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System Requirements: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview
Posted by Mohammed Muchhala in Microsoft Office 2010, Softwares on July 28th, 2009
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In my previous post Setup: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview, as pointed out by Ganesh I didn’t mention the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview.
So here it is:
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Computer and processor | 500 MHz processor or higher |
| Memory | 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher |
| Hard disk | 2 gigabytes (GB). A part of this disk space is free after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard disk. |
| Drive | CD-ROM drive or DVD drive |
| Display | 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution monitor |
| Operating system | Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) (32-bit), Windows Vista® with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® Server 2008 with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Terminal Server and Windows on Windows (WOW) (which allows installing 32-bit versions of Office 2010 on 64-bit operating systems) are supported. |
| Additional | Requirements and product functionality can vary based on the system configuration and operating system. |
The requirements is same as Office 2007, which is very good and the other thing to note is that the 64-bit Office 2010 is not supported on Windows XP 64-bit and Microsoft has no plans to support it in future either
Setup: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview
Posted by Mohammed Muchhala in Microsoft Office 2010, Softwares on July 17th, 2009
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As mentioned in the previous post, I am testing the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview, so here’s how the install process went.
The installer for Office 2010 Professional x64 is 598 MB and contains Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access. There is a separate installer for Visio (342 MB), InfoPath (281 MB), SharePoint Designer (75 MB) and SharePoint Workspace (246 MB).
Right now I have only installed the Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview x64 pack.
Official Tester: Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview
Posted by Mohammed Muchhala in Microsoft Office 2010, Softwares on July 16th, 2009
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Yesterday morning when I checked my mails I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from Microsoft, stating that my request to be an Office 2010 Beta tester had been accepted. Yes, surprised because the news of it being previewed to the audience was already out on Monday, and so I had thought that I had been left out, which now is not the case.
Initially all testers were barred from disclosing anything by a NDA or Non-Disclosure Agreement, despite the fact that it was already a public knowledge. But today morning as I logged into Microsoft Connect they had an announcement waiting, which said
The Office 2010 clients have been publicly disclosed and are not under a confidentiality obligation. You are free to talk about the Office 2010 client build as you wish.
Please remember that the builds you have received are for your use only. Please do not share these builds.
So now with permission being granted to openly talk and discuss about it, I’ll be sharing my experience about Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview with all of you, so keep coming back for regular updates.
P.S: I only plan to test the 64-bit version as of now.
UPDATE: Setup: Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Technical Preview