As promised, Microsoft has made the final Windows Server 2008 R2 bits obtainable on August 14 for download by Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet subscribers.Microsoft launched the final Windows Server 2008 R2 bits to manufacturing at the finish of July, the exact same day the enterprise RTM;d Windows seven. OEMs obtained the server-side complement to Windows 7 on July 29.Microsoft posted the ultimate Windows Server 2008 R2 code to MSDN and TechNet around 1 p.m. ET on Friday. The English, French,
Microsoft Office 2010 Key, German,
Cheap Windows 7, Japanese, Italian and Spanish variations are slated to become live currently,
Windows 7 Pro, with remaining languages going live on August 21.Windows Server 2008 R2 includes a number of new features, including numerous virtualization-focused ones. (Here;s a checklist of up-to-date and new characteristics within the Windows Server 2008 R2 release from Microsoft.)
Gold-certified resellers can get the code next week,on August 19 twelve (see beneath), as can volume licensees with Software Assurance.General availability for Windows Server 2008 R2 is slated for October 22. A series of business-focused launch events for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 kick off within the U.S. on November 9.Update: According to an August 14 posting to the Windows Server Division Weblog,
Office Standard 2010, Microsoft;s timetable for delivering Windows Server 2008 R2 is a bit several than what the team introduced a few weeks back. Volume Licensees with Software Assurance are now heading to obtain the final bits on August 12 (not the 19th). Also: Microsoft appears to be going out previously than business officials originally informed me with all the business launch presentations for
Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2/Exchange 2010. Microsoft officials stated last month that the organization launch occasions would begin November nine,
Windows 7 32bit, however it appears like at least a number of the business-launch occasions are happening in October.