Office 2010 rtm available for MSDN/Technet

Not quite the fanfare that Windows 7 received, but for those with subscriptions, they have been available since Thursday.

Go get 'em boys

 

Too bad its not part of MSDN-AA

 

Give it time....it might make its way there eventually. I am still waiting for mappoint on technet....grumble...what makes those MSDN guys so special?

 

Neat, thanks for the heads up. FYI to technet direct members: only one key is available until 4/30, at which point they say more will be made available. (The one key currently available is retail, so I'm unsure if that's multi-activation or not... Usually the multi-activation keys as labeled as being so.)

 

Office 'suites' have never been on MSDN-AA. Visio and OneNote are though.

 

Thanks for the heads up on this. Been a happy user of Office 2007 but I'm curious to see what 2010 brings. Just logged into my TechNet account and it looks like it's the same license key provided to both 32bit and 64bit versions.

Just downloaded the 64bit version but I'm hesitant about installing it. Seems like MSFT is recommending users get the 32bit version over 64bit. I might download the 32bit one and use that instead for now. Anyone using the 64bit edition?

 

no appreciable difference between 64-bit and 32-bit when it comes to office. This is Microsoft's first time through with 64-bit code and they didn't focus on performance--just gettting it out.

I installed 64-bit and 32-bit --no difference.

Simple rule of thumb--if you use existing extensions to Office, such as ActiveX controls, third-party add-ins, or in-house solutions built on previous versions of Office, or 32-bit versions of programs that interface directly with Office, stick with 32-bit Office 2010.

If you are not sure if you do or do not, stick with 32-bit.

If you are a developer looking to extend office, then go 64-bit.

 

I downloaded to see if the "retail" labeled key from the technical preview still worked but the MSDN release is Proffesional Plus so... guess I'll have to wait

 

I thought the Technical Preview was professional Plus too?

 

Just downloaded both, installed the 32bit edition. So far so good. Looks a little different than 2007 but nothing drastic at all. It's very snappy too.

 

The tech preview downloads are good until October 2010 so unless you have legit access to the Technet and MSDN downloads and keys, it is probably a good idea to stick with the preview and those keys.

 

Tech Preview? What about the Beta That's newer.

 

whichever works, both are good until O2010 goes 'retail'.

 

So what are the benefits (at least on paper) of the 64 bit version?

I seriously don't see how an Office 2010 program could ever using more than 2GB of memory, and if it does somehow manage to do so, then this will be the most bloated release of Office ever.

 

Larger data sets in Excel is one I know off...

 

Philosophically speaking....

Larger Datasets in Excel belong in Access.

But I know what you mean.

 

Unless you don't have access, don't know how to use it...
Or want to plague students with them...

I think the worst part is though, if you know Excel you can use that - but that doesn't mean you know how to use access.

 

Apparently, office 2007 suite is on MSDN-AA

 

It's not - just checked.

Some Office components are - server components, but the actual Office Suite with things like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook isn't.

 

Sweet, I need to get this from Technet. You can't do a direct upgrade from 2007 to 64-bit 2010, can you? I'll need to uninstall?

 

Considering its different programme code - you can't upgrade.

However, you might be able to run both.

In theory if you run the new installer it should offer you the correct option.

 

Different university offer different things on MSDN-AA. There are schools with MSDN-AA which includes office 2007 suite with word, excel, powerpoint..etc