Microsoft launched to manufacturing Windows seven and Windows Server 2008 R2 about the same day, in the identical time and are organizing joint consumer and businesses launches.But server consumers are going to have to wait around a week lengthier than their client counterparts for the ultimate bits (if they want them prior to October 22, that is). In 1 situation, nevertheless — via the retail channel — Server customers be able to get them well prior to Windows 7 people can. (I;d guess the staggered dates are designed to avoid server meltdowns at Microsoft,
microsoft Office 2010 keygen, but maybe there are other reasons….)Around the Windows Server blog, Microsoft officials published on July 22 the timetable for when partners,
Windows 7 License, developers and volume licensees can obtain the Windows 7 server code. That timetable is:OEMs: July 29 (English and Language Packs); August 11 (remaining languages)
MSDN subscribers: August 14 (in English,
Microsoft Office Pro 2010, French,
Microsoft Office Standard, German, Japanese, Italian and Spanish); August 21 (remaining languages)
TechNet subscribers: August 14 (in English, French, German, Japanese,
Purchase Windows 7, Italian and Spanish); August 21 (remaining languages)
Gold Certified Microsoft resellers: August 19 (via the Microsoft Program Portal)
Action Pack subscribers: August 23Retail-channel customers: September 14
Volume licensees with existing Software Assurance (SA) licenses: August 19 (via the Volume License Service Center)Volume licensees without an SA licenses: September one (via the Volume License Service Center)Those who want to kick the tires of the RTM build: August 20 for the 180-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2008 R2 If you want to know more about what;s in Windows Server 2008 R2 — which, regardless of Microsoft;s “official” statement, is actually a major new release of its server product — check out my ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow;s blog post about the RTM version.