Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM Timeframes
At TechEd 2009 in the US today, we announced that we expect Windows 7 to RTM in time for the holiday shopping season. (RTM = Release To Manufacturing)
According to the Windows Team Blog -
“If the telemetry we receive from the Windows 7 RC meets our expectations in terms of quality, then we expect to hit RTM in 3 months or so.
Again, check out Steven’s blog post on this process. If this happens, it looks like we’ll be able to have Windows 7 done in time for the holidays. I want to underscore that our top priority remains QUALITY. This guidance does not alter that principle.”
In addition, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is available today with the final product releasing to market in the same timeframe as Windows 7.
Info on the Windows 7 RC is available in earlier posts, here, here and here.
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I'm an Account Technology Strategist with Microsoft in the Enterprise & Partner Group (EPG), with a core focus on the Financial Services Industry (70%). I spend my time with nominated Enterprise clients, working to ensure that they are getting the best use out of their Microsoft technology and also to align our technology solutions to their upcoming projects/roadmap.
