Friday, February 11, 2011

Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, arriving February 22

Microsoft has announced that starting next February 22 will be available on Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 and Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. Only for Volume Licensing customers, and MSDN subscriptions the same update will be distributed one week in advance, Feb. 16. Updates will be downloadable through Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center.

The Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 will improve the operating system installed on a PC, introducing innovations that include some minor updates already previously released through Windows Update, as well as further refinements made to the Windows 7 platform based on feedback from customers and partners.

The update package for Windows Server 2008 R2 adds two new major business and enterprise in the world, news that will enable consumers to benefit from the improved server and desktop virtualization, marking a further step towards cloud computing. Remote FX is a platform that allows scenarios VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure - to exploit the GPU physical server to recreate the sessions of Remote Desktop Client the user experience you have on PCs with graphics acceleration, including support 3D and Windows Aero.

Dynamic Memory, however, is a new feature of Hyper-V enables enterprises to increase the density of virtual memory allocated to virtual machines on servers, leveraging existing resources without sacrificing performance or scalability. The release of SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft confirms its commitment to helping customers make their IT systems more manageable and flexible, providing a comprehensive set of virtualization technologies ranging from desktop to the data center.

The update has just come to the RTM stage but a few weeks ago was already available online, through some popular P2P networks. More information on the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 is available at this address.

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