First Vista Service Pack Due Second Half of 2007

HuckleCom tipped us to an article on the Dark Reading site, stating that plans are already in the works for the first Windows Vista service pack. The pack is slated for release sometime in late 2007, and will target security improvements and Quality of Life issues that may spring up between January and the pack's release date. Microsoft is already looking for volunteers to help them test it. According to the email sent to Technology Adoption Program members, in order to get in on the ground floor IT shops will have to 'deploy pre-release builds into production environments and report back on the results.' As the article observes, Microsoft may be asking for a lot from their customers. Candidate releases of XP service packs had extremely deleterious effects when initially rolled out. There is no firm word for when in the year this pack will be released.

Comments

Sweet deal!

[PingSpike]

I can beta test Microsoft's software for them and all I have to do is potentially hose my production servers? Sign me up! Sign me up yesterday!

Re:Bah

[Ruie]

I hate seeing the words Vista and Security in the same sentence

Nonsense. In security discussions Vista means a particular kind of a very large hole.

Re:Yeah, right.

[drinkypoo]

'deploy pre-release builds into production environments and report back on the results.

That would be funny, if it weren't coming from Microsoft.

That would be funny, if that weren't the terms under which we were all already running Windows XP.

There, fixed that for you.

Do they mean "User Experience"?

[SeaFox]

The pack is slated for release sometime in late 2007, and will target security improvements and Quality of Life issues that may spring up between January and the pack's release date.

Quality of Life issues? I mean, I've heard Vista makes you a slave to DRM but I didn't think they meant that in a literal sense.