Windows Vista and Office 2007 By The End Of 2006

Microsoft has announced that their new operating system, Windows Vista, will be released on November 30 this year, at an event in New York City.

The company said that Windows Vista would, however, be available only to businesses at first. The consumer version would be available to the mainstream public early next year, the release date for which is rumored to be January 30, 2007.

But, the November release of Windows Vista would be the first new release of a Windows operating system since 2001. It has been dubbed a world-wide release, and will also include the launch of the new Office 2007 and the Exchange Server 2007 software.

The Exchange Server 2007 launch will give businesses access to Microsoft s latest e-mail server and e-mail client, Outlook 2007.

Microsoft had previously planned to release Windows Vista and Office 2007 to both business and retail customers by the end of 2006. But, in March, the company said it would delay the retail launches, after determining that it was not possible to meet the schedule required by some PC manufacturers and others in the industry.

Even though Windows Vista and Office 2007 will be available to business customers later this month, many business customers have said likely they will not upgrade to Vista right away, but that they will hold off until such a time that they do hardware upgrades, or are able to justify the cost of the new operating system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is hoping customers will deploy Windows Vista and Office 2007 together. Source