Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released!

The 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to user security. This service pack also includes all of the updates released for the 2007 Office suite prior to December of 2007. You can get a more complete description of SP1, including a list of issues that were fixed, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 936982: Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1.

Service Pack 1 will install even if a publicly available update has already been installed on your computer.

SP1 also includes stability improvements developed as a result of user input from the Microsoft Online Crash Analysis and from Microsoft Product Support feedback.

Download: Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 | Whitepaper
Link: More Information

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Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs. Specific features vary by program.

This Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for 2007 Microsoft Office programs supplements and is subject to the license terms for the Microsoft 2007 Office system beta software. You may not use this supplement if you do not have a license for the software.

Download: Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in: Save as PDF or XPS

Office 2007 System now available on MSDN

MSDN Subscribers can now get their hands on Office 2007 Professional, it has just been made available.

Office Professional 2007 includes the following Microsoft Office system programs: Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Excel® 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook® 2007 with Business Contact Manager, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2007, Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Additionally the following applications have been added under “Office 2007 Desktop Programs” and they include: Office Groove 2007, Office InfoPath 2007, Office OneNote 2007, Office Project 2007 and Office Visio 2007.

Link: MSDN

Recently Released Microsoft Software

Microsoft Software:

Windows Vista RTM – Should be available to the general public around 30th January 2007.

Microsoft Office 2007 RTM – Should be available to the general public around November 2006.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 – Windows XP SP2 Or Windows Server 2003 SP1 Or Windows Vista Required

Windows Media Player 11 – Windows XP SP2 Required

Windows Defender – Windows XP SP2 Or Windows Server 2003 SP1 Required

Internet Explorer 7 – Windows XP SP2 Or Windows Server 2003 SP1 Required

Other Software:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Five Free Microsoft Betas To Tryout! Including Windows Vista Beta 2!

Here are a few well known Microsoft software betas, that you can get for absolutely free. Previously some of these betas were only available to Microsoft testers, but they recently released them to the general public. Such as, the Office 2007 Beta 2 and Windows Vista Beta 2.

I highly recommend installing the Windows Vista Beta 2 operating system and on top of that, installing Office 2007 Beta 2. This should only be done on a non-productive system. Windows Vista Beta 2 already has Windows Media Player 11 Beta installed along with Windows Defender Beta 2 and Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. So there is no need to install them on Windows Vista unless a new build is released. You might want to order Windows Vista Beta 2 on DVD for a small fee, because downloading it can be extremely time consuming and Microsoft servers are under a super high load.

Note: This is beta code and should not be used in a production environment or on a main machine in the home. Beta 2 is intended for developers, IT professionals and technology experts to continue or begin their testing of Windows Vista. Before you decide to use Beta 2, you should feel comfortable with installing operating systems, updating drivers, and general PC troubleshooting. Some risks of using beta operating systems include hardware and software incompatibility and system instability. If you have concerns about installing this beta software on your computer, we encourage you to obtain the final release version of Windows Vista when it is available in 2007.

Office 2007 Beta 2: Homepage | Download
Windows Vista Beta 2: Homepage | Download
Windows Defender Beta 2: Homepage | Download
Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2: Homepage | Download
Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2: Homepage | Download

Get Your Office 2007 Beta 2 Today!

I might try Office 2007 together with Windows Vista, just like him. Since, I’m a beta tester for both, it will interesting.

Today’s the big day–I’m so pleased to announce that as of right now, you can download Office 2007 Beta 2 from the Office preview site at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/.

Click the button marked “Try it!” and enter a few pieces of information, and you’re on your way. I tried it out and was downloading in about 3 minutes from the time I clicked the button. (Whoops, I hope I didn’t take someone’s spot…)

The best way to experience the new user interface is simply to try it. No matter what you think of the screenshots you’ve seen or what I’ve written here, consider giving it a test drive for a few weeks. I hope you won’t want to go back to your current version of Office.

Beta 2 isn’t perfect, but it’s proven a great platform for my day-to-day work over the last month. In fact, last weekend I upgraded my home computer to Windows Vista Beta 2 + Office 2007 Beta 2, and I’m writing this post right now using both of them.

Go get it–and spread the word.

You heard him, spread the word!

At the time of writing this I couldn’t download it, guess there must have been to much demand, even for Microsoft.

New Office 2007 UI

First, here are some basic screenshots of the Office 2007 programs.

There are so many changes from the Beta 1 visuals that it would be hard to make a complete list, but a couple of the things you might notice right off the bat: the Quick Access Toolbar in the title bar, group titles on the bottom of groups, and the Office Button (more on that below.)

View: Picture This: A New Look For Office (Jensen Harris) | Microsoft Office 2007 System Virtual Pressroom | The New Microsoft Office User Interface Overview

Pictures below…

New Office 2007 Logo!

I was on Microsoft Beta place, when I discovered a new logo for Office 2007.

It might not be the final version of the logo, but it’s a start.

Microsoft confirms Office "12" will be Office 2007

Microsoft have announced the lineup for Microsoft Office Suites 2007 and the pricing.

• Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 (Available through Volume Licensing, no price announced)
• Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 (Available through Volume Licensing, no price announced)
• Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (Retail $499, Upgrade $329)
• Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 (Retail $449, Upgrade $279)
• Microsoft Office Standard 2007 (Retail $399, Upgrade $239)
• Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 (Retail $149, no upgrade available)
• Microsoft Office Basic 2007 (Available through OEMs, no price announced)

Individuals programs have also been priced:

• Microsoft Office Access 2007 (Retail $229, Upgrade $109)
• Microsoft Office Communicator (Available through Volume Licensing, no price announced)
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Retail $229, Upgrade $109)
• Microsoft Office Groove 2007 (Available through Volume Licensing, no price announced)
• Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 (Retail $199, no upgrade available)
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 (Retail $99, no upgrade available)
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (Retail $109, no upgrade available)
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Retail $229, Upgrade $109)
• Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007 (Retail $599, Upgrade $349)
• Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 (Retail $999, Upgrade $599)
• Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (Retail $169, Upgrade $99)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 (Retail $299, no upgrade available)
• Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 (Retail $259, Upgrade $129)
• Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 (Retail $559, Upgrade $349)
• Microsoft Office Word 2007

Office 2007 promises a new UI, better server capabilities and a new product named Groove. Groove allows teams to work together over the web backed by a central management server.

Office 2007 is currently in testing and a pre-beta 2 release is expected sometime in March.

View: Microsoft Office 2007 System: Press Materials | Pricing | Packaging