Microsoft has kicked off a 'technical preview' of the next version of its Office suite and promised that a public beta will ship this summer.



From PCWorld:

In a recent blog post that announced the preview, Microsoft said little about "Office 15," the code name for the product, and nothing about the new Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint component applications.

"I'm not able to share too much about Office 15, but I can tell you Office 15 is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division," wrote P.J. Hough, the executive who heads the division. "With Office 15, for the first time ever, we will simultaneously update our cloud services, servers and mobile and PC clients for Office, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Project and Visio."

  Office 15 Public Beta Due This Summer