Win7-RTM, when will be the MSDN/Technet release?

[TheHouseBunny]

Hopefully RTM will be released soon =)

[briangw]

what about msdnaa?

That depends on your MSDNAA administrator at your school. At the school I teach at, we received Vista the day of its launch, but I know that other schools' admins were late to publish it on their sites.

[manosdoc]

14 July on Connect and official Testers

14-15 Technet/MSDN in three phases due to network load.

15.7, 22.7 και 1.8

[deletedxyz]

^ Seriously?! :omg: :drool:

[scumdogmillionaire]

And why not? Whats the difference from Connect/MSDN/TechNet?

MSDN and TechNet subscribers pay good money to have access to Microsoft Software. Connect users were picked out of a hat to participate.

[manosdoc]

^ Seriously?! :omg: :drool:

Sure. :)

[The Patri0t]

^ May I ask about the source? :D

[manosdoc]

^ May I ask about the source? :D

Trusted Source.

I cannot say much, it is not relevant.

;)

[FaiKee]

Trusted Source.

I cannot say much, it is not relevant.

;)

It's close to what Neowin News says, hope you're right, man. :o

[Cold Blood]

what about msdnaa?

good question. As far as I know you need the person responsible for the whole msdnaa acount to add windows 7 as an available download. At least that's how it's done at my university. But who knows, maybe it will be added with all the other msdn acounts.

[ToneKnee]

Connect users, there is a 99% chance you will NOT get the RTM, after all, you only opening tested Windows 7 and Microsoft are not entitled to reward you. MSDN/Technet pay money which Microsoft will provide them with a copy of Windows 7 and a legit key, but Technet can only 'Evaluate' Windows 7 and not use it in a production environment, but saying that, the evaluation has no time limit so *shrugs*

[briangw]

good question. As far as I know you need the person responsible for the whole msdnaa acount to add windows 7 as an available download. At least that's how it's done at my university. But who knows, maybe it will be added with all the other msdn acounts.

Your first statement was correct. The site admin needs to add it; it doesn't automatically get added when it's released to MSDN.

[Joni_78]

Active Connect Beta testers will most likely get the copy of RTM Ultimate again. Microsoft needs to reward people who actively participated and sent bug reports.

We even got free hardware during the Beta, so it would be really surprising if we wouldn't get Ultimate serial.

[TruckWEB]

Connect users, there is a 99% chance you will NOT get the RTM, after all, you only opening tested Windows 7 and Microsoft are not entitled to reward you. MSDN/Technet pay money which Microsoft will provide them with a copy of Windows 7 and a legit key, but Technet can only 'Evaluate' Windows 7 and not use it in a production environment, but saying that, the evaluation has no time limit so *shrugs*

Being a Beta tester since Windows 98, I've yet to see Microsoft not giving a couple of free legit keys to beta testers at RTM.

Microsoft is not entitled to give us anything, but they usually do.

[richardsim7]

What about MAPS??

-Rich-

[WelshBluebird]

Your first statement was correct. The site admin needs to add it; it doesn't automatically get added when it's released to MSDN.

Will it be available for them to add as soon as it hits MDSN?

I have no idea when to expect it with my MDSNAA account. My uni put the beta up the day it went public (which was nice as download speeds were better), but the RC was put up over 3 weeks after it went public (so that was kind of pointless).

[manosdoc]

There is no plan yet about MSDNAA distribution, the same time as Technet/MSDN

It will be, but later.

[vladmphoto]

100% wouldn't or everyone would be getting it, definitely a no for that question.

Microsoft Connect test is not the same as the RC build that Microsoft has available on their website for everyone to test. It is a closed beta test. The feedback people can send when they download the RC build from Microsoft's website is only for quick things that people might recommend Microsoft look at but Microsoft Connect beta is the real deal. Those people actually find bugs and report them as well as a possible way to fix them. Microsoft Connect is actually more important than TechNet because they are the ones that help fix the bugs.

P.S. I've been a beta tester since Windows 2000 and we always got keys (for the people that actually submitted bug reports). Of course Microsoft doesn't owe us anything and personally I am just happy to be part of the Connect team but it would definitely be nice to get at least a Professional key.

[jakem1]

Connect users, there is a 99% chance you will NOT get the RTM, after all, you only opening tested Windows 7 and Microsoft are not entitled to reward you. MSDN/Technet pay money which Microsoft will provide them with a copy of Windows 7 and a legit key, but Technet can only 'Evaluate' Windows 7 and not use it in a production environment, but saying that, the evaluation has no time limit so *shrugs*

MSDN can't be used in a production environment either - it can only be used for development and testing purposes.

[xendrome]

There is no plan yet about MSDNAA distribution, the same time as Technet/MSDN

It will be, but later.

How in one sentence can you say there is not plan, but then you say it's the same time as Technet/MSDN... Earlier you said this

14 July on Connect and official Testers

14-15 Technet/MSDN in three phases due to network load.

15.7, 22.7 και 1

Anyone can get on the net and start posting dates... it's not hard.

[manosdoc]

How in one sentence can you say there is not plan, but then you say it's the same time as Technet/MSDN... Earlier you said this

Anyone can get on the net and start posting dates... it's not hard.

Ah, My english is not good.

MSDNAA won't have it at the same time with the rest Technet/MSDN I mean, but later.

Yeah, anyone can post dates.

I'm not asking you to believe me. See what happens and judge later.

[FaiKee]

From the Ruskies, I am neutral, no comments on my part.

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:o

[TruckWEB]

From the Ruskies, I am neutral, no comments on my part.

:o

That's fake. I've seen those mockups before.

[deletedxyz]

@Faikee

You try to live up to your name, don't you? ;) That is probably one of the worst visual styles I've seen that was used as a Windows mockup.

[codenamepenryn]

Those screenshots are just from the Copenhagen User Experience.

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/post-3.php