14 DAY TRIAL // As is the case with all major software releases, Microsoft accompanied the public Beta of Office 2010 with a range of resources. Early adopters interested in jumping on the Office 2010 wagon, while the next generation of the Office System is still in development, can access a variety of documentation designed to streamline deployment, testing and management tasks. However, Microsoft has taken it one step further and made it even easier for testers to start running Office 2010 Beta. In this regard, the software giant has made available a number of Technical diagrams for Office 2010 on TechNet.
“Wouldn’t you prefer looking at a nice poster over reading a wall of text? We have some posters that can help you plan for your Office 2010 deployment. These include: Deployment options for Office 2010; Deploy Multilanguage packs for Office 2010; 64-bit client installation of Office 2010; Virtualization architecture overview,” revealed Catherine Watson, Microsoft technical writer for IT Pros.
All the Office 2010 Technical Diagrams mentioned above are available via this page on Microsoft TechNet. Customers should bear in mind that the documentation is in pre-release stage, just as the Office 2010 System, and that it will be modified moving onward.
“These resources are visual representations of recommended solutions. They include poster-sized documents available in formats including Microsoft Office Visio 2007 files (.vsd), PDF files, and XPS files. You might need extra software to view these files,” Microsoft explained.
At the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles (PDC 2009), Microsoft announced the public availability of Office 2010 Beta. Users around the world are free to grab Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta and start test driving the release. IT professionals also have the Technical Diagrams at their disposal to help them with the testing process.
“Models are 34-by-44-inch posters that detail a specific technical area. These models are intended to be used with corresponding articles on TechNet. These models are created by using Microsoft Visio 2010 or Office Visio 2007. You can modify the Visio files to illustrate how you plan to incorporate Microsoft Office 2010 in your own environment,” the company added.
Office 2010 Beta 14.0.4536.1000 is available for download here.