Taimur Asad over at RedmondPie has discovered that today, Microsoft has made the official Office 2010 beta bits available on TechNet/MSDN, so those of you who have subscriptions to either service may now get your hands on it before the official unveiling on November 18th. Both x64 and x86 have been published, and the information from the official TechNet page have been included below:
x64:
File Name: en_office_professional_plus_2010_beta_x64_x16-19234.exe
Date Posted (UTC): 11/16/2009 7:21:24 AM
ISO/CRC: D5C14D40SHA1: D07BC0DEE307E05F955CE44825F85084B94595B8
Available to Levels: TechNet Plus SA Media; TechNet Plus (Retail); TechNet Direct (Retail); TechNet Plus (VL); TechNet Plus Direct (VL); TechNet Cert Partner; TechNet Gold Cert Partner; TechNet Plus Consumer Service Professional Pilot
x86:
File Name: en_office_professional_plus_2010_beta_x86_x16-19227.exe
Date Posted (UTC): 11/16/2009 7:21:23 AM
ISO/CRC: D3ACD2EFSHA1: F219E1D7FE830DCD6A796FAFEA3A5D0D4662EE89
Available to Levels: TechNet Plus SA Media; TechNet Plus (Retail); TechNet Direct (Retail); TechNet Plus (VL); TechNet Plus Direct (VL); TechNet Cert Partner; TechNet Gold Cert Partner; TechNet Plus Consumer Service Professional Pilot;
The x64 edition is 749.87 MB in size, while the x86 edition is 684.48 MB in size. Along with the Office 2010 Professional Plus beta being given to Technet subscribers, the Web Apps are also available for download in the x64 flavor only. Here is the information:
File Name: en_office_web_applications_2010_beta_x64_456141.exe
Date Posted (UTC): 11/16/2009 7:24:20 AM
ISO/CRC: E973B2E8SHA1: 71BB6B2E4248C40036CC0C0389B399E0F79EC180
Available to Levels: TechNet Plus SA Media; TechNet Plus (Retail); TechNet Direct (Retail); TechNet Plus (VL); TechNet Plus Direct (VL); TechNet Cert Partner; TechNet Gold Cert Partner; TechNet Plus Consumer Service Professional Pilot;
Once the download completes and we get our hands on the goods, well be sure to do a writeup about any new and interesting finds.