Microsoft will release the full version of Office 2010 to businesses May 12, around a month before consumers are given the newest version of the company’s productivity suite. A Microsoft executive also indicated in a blog posting that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 were all on track to be released to manufacturing in April. Office 2010 incorporates cloud-based access to stripped-down versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, in a bid to challenge other online services such as Google Apps.
– Businesses will be able to purchase the full version of Office 2010
May 12, roughly a month before consumers get their hands on Microsofts
next-version productivity suite.

“For businesses, we will launch the 2010 set of products, including
Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, and Proje…