Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta

Microsoft Corp. has announced the release and availability for download of the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, Office Web Apps and Office Mobile 2010.

Download the beta products at http://www.microsoft.com/2010.

Microsoft Office 2010 beta is available in seven languages — English, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French and German.

Office Mobile 2010 is also now available in beta, making the Office experience across the PC, phone and browser a reality. Office Mobile 2010 includes mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and new SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010, and is available worldwide in Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.

Microsoft also announced several new features in Office 2010. One key new offering is the Outlook Social Connector, which brings communications history, business collaboration and social network feeds directly into Outlook, with support for Windows Live and SharePoint Server.

The Outlook Social Connector SDK was likewise released for developers to help them easily build connectors to third-party social networks.