Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 will be available for download Dec 11. The improvements in 2007 Office System SP1 are in response to direct feedback from power users at large organizations or indirect feedback from home and Office users through the Dr. Watson bug-reporting system.

It will eliminate many deployment barriers. it will provide support for Windows Server 2008, and will provide critical fixes.

2007 Office System SP1 will not be released to AU immediately. Instead, the Microsoft Office System team will announce the ate to use automatic updating so IT departments will have time to learn yourself about SP1 and determine the best method to deploy it.

For more information, see the Microsoft Office download site.

• Want to test Vista SP1? Anyone can, starting next week
  Mary Jo Foley talks about the SP1 RC release.
  (tags: SP1 RC )
• TechBlog: Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate goes to testers
  Everyone is saying ‘bits’ now. I noticed it lately on the Windows Vista Team Blog, but now Mary Jo is using it, Dwight is using it, it seems to be all over. Is it the new hip way to talk about downloads? “I’ll just go grab the bits and install them”.
  (tags: Opinion SP1 RC )
• The Windows Experience Blog : Deployed: Windows Vista SP1 RC on ALL of my PC?s
  Brandon talks about his experience installing Vista SP1 RC on his 5 PC’s.
  (tags: SP1 RC Install )

From the Vista Team blog:
Today we’re making available the release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 via Microsoft Connect, and tomorrow subscribers to TechNet and MDSN will have access to those RC bits too. In addition, the RC will be available to the public next week via Microsoft’s Download Center.

Check out the Vista Team blog here!

Go get it!

/Jakob

Today Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of Windows Server 2008!

This build includes Group Policy Preferences - you HAVE TO try it out!

Download you evaluation copy here!

/Jakob

Hi,

Just want to let you know that my latest article about "Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008" is released on www.windowsecurity.com.

This 3rd article in the series deals with the new and shiny Group Policy Preferences - read more here…

I hope you like it!!!

/Jakob

Microsoft will launch the final version of the server OS at a February 27th event in Los Angeles which the company is calling ‘Heroes Happen Here,’ . Also to be unveiled is Microsoft SQL Server 2008…

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