{"id":1425,"date":"2009-04-30T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-release-candidate-availability.htm"},"modified":"2009-06-19T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:03:12","slug":"windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-release-candidate-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-release-candidate-availability.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 release candidate availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of chatter on the &#8216;net about Windows 7 release dates and new features but a lot of it is based on one or two leaks that then get reported (and sometimes misreported) across a variety of news sites and blogs.<\/p>\n<p>After various reports that we could see a Windows 7 release candidate (RC) earlier in April, and various leaked builds, today&#8217;s the day when the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 RCs will officially be made available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers (<a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windows7\/archive\/2009\/04\/24\/windows-7-release-candidate-update.aspx\">the client release candidate was announced last week<\/a> and the official announcement around the Windows Server 2008 R2 release candidate is due today).<\/p>\n<p>For those who are not TechEd or MSDN subscribers, the RC will be available to the public on\/around 5 May.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the Windows 7 client was already feature complete at the beta, the server version, Windows Server 2008 R2, includes some new functionality &#8211; some of which I&#8217;ll detail in a separate blog post and some of which will not be announced until TechEd on 11 May 2009.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about the Windows 7 release candidate, then <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Bott\/?p=880\">Ed Bott has a Windows 7 release candidate FAQ<\/a> which is a good place to start.  One thing you won&#8217;t find in there though is a release date for Windows 7, as Bott quotes one Microsoft executive:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Bott\/?p=880&#038;page=2\"><p>&#8220;Those who know, won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say. Those who say, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the future of Windows <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/?p=2559\">Mary Jo Foley reported last week that work is underway on &#8220;Windows 8&#8221;<\/a> and is suggesting it could be with us as early as 2011\/2.  If Microsoft continues the 2-year major\/minor cycles for the server version and co-develops the Windows client and server releases again, that would fit but, for now, let&#8217;s concentrate on Windows 7!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Microsoft has a new website launching tomorrow (but which has been available for a few days now) aimed at IT professionals in the Windows space.  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