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Read up on the Best of Office and SharePoint Reporting from RCP and Redmond

Boost your Office and SharePoint knowledge on launch day by going back through some of our better work regarding the two products. Here are a few suggestions. Back in March, Doug Barney wrote about users' impressions of the beta version of Office 2010. In April, Jeff Schwartz wrote about how partners just can't wait to get their hands on SharePoint 2010. And in May, Jeff wrote a piece on why Office will still kick bottom despite facing more competition than ever.

Posted by Lee Pender on May 12, 2010


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