Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Download

Download SP2 for Office 2010 here - includes a roll-up of all previous updates.

Microsoft Office for iPad expected soon...

Microsoft Office for iPad expected in coming weeks | Sources now say that the app will soon be submitted to Apple for approval -

Office 2010 SP1 Released

The 370mb download includes the addition of integrated community content in the Access 2010 Application Part Gallery.

Free eBooks from Microsoft Press

• Free ebook: Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (10 chapters by by Patrice Pelland, Pascal Paré, and Ken Haines)
• Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (10 chapters by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner)
• Free ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7 Series (DRAFT Preview) (6 chapters by Charles Petzold)
• Free ebook: Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2) (newer than the ebook above; 11 chapters by Charles Petzold)
• Free ebook: Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft(8 chapters by Katherine Murray)
• Free ebook: Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions (Second Edition) (6 chapters by Mitch Tulloch)
• Free ebook: First Look Microsoft Office 2010 (14 chapters by Katherine Murray)
• Free ebook: Windows 7 troubleshooting tips (short ebook by Mitch Tulloch)
• Free ebook: Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 (9 chapters by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker)
• Free ebook: Deploying Windows 7, Essential Guidance (10 chapters from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and 6 TechNet articles)

Latest Access 2010 and Office 2010 Resources and Guides

• Office 2010 Product Guides
• Office 2010 Developer References
• Office 2010 Add-In: Icons Gallery
• Office 2010 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers
• Office 2010 Product Guides
• Access 2010 Runtime
• Access 2010 Database Engine Redistributable

Access 2010 Migration Guide

The Access 2010 Migration Guide walks you through new features such as the ribbon interface, the Navigation Pane, where to find Access Options, and so on. The other Office 2010 Migration Guides are also available from the above link. Essential for those upgrading from pre-Access 2007 versions.

Operations guide for Microsoft Office 2010

This eBook provides information about how to maintain and manage an installation of Microsoft Office 2010.

New MSDN Articles on VBA In Office 2010

• Getting Started with VBA in Office 2010
• Working with VBA in Office 2010 (32-bit) and Office 2010 (64-bit)

Download the Office 2010 Developer Training Kit

Download the Office 2010 Developer Training Kit - "provides developers with collateral to get started quickly developing for Office 2010". 95.5mb

New Office Ribbon Developer Center Launches on MSDN

A new Office Fluent UI Developer Center has been launched on MSDN, where you can dind developer resources for customizing the Backstage view for Office 2010 and the Ribbon UI for Office 2010 and Office 2007.

Office 2010 Office Environment Assessment Tool

An environment scanning tools to assist in the assessment phase of deployment. It identifies the following:

• Currently installed applications and installation environment.
• Add-ins currently in use by Office clients.
• Programs that are not registered as add-ins but still interact with Office programs.
• Report: Environmental assessment (potential upgrade issues).
• Report: Add-ins assessment—list of third party programs and information about the compatibility of those programs with Microsoft Office 2010.

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Office 2010 Developer Atlas

A new interactive portal for Office developers where you can explore the new features of of Office 2010.

Office 2010 Australian Retail Release Date is June 15

According to LifeHacker

Office Still Top Business Suite: Google Apps Serious Not

New Forrester data, released on May 11, reports that 81% of the enterprises it surveyed are running Office 2007 and 78% supporting SharePoint, compared to only 4% using Google Apps. Forrester also says that one third of survey respondents are already planning an upgrade to Office 2010 within the next 12 months. The Forrester sample is 115 North American and European enterprise and SMB decision makers.

Source: Forrester: ZDNet: Google still a distant Office competitor

Access 2010 RTM Runtime Environments Available for Download

Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable This download will install a set of components that can be used by non-Microsoft Office applications to read data from Microsoft Office 2010 files.

Microsoft Access 2010 Runtime The Microsoft Access 2010 Runtime enables you to distribute Access 2010 applications to users who do not have the full version of Access 2010 installed on their computers.

Microsoft Office 2010 RTM Released on MSDN

Microsoft today released Office 2010 RTM to TechNet and MSDN subscribers.

The retail release will be available in June.

Office Release Date Announced

According to the Office 2010 Engineering blog the ship date for Office 2010 is May 12.

Office 2010: Understanding 64-Bit Office

Office 2010 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Get the lowdown on 64-bit Office here.

Office 2010 Tool: Compatibility Inspector

The Microsoft Office 2010 Compatibility Inspector compares legacy code against the Office 2010 object model by using a text search for known properties and methods that have changed. You can run the tool against specific projects. You also have the option to mark those areas in the code where text search has identified a possible object model match. The comment will include description of what was found along with possible remediation link to online content or help. The tool integrates with both Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 7.0 (VBA 7) and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. It includes a basic scanner where definitions and remediation links are updated from a central online location. It also generates a summary report and a details report. The summary includes the total lines of code scanned as well as total lines identified as potential candidates for object model changes. The details report includes the module name, line number, and links to remediation for each identified issue along with color-coded flags for impact guidance.

The tool checks compatibility for code written for the following Office applications for use with Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Office 97
• Office 2000
• Office XP
• Office 2003
• Office 2007

You need have the following applications installed:

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
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Office 2010 scheduled for release in June 2010

Microsoft has announced Office 2010 will be released in June 2010 in six different configurations (including a free version that will include Word and Excel with limited functionality and embedded ads): Starter, Home and Student, Home and Business, Standard, Professional, and Professional Plus.