Talking About Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Today during our online Desktop Virtualization Hour event, we’ll be talking a little bit about Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

For Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 will be introducing two new desktop virtualization features: Microsoft RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. These features are designed to meet the increasing needs of our customers as they utilize virtualization in their environments with Windows Server 2008 R2. You can read more about RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory on the Windows Server Division WebLog.

For Windows 7, SP1 includes only minor updates, among which are previous updates that are already delivered through Windows Update. SP1 for Windows 7 will, however, deliver an updated Remote Desktop client that takes advantage of RemoteFX introduced in the server-side with SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows 7 is ready for commercial deployments now and many industry experts have recommended that customers do not wait for SP1. Many organizations are already in the process of deploying and are receiving benefits from their Windows 7 deployment. You can read some of those customer stories, as well as Forrester’s view of the benefits of Windows 7, with the following case studies:

The Springboard Series on TechNet offers the best guidance for migrating from Windows XP as well as deploying and managing Windows 7. Some key resources to check out are:

So don’t wait - go ahead and deploy… you know you want to! ;-)

We’re not yet announcing a beta or release timeline for SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 today. Once SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is released, the service pack will be delivered through Windows Update and be available on Microsoft Download Center for download as well.

I’ll be posting more on SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 once we get close to a release milestone. And remember, our Desktop Virtualization Hour online event starts at 9am PST today. Tune in if you want to hear more about desktop virtualization!

UPDATE 3/19: Fixed broken links for the above customer case studies.

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  1. 7flavor
    Posted on: March 18, 2010 at 11:08AM  

    Hope we get the ability to disable auto sort/auto refresh in Windows Explorer with SP1 as this little annoyance itself is keeping hundreds from upgrading (and yes I mean it really hundreds see Microsoft's forums). Just like Microsoft listened in the Windows Virtual PC scenario about not requiring hardware virtualization, if if fixes the little annoyances and regressions from en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista and en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_7, Windows 7 will be a much much better operating system than it is now.

  2. iwod
    Posted on: March 18, 2010 at 12:07PM  

    Will SP1 finally have updated drivers included inside service pack?

    So updated, slipstream Windows 7 Disc will have all the latest updated drivers since Windows 7 released?

  3. driq
    Posted on: March 19, 2010 at 12:40AM  

    Please bring back the "FIND IN LIBRARY"  option in windows media player 12. This was my favorite feature in wmp11 and now I miss it so bad.

  4. xombie
    Posted on: March 19, 2010 at 4:54PM  

    Disable autoarrange

    Battery bug

    Explorer not refreshing

    Gif animations (seriously??)

    I hope we'll see fixes for at least a few of those issues in Win 7.

  5. R o x
    Posted on: March 20, 2010 at 12:39AM  

    ... there is so much room to stack / hide beyond the screen borders ... for one, please bring back the sliding / auto hiding favorites center in Internet Explorer full screen mode when touching the (left) border with the pointer ... it safes so much time in clicks; same counts for auto hiding the taskbar not working in full screen mode ...

    great to see the virtual machine benefit too from the 4 Gb RAM !

  6. anonymuos
    Posted on: March 21, 2010 at 9:51AM  

    Some features of Windows Vista/7 are so horribly and shockingly annoying that they make me throw up and stay on XP. Like the auto sort/auto refresh in List and Details views and Auto arrange in icon views. If you don't make it optional in SP1, dozens of user are going to be pissed off. Bing for "Auto sort Windows", or Auto refresh Vista or Auto Arrange Windows and see the number of annoyed users.

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