Microsoft has built to choose from to a pick group of testers an updated check form of Company Pack (SP) 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. produced the so-called “escrow” Release Candidate produce offered site on January 28. the e-mail Microsoft sent to testers: are excited to announce RC-Escrow develop as the next milestone release of Windows Vista SP2 / Windows Server 2008, now on hand for download. This form is accessible on Windows Update for download and install, or by a number of other package options.” warned those testing the forthcoming company pack on Windows Small Business server against downloading the new SP2 bits, citing a “known issue that effects branding.” is advising testers to wait until tomorrow,
Windows 7 Ultimate, January 30, to get the escrow create via Windows Update Services. According to the e-mail sent to testers, “(s)tarting with RC Escrow,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, Windows Update installation is on hand to ALL supported languages for Vista and Server 2008.” (Supported languages include English, Spanish,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, German,
Office Pro 2007, French and Japanese.) officials reminded testers that it is not looking for new feature suggestions at this point and “only SP2 regressions and confirmation of fixes we’ve crafted will be considered for this milestone.” SP2 includes a number of fixes and updates for the current Windows client and server releases. officials have declined to provide guidance as to when users should expect the final release of SP2 for Vista and Windows Server 2008. The company’s goal has been to release SP2 before it delivers the final
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 code. to the TechARP Web site,
Office 2007 Standard, Microsoft’s latest timetable calls for SP2 to go final in the second quarter of 2009, a quarter later than many originally were expecting.