Microsoft Forefront helps deliver end-to-end security and access to information through an integrated line of protection, access, and identity management products. Today we are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite (previously codenamed “Stirling.”) We are delaying the release Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 - anti-malware for Windows desktops and servers - until the second half of 2010. Based on customer feedback and market trends, we have made the strategic decision to build Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) on System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft’s solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update servers, clients, and devices. This approach better aligns our customers’ client management and security infrastructure, helping simplify deployment and reduce costs.

Microsoft? Office 2010 gives you rich and powerful new ways to deliver your best work - whether you?re at work, home, or school - on a computer, Web browser, or Smartphone. Grab your audience?s attention and inspire them with your ideas using enhanced tools, customizable templates, and photo editing capabilities. Work with multiple people from different locations at the exact same time using new co-authoring capabilities. By offering more ways to access your files from virtually anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control. This suite will not upgrade over x86 versions of Microsoft Office.

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Office Web Apps are a brand new addition to Office 2010 that will make it even easier to work with your Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files. Office Web Apps give you a quick way to access these files and continue to work with them. They also give you the freedom to move around even without your laptop because as long as you have access to a PC or Mac with Internet access and a browser or even a mobile device and a micro browser, Office Web Apps provide browser-based viewing and lightweight editing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote documents without requiring any additional software to be installed. You get high-fidelity viewing, great compatibility with your existing files and the familiar Office interface that supports the key authoring functionality in the browser on your PC and Mac. Leave your computer behind knowing that you'll still have access to your work, and all the Microsoft® Office Web Apps must be installed on a server running Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

Microsoft intends to release Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview to invited guests who register to sign up for Office 2010 CTP Program only by July 2009. Office 2010 was previously known by codename Office 14 (taken cue from its version), and wrongly assume to be Office 2009. The setup installer of both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64) Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 (TP 1) has been leaked to BT network. The leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 has the version of 14.0.4006.1010, a pre-trial version provided to premium Microsoft partners.

The latest Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4417.1000 which was leaked about a week ago features refreshed icons for all Office applications.And like any previous version of Office, all the icons from this latest leaked build have Office 2010 been extracted and are available for download at deviantART. The Office 2010 Applications Icon Pack includes 60 high-resolution icons for:

* Access 2010
* Excel 2010
* InfoPath 2010
* Office 2010 Upload Center
* SharePoint Designer 2010
* OneNote 2010
* Outlook 2010
* PowerPoint 2010
* Project 2010
* Publisher 2010
* SharePoint Workspace 2010
* Visio 2010
* Word 2010

Initially it was thought that Office 2010 will be released for sale in the first half of 2009, but the new data it is not expected before late 2009 and early 2010. It is anticipated that Office 2010 will be presented at about the same time with the new operating system Microsoft Windows 7. According to an article in InfoWorld in April 2006, Office 2010 will be a role, than previous versions. The article quoted Simon Vittsa (eng. Simon Witts), vice-president of Microsoft’s Enterprise and Partner Group, which said that the package will focus on some of the staff – researchers, developers, managers, HR. Office 2010 borrows some ideas from the ideology of Web 2.0, and, perhaps, Microsoft SharePoint Server to build capabilities in new version of office suite.

Initially it was thought that Office 2010 will be released for sale in the first half of 2009, but the new data it is not expected before late 2009 and early 2010. It is anticipated that Office 2010 will be presented at about the same time with the new operating system Microsoft Windows 7. According to an article in InfoWorld in April 2006, Office 2010 will be a role, than previous versions. The article quoted Simon Vittsa (eng. Simon Witts), vice-president of Microsoft�s Enterprise and Partner Group, which said that the package will focus on some of the staff � researchers, developers, managers, HR. Office 2010 borrows some ideas from the ideology of Web 2.0, and, perhaps, Microsoft SharePoint Server to build capabilities in new version of office suite.

Includes:
Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010
Office 2010 implements the ISO version is compatible with Office Open XML, which has been standardized as ISO 29500 in March 2008. Microsoft also plans to provide Web-version of its Office products, known as Office Web, debuted along with Office 2010. Office Web will include online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It was expected that the new version will be distributed free of charge, but revenues will be removed from advertising. In addition, Office 2010 will be offered in two versions � to 32-bit and 64-bit processors. Microsoft Office 2010 Technical preview will be released in late June � early July. Send it can be only by invitation. But you can apply now. However, Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview is already safely land in the network.

Office SharePoint Designer 2010 provides you with tools to automate your business processes, build efficient applications on top of the Microsoft SharePoint platform, and tailor your SharePoint site to your needs, all in an IT-managed environment.

Use Office SharePoint Designer 2010 to create and deploy interactive solutions on the SharePoint platform, without having to write code.

* Automate business processes such as document approval, custom event notification, and other collaboration tasks with the Workflow Designer.
* Create reporting and tracking applications using data views and forms to easily gather and aggregate data from outside your site and from SharePoint lists and document libraries on the Web site.
* Get started fast with pre-built Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Application Templates, which are fully customizable and extensible using Office SharePoint Designer 2007.
* Extend your solutions by building advanced interactive Microsoft ASP.NET pages. Insert and edit controls with the same powerful activity menus and control property grid previously found only in development tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Microsoft Office 2010 or Office 14 - the working title of the next version of Microsoft Office for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft started work on Office 2010 in 2006, which ended the work on the Microsoft Office 12 (which went under the name of Microsoft Office 2007).
Includes:
Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010

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