Rilascio di Windows Server 2012 e Windows 8 RTM

Ieri in occasione del Worldwide Partner Conference a Toronto sui blog tecnici Microsoft sono state ufficializzate le date di rilascio di Windows Server 2012 e Windows 8 RTM e l’appuntamento è per la prima settimana di Agosto per i Partner, mentre i clienti potranno acquistare WS2012 a settembre e W8 a ottobre.

Infatti nel seguente post Windows Server 2012 final release timing viene riportato quanto segue per Windows Server 2012:

“… at the conference we are announcing that Windows Server 2012 will be released to manufacturing in the first week of August.  The code will be complete and we will begin delivering it to our hardware partners.  Then, the product will be generally available to customers worldwide through multiple channels in September.”

Mentre nel seguente post Upcoming Windows Milestones Shared with Partners at WPC per quanto riguarda Windows 8 viene riportato:

“For the first time, we provided details on Windows 8 availability. Tami confirmed that Windows 8 is on track to Release to Manufacturing (RTM) the first week of August. For enterprise customers with Software Assurance benefits, they will have full access to Windows 8 bits as early as August.”

Tami went on to say that Windows 8 will reach general availability by the end of October!

Per quanto riguarda l’upgrade a W8 sarà disponibile per Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 per maggiori informazioni si veda Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99.