Microsoft Office System Released to a Half-Million Beta 2 Testers

Having reached the beta 2 milestone, Microsoft is inviting business partners and customers worldwide to begin evaluating new versions of the software. Seven core Office System products are provided in the beta evaluation kit, including beta 2 versions of the new Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook®, PowerPoint® and Access), the two new Office System additions, Microsoft Office InfoPath(TM), Microsoft Office OneNote(TM), as well as Microsoft Office FrontPage®, Microsoft Office Publisher, Microsoft Windows® SharePoint(TM) Services and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server "v2.0," with final versions expected this summer.