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Update 18.3.2007: SP1 is now available for everybody!

Some rumors say that the final version of the Vista SP1 would be released today! At the time of posting this, the latest version in the TechNet Subscriber Downloads was still Release Candidate, but we’ll see.

Also, Windows Server 2008 RTM should be released very soon. This means that web sites can be soon deployed on IIS7 for production use (I’m referring to those of us who don’t run pre-RTM-releases)!

The SP1 of the Vista also updates the IIS7 to be equal with the IIS that comes with Windows Server 2008. There are some breaking changes that are described well in a IIS 7.0 -blog.

Update (4.2.2008, 16:00 GMT):

1. Now details are getting official and here is the press release about the Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM.
2. This post from the Windows Vista Team Blog gives more information about the Vista SP1. Check all the related buzz from the Techmeme.
3. Engadget reports that the general availability of the SP1 won’t happen before March (refers to the press release), but I’m sure it will be released much earlier through the MSDN/TechNet Subscriptions etc, since…
4. …“Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Enterprise and Standard (x64)” is already available for download for TechNet Subscribers (DVD, 2542MB)! Windows Automated Installation Kit 1.1 and MUI (x64) are also available through the Top Downloads.
5. There is also a readme about Windows Server 2008 which tells what’s coming:

I’m sure Vista SP1 will be soon available, as well.

Original source for this post, Techtree:

A Malaysian Web site that goes by the name, Tech ARP, has reportedly said that Microsoft Corp will be today releasing its Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Windows Vista SP1 will be released to manufacturing (RTM) today, while computer makers will get to install the updated operating system on new desktops and laptops only later this week.

And Vista SP1 will be released in two phases. The first phase is today with SP1 being released in five out of the 36 available language packs, which includes English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
The second phase is scheduled for nearly one to two weeks later when Vista SP1 will be released in all 36 language packs.
Microsoft will also offer Windows Vista SP1 through Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and possibly Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Meanwhile, the last Windows Vista SP1 build was released on Jan 24, 2008 to a select group of around 15,000 testers.
If Microsoft indeed releases Windows Vista SP1 today, that’s what the company has been promising all along, saying that Windows Vista SP1 will go final sometime in the first quarter of this year which ends on March 31, 2008.
Apart from the Malaysian Web site, some other sources have said that Microsoft Windows Server 2008 will also release to manufacturing in the coming week.