Microsoft launched initial public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), but caution consumers and clients to guide apparent of preview. The beta as well contains a prime-look at Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

The corporation proclaimed accessibility of betas as it beginning its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington D.C., where it as well proclaimed it is growing preview of its Intune hosted desktop-computer management service by an additional 10,000 IT users.

"This untimely launch of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not obtainable for residence users," Microsoft said in a message on its site. "The SP1 Beta does not offer new customer characteristics, and installation is not supported by Microsoft."

Microsoft assures previous month that it would dispatch Windows 7 SP1 beta in July, but did not gave a launching date. The corporation initial recognized it was working on service pack last March.

As per the preceding commentary by Microsoft, Windows 7 SP1 will not contain any new features, but will just be a mixture of security updates by now obtainable through Windows Update, plus non-security fixes that it's gleaned from customer advice.

The most distinguished addition to Windows 7 SP1 is an updated Remote Desktop client intended to work through RemoteFX, the new remote-access platform incorporated with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The final as well contain a feature dubbed "Dynamic Memory," which allows IT personnel adjust visitor virtual machines' memory on the fly.