Office 2010 beta and SharePoint Server 2010 beta available for download

Microsoft on Monday released the most awaited betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on MSDN and TechNet. Download link of each products on MSDN and TechNet is as follows.

Office Professional Plus 2010 beta

•MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=1:383


•TechNet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=1:383

SharePoint Server 2010 beta

•MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=42:393


•TechNet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=42:393


SharePoint Foundation 2010 beta

•MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=42:395


•TechNet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx?pv=42:395

Explore Infopath 2010 controls

Most of the controls are carried over from Infopath 2007. There are very few newly added controls, there is considerable enhancement to the existing controls.

Newly added controls

1. Date Control

2. Date and Time control

3. Picture Button

Enhancements

1. Hyperlink control

2. Formatting conditions

3. Rules can be configured through the ribbon, no more available as part of control properties.

Video talks more details on these controls.

Walkthrough of what’s new in Microsoft InfoPath 2010

Highlight of some new features added with Infopath 2010 are as follows.

1. Sections and Page Layouts

2. Ribbon interface

3. Control Tools allows to manage controls and their properties in the form

SharePoint Designer 2010 Components

This video gives a walkthrough of the sharepoint designer components.