Exchange 2010 enters public beta; timetable given for Office 2010

We’re going to see a number of new desktop, server and hosted applications coming through from Microsoft in the next 14 months:

• Exchange Server 2010 entered public beta today, and should ship in 2H 2009.

• Office 2010, including SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010, should enter a “technical preview” period in 3Q 2009, and should “release to manufacturing” in 1H 2010.

Read the official press release about the Exchange Server 2010 public beta.

Also read an Office backgrounder Q&A with Chris Capossela, SVP of Microsoft’s Information Worker Product Management Group (pictured).

Oh, and there’s no more MOSS: The next rev of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server — code-named SharePoint 14 — is just SharePoint Server 2010. See the SharePoint Team Blog for the explanation.