upgraded to support new features such...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/14/2010

Review and deliver dynamic presentations with PowerPoint Mobile 2010

A few weeks ago we talked about Mobility in Office 2010 where we introduced you to Microsoft®...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/13/2010

Understanding Software Assurance

Most large organizations have Software Assurance (SA) as part of their licensing agreement and there...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/13/2010

What’s up with the Business Launch? A conversation with the engineering leader behind Office

We’re excited to announce that Office 2010 is available to business customers starting today! In...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/11/2010

How the SDL helped improve Security in Office 2010

Hello, my name is Didier and I am a Security Program Manager in the Microsoft Security Engineering...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/10/2010

SmartArt Diagram Improvements

In Office 2007 we introduced SmartArt diagrams, a tool designed to simplify the process of creating...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/06/2010

Did You Know?

Our friends over at blogs.office.com just started a series of “Did You Know?” posts that...

Author: Office Team Date: 05/03/2010

Help and Training for Office 2010 and Office 2007

With the launch of Office 2010, we are producing another wave of great help and training content....

Author: Office Team Date: 04/28/2010

Top 10 Benefits of PowerPoint 2010

On the heels of our recent announcement that Office 2010 has released to manufacturing, many of the...

Author: Office Team Date: 04/20/2010

Office 2010 Reaches RTM!

I am very excited to share some great news with you. Earlier today we reached the...

Author: Office Team Date: 04/14/2010

Office 2010, our approach to delivering the best productivity experience across PCs, phones and browsers

As we gear up to launch the next version of Office, I want to share a bit of what's in store. Each...

Author: Office Team Date: 04/14/2010

Hear In Your Language in Office 2010

Hello, my name is Kate Kelly; I am a Program Manager in the Office Global Experience Platform (GXP)....

Author: Office Team Date: 04/13/2010

Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 Beta Expiration on April 5th

Last year we released Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 Beta, a suite of productivity applications for...

Author: Office Team Date: 04/07/2010

Make Informed Decisions On The Go With Excel Mobile 2010

In our previous post entitled “Mobility in Office 2010” we briefly described the office applications...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/31/2010

Accessing your Office files from any computer with Windows Live SkyDrive

Hello, my name is Rich Grutzmacher. I am a Program Manager on the User Experience team. As Clay...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/23/2010

Office 2010 Assessment & Planning

Today, over on the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog we announced the...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/16/2010

Lots of Office Team Blog Updates!

It’s been a busy few weeks for many Office product team blogs so we wanted to take a step back...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/12/2010

Configure SharePoint Server 2010 for Mobile Device Access

In a previous mobile blog post, we briefly introduced our supported mobility scenarios in Office...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/09/2010

Get Office for Today or Tomorrow

Today’s post is just a quick status update to keep everyone in the loop on the progress Office...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/04/2010

Look Up Information From Your Phone

A few weeks back we went through an overview of mobility scenarios in the post Mobility in Office...

Author: Office Team Date: 03/02/2010

Understanding 64-Bit Office

Microsoft Office 2010 marks the first time Office will be shipping in both 32-bit and 64-bit...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/23/2010

Office 2010 and AppV 4.6

Today, over on the MDOP BLOG, we announced the release of the next version of Microsoft Application...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/22/2010

Learn about InfoPath 2010 in free web casts with the Microsoft Product team!

Do you want to learn about InfoPath and SharePoint 2010 in FREE Web casts with the InfoPath product...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/19/2010

Office 2010 Application Compatibility Sweepstakes

Since announcing our public Beta, many folks on the Office team have been hard at work engaging with...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/17/2010

Fix for Message Size Issue in Outlook 2010 Beta

Recently, we posted information on the Outlook blog about a bug in the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/11/2010

How does usage data improve the Office User Experience?

Hello, my name is Tim Briggs – I am a user experience (UX) Researcher in the Office Design Group...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/09/2010

Data Execution Prevention in Office 2010

Hello, my name is Vikas Malhotra, and I am a security Program Manager in the Office Trustworthy...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/04/2010

Office 2010 Improvements for Cropping Pictures

Hi, again, I’m Tucker Hatfield, a Program Manager on the Office Graphics team with another post on...

Author: Office Team Date: 02/01/2010

Check out the InfoPath "5 for forms" Video Demo Series

The InfoPath team has a great series of posts on the InfoPath team blog. If you would like to meet...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/29/2010

Business Intelligence Features in Excel 2010

The Excel team has made a number of improvements in the Business Intelligence area for Excel 2010,...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/27/2010

Office 2010 Technology in Action at the Winter Games in Vancouver

Over the past few months, we’ve highlighted many of the new features that will be available in...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/26/2010

Accessing Office Documents Using Your Phone

A few weeks back we introduced Mobility in Office 2010 where we talked about Microsoft® Office...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/22/2010

Office 2010 System Requirements

Hi everyone! My name is Alex Dubec and I’m a Program Manager on the Office Trustworthy Computing...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/22/2010

A Few Announcements

Just in case everyone hasn’t seen the exciting news, today we announced a new concept test...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/19/2010

The New Slide Show in PowerPoint 2010

Lately, the PowerPoint Team has been writing a lot about the new slide show experience. Transitions,...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/12/2010

Office 2010: Accessibility Investments & Document Accessibility

My name is Larry Waldman -- I am a Program Manager on the Office User Experience team and have been...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/07/2010

What the Office team will be talking about at CES

Heading into the new year, the Microsoft Office team is motivated more than ever by what we’re...

Author: Office Team Date: 01/04/2010

Volume Activation Tips and Tricks

Hi again, I’m Ted Way, program manager for Office 2010 volume activation. Last time I posted to this...

Author: Office Team Date: 12/18/2009

Office 2010 File Validation

Howdy, I’m David B Heise and I work on the Office Security team responsible for testing Office File...

Author: Office Team Date: 12/16/2009

Office 2010: Visuals and Branding

Hello, I’m Keri Vandeberghe and I work in Microsoft’s Office Design Group (ODG) as a User Experience...

Author: Office Team Date: 12/11/2009

Digital Signatures in Office 2010

Hello, my name is Shelley Gu and I am a Program Manager on the Trustworthy Computing Security team....

Author: Office Team Date: 12/08/2009

Office 2010 Beta Hits a Milestone!

You may have already heard, but we have some exciting news from the Office team -- earlier this week...

Author: Office Team Date: 12/03/2009

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