Microsoft dishes out Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 details
By Donald Melanson 
posted March 19th 2010 4:27PM
posted March 19th 2010 4:27PM
Both still seem to be a quite a ways from a release, but Microsoft has now announced a few details for its forthcoming Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 updates. The latter of the two actually seems to be the more significant, as it adds a so-called RemoteFX feature that Microsoft describes as the "special sauce" in its Remote Desktop Services. The short of it is that RemoteFX uses virtualized graphics resources and is able to function independently of any graphics stack, which Microsoft says will allow "any screen content" (including Silverlight and Flash) to be delivered to everything from full-fledged PCs to low-cost, thin client devices. Windows 7 SP1, on the other hand, is described as having "only minor updates," the biggest of which is -- you guessed it -- an updated Remote Desktop client that takes advantage of RemoteFX. Dive into the links below for the complete details.
Would be nice if Win7 finally offered an option to reduce the taskbar icons to Pre-Vista size again to regain the wasted screen estate.
Even when using the "small icons" option they still waste so much space you could place one more icon between them. Simple matter of efficiency.
Umm when does this go live?
@spodee Oops shoulda read the articls pardon me peeps.
Interesting about RDP FX stuff, considering that as I understand it, Media Center extenders use RDP-ish tech for the native interface (but not the video). Wonder if this will later be slapped into Media Center at some point?
So does that mean I won't be able to use RemoteFX without having the host be a Server 2008R2 machine? Or will it still work with two Win7ProSP1 machines?
...my baby's got sauuuce.
This sounds sexy
Anyone else thinking remoteFX might mean some sweet new extenders for media center/WHS?