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microsoft publisher 2010 officially announced the fact that the Technical Preview of it's next release of Ms publisher 2010, code-named Office 15, has begun. According to PJ Hough, who runs the Office environment division at Microsoft, "everyone will have the opportunity to try the Office environment 15 public beta later come july 1st. "

My ZDNet colleague Mary Jo Foley says your ex sources tell her that this goal is to release Office 15 to manufacturing ahead of end of the twelve months.

That ambitious schedule says considerably about the solidity for Windows 8, if past experience will be any guide.

During recent release methods, Office has tracked Windows in predictable fashion. Office 2007 shipped in addition as Windows Vista. Office 2010 lagged Windows 7 with a quarter or two. With Office 2010, a Technical Preview had been made available around one time as the microsoft publisher release candidate. The Office 2010 beta appeared around once as general availability regarding Windows 7.

A little lag at work schedule compared to Windows adds up from a business perception. Office is still a good enterprise product, and only the most daring companies are deploying a new Windows version around the day it's released. In addition, some Office features count on underlying OS capabilities. Having a free beta available along with a finished (or close to so) operating system is a superb way for corporate buyers to kick the tires of both products.

When I was speaking about Office 15 with a colleague a little while ago, I said I expected it while in the first half of 2013. This advanced schedule shows that Microsoft's development teams for both Windows and Business office are hitting on almost all cylinders. What's most impressive in regards to the Office announcement is just how that all the distinguish products are finally being unified using one timeline:

With Office 15, for the first time ever, we will simultaneously upgrade our cloud services, servers, and mobile and HOME PC clients for Office, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Project, and Visio.

Based on this lifestyle, I think it's highly possible we'll see House windows 8 finished and brought to OEMs before Labor Day time. ARM tablets running your preview version of a"Metro-ized" Office can also be available by then.

Over the weekend, several of my even more skeptical journalist and analyzer friends expressed doubts regarding Microsoft's progress with Home windows 8, with at least just one believing firmly that Windows 8 will slip into 2013.

This announcement tells me how the Windows team might be preparing a major upside surprise for those people skeptics.