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Windows 7 SP1 will be released in July
OPERATING SYSTEM DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that it will release the first service pack for Windows 7 at the end of July.
The Vole clearly is trying to ditch the stigma attached to pre-service pack versions of its operating systems by understating its importance. Many enterprise users wait until the first service pack (SP1) before upgrading to Microsoft's latest and greatest OS. Downplaying the role of SP1 in selling Windows 7, Microsoft said that SP1 "will simply be the combination of updates already available through Windows Update and additional hotfixes" and that many organisations had already made the leap, without waiting for SP1.
Microsoft also plans to release SP1 for its Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system at the same time, which will bring new functionality alongside security fixes and minor updates. The two headline features are RemoteFX, a package of enhancements to bring 3D capabilities to remote desktops, and Dynamic Memory, which according to the firm allows users to "adjust memory usage without sacrificing performance."
Also announced at the Tech-Ed conference were updates to Microsoft's cloud computing operating system, Azure and SQL Azure. The updates bring a number of deployment options to developers including support for .Net Framework 4, Visual Studio 2010 RTM and the Intellitrace debugging tool. Updates to SQL Azure allow it to support 50GB databases and, according to the firm, allows for greater scalability, easier management and more control over data distribution.
The Vole repeatedly referred to its search engine, Bing, as the test ground for many of its cloud orientated products. To that end, it announced that developers will be getting access to a Bing Maps SDK that will allow applications to be built on top of its service and be hosted on Microsoft's servers.
According to the Vole, this will allow developers to "take mapping beyond point-to-point directions by providing a rich spatial canvas to visualize content, create dynamic mash-ups and help people complete tasks faster." In February, Microsoft researchers demonstrated an augmented reality mash-up with Bing Maps at the TED conference. Presumably the company is hoping to kickstart further development with its SDK.
Given that the reception of Windows 7 has been far warmer than that of its predecessor, the release of SP1, although it's an important milestone in perceived maturity, doesn't carry anything like the burden of its Vista counterpart. To that end, Microsoft might just realise its wish that Windows 7 SP1 will be regarded as a mere footnote. µ
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how long will they keep this outdated and wrong article going ? people keep reading it, so it end up at the right of the main page all the time but it's worthless ... It's a lame news, made by someone who didn't knew what he was talking about and just don't bother to rectify it.
I think I have read that it originated here at The Inquirer but it is interesting to note that the latin name for a vole is 'Microtus arvalis Pallas' so maybe the Microtus tranforms into Microsoft hence The Vole !
Sean
What's a vole?
You can bet that the BIGGEST change included in SP1 will be an update of WAT. I gaurantee it!
'Microsoft said that SP1 "will simply be the combination of updates already available through Windows Update and additional hotfixes"'.
So, for most of us who have kept up to date with patches, SP1 would have no effect? Or, to put it another way, it is only for those braindead enough to run Windows without patching it for many months on end?
I just hope we don't get screwups due to multiple application of the same patches, or failure by the SP software to work out the complicated relationships and decision trees that will arise.
Who uses this in a corporate environment anyway? XP is and always will be the standard that M$ fails to live up to in each release... On their way out, buh-bye.
nd @Bill:
I read that, but it's quoted above -- which doesn't appear on the link, and I didn't search for it. Just seems odd if an actual in-context quote. But okay, I made a feeble shot at Windows. Was a slow day.
(This page in particular gives me trouble. 2nd attempt to post.)
Dynamic Memory relates to the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, that is being released at the same time as Windows-7 SP1.
From the link in the article.
Dynamic Memory: will enable Windows Server Hyper-V to dynamically allocate more or less memory to each VM as needed
From what I have read, the dynamic memory feature is used in the HyperV role to dynamically adjust the amount of memory allocated to a virtual machine as it is needed.
As a user with a number of HyperV servers and Virtual Servers this is a welcome addition.
Sean.
This Month Beta SP1 of -=7=- will be comin' Round (heMOUNTAIN). Heres snip:
final release is expected to hit both platforms sometime in Q4 2010, however it will not include any new features that are specific to Windows 7. So wait, yet how beta could SP1 be?
Toasters on Standby....
drashek
XP downgrade rights will disappear when SP1 is released to general market (when it ships with the COA sticker on the OEM box with 7 SP1 on it). Not a problem for a home user, a big problem for some corporate users.
Actually, you can glean it directly from the link this article provides.
Your commenting about this article. The word "beta" is not in it. Beta it may well be, but you can't glean that from what's written here.
Obviousley reading is an issue these days. It clearly says its releasing the public BETA, not final.
'which according to the firm allows users to "adjust memory usage without sacrificing performance." '
The only way this could be true is if doesn't have any effect. So it's either a toy to amuse tweakers, or the underlying system is so complex or lousy that the setting is irrelevant.
(And, going for the rarely attempted TRIPLE post after an apparent error...)