Wednesday, December 3rd 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2 Beta Available to Everyone Tomorrow
Tomorrow Microsoft will launch both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Beta for everyone, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management Mike Nash announced. Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta are major updates to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 respectively. They provide customer with all the fixes found untill the moment of their release and in addition SP2 will contain changes focused on addressing reliability and performance issues, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards. For more information, please read the release notes for both service packs. Starting today, MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have access to the beta service packs. Beginning Thursday, Dececember 4, the beta will be available to everyone through a Customer Preview Program (CPP). To find more information about the CPP program, please click here. Mike Nash also added that Microsoft is tracking to ship the final version of Windows Vista SP2 in the first half of 2009.
Source:
Neowin.net
9 Comments on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2 Beta Available to Everyone Tomorrow
1./ It's great that MS is so responsive to fixing stuff, but
2./ SP2 needed so soon? Must have been pretty broke on launch.
Windows 2003 is still on SP2. They really need to get SP3 out to deal with all the rollups in the last year or two. But SP2 over 5 years vs. SP2 over 1 year. Not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Has MS now standardised SP across Vista and W2K8? So it's the same SP for either, unlike previous where there were separate "service pack paths" for separate OS's even if on similar kernels?
Also the "previous" you're speaking of only applies to XP/2003. NT4 and 2000 had the same service packs as their server editions. I guess they want to go back to that.
Hotfixes and Security Updates in Windows Server 2008 SP2 Beta and Windows Vista SP2 Beta
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335033.aspx