Office 2010 now available for business customers

It's finally here!  Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 are now available for business customers worldwide. Office, Visio and Project will be generally available online and in retail outlets in the U.S. in June. 

For more details on the release, see the Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering Blog (https://blogs.technet.com/office2010/). 

You can watch the Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 global launch keynote on May 12 at 11 a.m. EDT: https://sharepoint.microsoft.com/2010launch/en-us/Pages/home.aspx?WT.mc_id=Technet 

Try Office Professional Plus 2010: https://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ee390818.aspx

 Learn about Office 2010.  Here is a summary of ORK resources to get you ready to deploy Office 2010:

• Office 2010 Resource Kit Library (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=181453) and home page on TechNet  (www.OfficeITPro.com)
• Office 2010 Resource Centers on TechNet (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191558) including
  • What's New 
  • Compatibility
  • Office Web Apps deployment
  • Plan, customize, and deploy
  • Volume activation
• Group Policy Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (OCT) for Office 2010.  Download the files from the Microsoft Download Center: Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=189316). For more information see, the Blog post Office 2010 Group Policy Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool download available (https://bit.ly/csqQAW).

 Talk about Office 2010:

• The Office IT Pro forums (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/officeitpro) includes three new categories:
  • Office IT Pro General Discussions (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/officeitpro/threads)  
  • Office Setup and Deployment (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/officesetupdeploy/threads)
  • Office Web Apps Setup and Deployment (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/officewebappssetup/threads)

 If that list is too overwhelming, just remember https://www.OfficeITPro.com.  You can find all the resources from there. 

If you have comments or suggestions about the ORK, please contact us.   We would be most appreciative!  E-mail us at feedORK@microsoft.com or find us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/MSOfficeResKit).