Install Office 2010 Pro - Considerations?

[goss]

Hi all,

I want to download/install Office 2010 Pro
I there anything I need to consider first?

Current

Office 2007 Pro
Office 2010 Beta
SQL Server Exress 2008 R2
Visual Basic Studio 2008 Pro
VSTO 2005
Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[Peter_SSs]

Not specifically an Excel question, so I've moved this to another forum.

 

[tusharm]

I would definitely uninstall Office 2010 Beta.

Whether or not to uninstall Office 2007 depends on what you want to install.

If you want to install the x64 version of Office 2010, you have to uninstall *all* older versions of Office. The 64-bit version of Office 2010 is incompatible with all earlier 32bit versions.

Also, I don't know if it is incompatible with any of the other products you have mentioned.

What I've done is on my primary desktop I have retained Office 2003 and Office 2007. So, I installed the 32bit version of Office 2010 on it. Then, I installed the 64 bit version in a virtual machine using Sun's VirtualBox software.

I also have the 64 bit version installed on my laptop. There, Office 2003 and Office 2007 run in a VM.

I don't believe in installing just a single version of Office. There are enough problems with each version that it always helps to have another version readily available.

Hi all,

I want to download/install Office 2010 Pro
I there anything I need to consider first?

Current

Office 2007 Pro
Office 2010 Beta
SQL Server Exress 2008 R2
Visual Basic Studio 2008 Pro
VSTO 2005
Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[Smitty]

I haven't noticed any significant improvement in the 64 bit version other than some enhanced security measures in VBA, but those are more of a pain in the *** than anything else. I'll probably go back to the 32-bit version just so I don't have to mess with it. Like TUshar said, I can always experiment with a VM.

 

[goss]

Thanks all,

Sounds like the best option is to go ahead and install the 32 bit version for now.
No issues accessing the SQL Server (64 bit)?

My main interest at the moment is to learn to use Analysis Services, PowerPivot, MDX Queries, VSTO, and new charting abilities in Excel 2010.

 

[xenou]

Sounds like the best option is to go ahead and install the 32 bit version for now.
No issues accessing the SQL Server (64 bit)?

I don't know for sure but I'd suspect these are all quite capable of interacting successfully with your 32 bit Office 2010 installation - that's probably what MS is expecting most of its users to be doing (considering this is their recommended installation path).