The launch date of Windows 7, Microsoft’s latest operating system was October 22, 2009 and some 5 months later, there is now talk about Windows 7 service pack 1 (SP1). Though a service pack can introduce new desktop functionality, it is usually released to address security and bug fixes that have surfaced.

It appears that Windows 7 SP1 will be a non-event and will include only minor updates, many of which have already been made available to PC users through Windows update. This news comes by way of a blog post by Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows Communications Manager at Microsoft. LeBlanc goes on to say that Microsoft has not provided any details as to when we can expect either a beta or final release of the service pack but that enterprise customers should “Go ahead and deploy…you know you want to!”.

It was largely rumored last week that Windows 7 SP1 would not be available until Q4 of this year and that some business clients may have wanted to wait until SP1 before rolling out the Microsoft operating system throughout the enterprise. One has to wonder if the news of SP1 including only minor tweaks would influence businesses to adopt an earlier roll-out schedule?

SP1 will be available through Windows Update once released and will include client side support for RemoteFX, a new virtualization feature being deployed in the Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack.

Via: Device Mag