Last week, Microsoft announced that it’s Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have all reached the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) milestone. It means Office 2010 to ready to hit the stores! Businesses with Software Assurance will be able to download it on April 27, while the boxed consumer version of the software will be available in June.
Businesses with Software Assurance on their Microsoft Office licenses will be able to start downloading the Office 2010 RTM bits in English via the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center starting on April 27th. On the other hand, those without Software Assurance will be able to start ordering Microsoft Office 2010 through the Microsoft Volume Licensing programs from May 1st. The Retail Box version of Microsoft Office 2010 will be available in retail stores in June.