Much like it does with Windows to maintain the bottom from dropping out with the market within the months prior to the launch of a new release,
Cheap Office 2007, Microsoft does the very same with Office through its Tech Ensure system. It looks like that free-upgrade system is about to start for Workplace 2010.Ars Technica obtained a glimpse of a Microsoft companion;s weblog post regarding the imminent start of the Office 2010 Tech Ensure plan — just prior to the post was yanked. Here are some of the details (through Ars): The program runs between March 5,
Windows 7 Pro Product Key, 2010 and September 30,
Microsoft Office Standard 2010, 2010 Customers who buy a copy of Office 2007 during that period — with or without a new PC — from a participating reseller will qualify for the promotionTo qualify, customers must activate their copies of Office 2007 by September 30 and request their totally free upgrade to Workplace 2010 by October 31Those who are eligible will get a free download of Workplace 2010 (although discs will e purchasable for a shipping and handling fee)Limit is 25 free-upgrade copies per person Microsoft is rapidly approaching the finish line with Workplace 2010 and SharePoint 2010. This week,
Office 2007 License, Microsoft made the near-final Release Candidate (RC) of Office 2010 available to participants in its Technology Adoption Plan (TAP). The company is not planning to make the RC more broadly available. Release to manufacturing could happen any time, but it;s likely this spring. Microsoft officials have said the final code will be available by June for sure. Microsoft execs said last year to expect SharePoint 2010 to be released alongside Office 2010.Microsoft already has revealed the planned version line-up for Workplace 2010 (with seven different SKUs, the prices for most of which the company also has shared),
Office 2007 Professional Plus, as well as the process requirements for the final Workplace 2010 product.