Microsoft officials confirmed first thing on November 6 that Office 2007 has gone gold. Microsoft is claiming the new Office 2007 "includes the largest investment in deployment and management tools in the product’s history." On the list: Office Migration Planning Manager, Open XML Formats Conversion Toolkit, the Business Desktop Deployment 2007 Solution Accelerator and the Office Resource Kit.
And starting December 1, Microsoft will make available free, downloadable product trials via its recently revamped Office Online site, officials said. The new trials will be similar to the Online Test Drive that's already available to Office users.
Microsoft is introducing a new SMS Link for Outlook 2007 service as part of its Office 2007 release. "This new service allows Outlook 2007 users to connect with friends’, families’ and colleagues’ mobile phones by using SMS text messaging. It allows people to send and receive e-mail, contacts, appointments and tasks as text messages to mobile phones," explained Microsoft via a press release.
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