Office Beta 12 invites

[kaffra]

Hello

Thank you for completing our nomination survey sometime within the past several

weeks, and letting us know about your interest in participating in the

Microsoft? Office "12" Technical Beta program. We are pleased to announce that

your request for participation in the Office "12" Technical Beta has been

approved.

You will be provided with access to the Office "12" Beta software,

documentation, and support within the next 2-3 weeks. But we wanted to let you

know now that you have been accepted, so that you can make any preparations that

you need (Technical Beta system requirements are found below).

Our goal for the Technical Beta is to have a well targeted group of testers who

are willing to actively participate and provide useful feedback to our

development team. Regular and consistent participation throughout the program is

expected.

As an approved Technical Beta tester, we ask that you do the following:

* Download Office "12" software and related information

* Participate in private beta newsgroups

* Submit bug reports online

* Complete periodic surveys to share your input on various technical issues

* Observe the non-disclosure terms of participation

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*** SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ***

Below are the system requirements for the Microsoft? Office "12" Beta-1

software.  NOTE: We have provided these minimum hardware recommendations here as

guidance for deploying Beta-1, but as with any Technical Beta, they do not

necessarily represent final Office "12" hardware requirements. 

  CLIENT

    * Operating System: Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2003 (RTM or higher) required

    * Processor: Pentium 512 MHz or higher

    * RAM: 256 MB minimum

    * HD: Varies depending on installation choices

    * Resolution: 800 x 600 or higher

  SERVER

        Operating System: Windows Server 2003 SP1

    Single box installation:

        * Processor: 2.5 GHz

        * RAM: 2 GB recommended, 1 GB minimum

        * HD: Scenario dependent

    Farm Deployment:

        * Web server - Processor: 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB

        * App server - Processor: Dual proc - 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB

        * SQL - Processor: Dual proc - 2.5 GHz; RAM - 2 GB

Edited November 10, 2005 by kaffra

[Matthew.]

Microsoft Office "12" Beta: You're approved! :D

[Toolage]

got it too!

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

Like Usual I didn't Get One :(

[Sammyinnit]

Im In :D

[srwal]

I'm in

[david_watt]

Beauty!

I'm In! Only my second BIG beta, after Server 2003!!!

:yes: :p :yes:

[ms_old2]

They must be sending all the invites now, I hope I get in. It will be nice. :)

-- Max

[lbuysers2]

I'm in.

w00t w00t

[Guest andrea484]

I'm in! Top!

After Office 11, Windows XP SP2, R2 etc, now Vista and Office 12 :woot:

[StartMeUp]

Yes! I'm in. :happy:

[Jazket]

Still waiting :(

But I do have OneNote at my connect site :pinch:

:cry: still wai...t...ing!!!! :angry: I guess they're mad at me cause of the "redesigned start menu" lol :pinch:

[Lee G. Veteran]

I'm in too :happy:

[qdave]

Like Usual I didn't Get One :(

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same here :(

[family guy]

Yes! I just got mine :D :woot:

[Mr. Dee]

Thanks MS. After being beaten in online checkers 3 times in a row today and not wining the 70 million dollar Lottery jackpot, this certainly makes up for it.

:D

[Roger H. Veteran]

sweeet! I'm in too :-D This shall be great!!! Can't wait!

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Just got it too! :)

[tomwarren Veteran]

I like the fact they now say in beta emails about not getting the final product ;)

[cheukiecfu]

i am in!!!!!

but i am really surprised about the sys req:

Processor: Pentium 512 MHz or higher

and damn.. no Office 12 free copy?

[Sn4k36]

Sweet i'm also in :)

[Jazket]

aarrgg! where is mine hurry up show up!! lol :cry: ok ill go home now and ill see it there in my inbox as soon as i log into it .... :unsure:

[giga Veteran]

Got mine as well! Nice. :D

[jwjw1]

I like the fact they now say in beta emails about not getting the final product ;)

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thats usually because the 'final' is in the hands of others...before any beta testers...LOL

[Mr. Dee]

I like the fact they now say in beta emails about not getting the final product ;)

586793593[/snapback]

After what happened with Office 11 and that thread on Neowin from so many who didn't get a copy, I am not surprised. I was a lucky top 60, still have my journal, radio/compass and complimentary copy still not used. :)

Office 2003 beta gift :D

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=105855