Project Management Microsoft announces Project 2010 beta Published on 26 September 2009 - Revised on As reported on ZDNet. Microsoft has announced that the latest beta of its Project application will be available later this year with the full release set for first half of next year. Interested parties can register for the beta now. The availability of the first public beta of Microsoft Project 2010 was announced on Wednesday at the Microsoft Project Conference 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona. Microsoft said the latest version of its project software will be released in three versions: Microsoft Project Standard 2010, Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010. "Microsoft Project 2010 is the most significant release of Microsoft Project in over a decade," said Chris Capossela, senior vice president of the Information Worker Product Management Group at Microsoft. "Microsoft Project 2010 will enable teams and organisations of all sizes to select and deliver the right projects on time and on budget." Collaboration in Project 2010 is new and will be built around Microsoft Sharepoint 2010. The product will also feature integration with Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010. The software maker also claimed the new release will be more scalable than before, will feature 64-bit compatibility and will no longer be dependent on ActiveX. Seth Patton, senior marketing director for Microsoft Project, told ZDNet UK's sister site, ZDNet.com, that the company had tried to improve the usability of Project with the latest release in an effort to attract novice users to the product and grab a larger slice of the project-management market. Rate this article: No rating Print Arjun Thomas Arjun is a consultant with expertise in areas like Strategy and Operations within the field of Knowledge Management, Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media. He is an Architecture and Design Specialist with expertise in the area of Knowledge and Enterprise Portals and Web 2.0 tools and services. He has a background of implementing large scale Social Networking and other Web 2.0 tools that are now being used rather extensively to promote Knowledge Management within most organizations. Full biography Full biography Arjun is a consultant with expertise in areas like Strategy and Operations within the field of Knowledge Management, Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media. He is an Architecture and Design Specialist with expertise in the area of Knowledge and Enterprise Portals and Web 2.0 tools and services. He has a background of implementing large scale Social Networking and other Web 2.0 tools that are now being used rather extensively to promote Knowledge Management within most organizations. x Contact author Linked In
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