In late July, speculation arose about Office 14, the codename for the successor to Office 2007, being released simultaneously with Windows 7 (much like Office 2007 and Vista were): either late 2009 or early 2010. Last week I talked about why the 2010 date looked more likely to me, and now more evidence points to the same conclusion.

This week, Microsoft provided a select number of testers with access to Office 14 documentation, including alpha versions of SharePoint Server 14, SharePoint Services 14, Search Server 14, Project Server 14, and Office for Sales 14. A Microsoft spokesperson gave the following statement: "Today Microsoft provided a select group of customers early access to an Alpha version of Office server technologies. However, Microsoft is not disclosing information about the timing for a Beta version at this time."

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