On April 8,
Office Home And Stude/nt, Microsoft made obtainable to any and all interested testers a public beta of “Stirling,
Office Pro 2007,” a bundle of several of next-generation versions of its security and management wares.
The elements of Stirling include Forefront Client Security,
Office 2010 Product Key, Forefront Security for Exchange Server,
Office Professional Plus 2007, Forefront Security for SharePoint and the next generation of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server) — which Microsoft is renaming Forefront Threat Management Gateway — and a unified management console.
The final release of Stirling is slated for the first half of 2009,
Microsoft Office Pro 2010, the Softies reiterated on Tuesday.
Microsoft has been privately testing Stirling over the last few months. The public Stirling beta is downloadable from the Microsoft site and/or is available in prson at the Microsoft booth at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week.