Microsoft Freebees and Betas

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta

is available for download if anyone wants to play with it. Recommendation is to un-install all previous office versions before installation.

Have fun!

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta Resource Center

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta Resource Center

Be a guinea pig

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News everywhere that MS Office 2010 Beta downloads have passed the ONE million mark.

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Netbook users rejoice!

"Red-faced Microsoft issues Windows 7 tool as open source"

"Microsoft has re-released a Windows 7 installation tool that it admitted included open-source code, and has posted the utility's source code to its own open-source site."

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"Microsoft originally released WUDT in October, when it touted the tool as a way for netbook owners to create a bootable flash drive from a downloaded .iso file, or disk image, of Windows 7 purchased from Microsoft's online store. Most netbooks lack an optical drive and so can't install the new OS from a DVD."
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"WDUT can be downloaded directly from Microsoft's site ( .exe download ). The source code for WDUT has been posted to CodePlex , Microsoft's open-source repository."

Source!

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Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Extracted description from source above.

"The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.

The ISO file contains all the Windows 7 installation files combined into a single uncompressed file. When you download the ISO file, you need to copy it to some medium in order to install Windows 7. This tool allows you to create a copy of the ISO file to a USB flash drive or a DVD. To install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive or DVD, all you need to do is insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive and run Setup.exe from the root folder on the drive.

Note: You cannot install Windows 7 from the ISO file until you copy it to a USB flash drive or DVD with the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool and install from there.

The copy of the ISO file that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool creates is bootable. Bootable media allows you to install Windows 7 without having to first run an existing operating system on your machine. If you change the boot order of drives in your computer's BIOS, you can run the Windows 7 installation directly from your USB flash drive or DVD when you turn on your computer. Please see the documentation for your computer for information on how to change the BIOS boot order of drives. "

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