Somehow, I was invited to participate in the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Running it on top of Windows 7 should be interesting.
So far, there have been two issues. Well, minor issues. When installing Sharepoint Workspace 2010 (which replaces Groove), the taskbar disappeared and didn’t come back. Since a reboot was required, and the taskbar came back after reboot, no big deal. Then, before launching any of the applications, I pinned Excel to the taskbar, which launched some install thing (I’m guessing it would have occurred if I launched an app first), which crashed Explorer.exe, which caused the taskbar to disappear and come back. The icon was properly pinned when it came back, so again, no big deal.
I suppose I should have backed up my mail files before running Outlook 2010 for the first time. I’m sure I have a backup somewhere. Don’t do that. Anyway, it launched fine.
First impression, Ribbon everywhere, including in Outlook now. I’m sure this means lots of confusion to come.