What's New on the Windows Roadmap?

As managing vice president, Rob Helm covers Microsoft collaboration services and client software. His 25-plus years of experience analyzing Microsoft’s... more

Major developments in the Windows OS since the Jan. 2008 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

Windows Vista SP1 was released in Feb. 2008 to address bug fixes and reliability and performance problems. It does not introduce new features, but it will change how some features work.
Windows Server 2008 was released in Feb. 2008 and includes new features, such as Network Access Protection, and improvements to existing features, such as Terminal Services.
Windows XP SP3, which will be more like a traditional service pack than SP2, will be released in the first half of 2008. It will contain some features, such as the Network Access Protection client designed to support Windows XP with Windows Server 2008.
Windows 7 (product name to be announced later) will be the next client release of Windows Vista and will probably be available in 2010. Windows 7 will be available for both 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) processors.
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