Microsoft officials stated previously this week that they planned to provide Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19,
Office Professional Plus 2010 Key, they made good on their word. Microsoft posted for download Beta 1 of the Professional version of Orcas and accompanying Team System lifecycle-development system tools; the 3.5 release of the .Net Framework; and a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) pre-beta build of the Express version of Orcas for non-professional programmers and hobbyists. Microsoft execs mentioned previously this week to expect a Beta 2 of Orcas later this year. The final version of Orcas may be released to manufacturing by the end of calendar 2007,
Microsoft Office 2007, but could slip into 2008,
Genuine Office 2010, they mentioned. Orcas is a development tool suite that is aimed at Web,
Windows 7 Pro, Windows Vista and Longhorn Server developers.