Microsoft Office 2010 Release Data

The next version of Microsoft Office (codenamed Office 14) will be known as Office 2010 and it will be shipped in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

While may have expected that Microsoft would release Office 2010 at the same time as Windows 7, that seems unlikely now.

Chris Capossela says that Microsoft Office 2010 will enter a technical preview sometime in 3Q 2009 while RTM will happen sometime in the first half of 2010. Windows 7 is expected during the holiday buying season of 2009.

Microsoft Office 2010 will also include a web based version of Office (like Google Docs) along with Visio 2010 and Project 2010 for project management. The online version of Office 2010 will include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.