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Windows Server 2008 SP1

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On a daily basis I am still getting question from customers about the version numbers on Windows Server 2008. Here is a screen shot from my server and you can see that it states that it is "Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1".

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So what is going on? Is there a crafty ploy by Microsoft to get straight to SP1 ( because noone installs Microsoft software until the first service pack - right!!) or is there a clear reason for all of this?

Iain McDonald has a lot more details on this in his post but the key fact is that over the last couple of releases we have split the versioning and timing of client and server releases, even though in the company we are trying to keep the code base in sync. With WinXP and Windows Server 2003 being totally divergent codebases, you can image the complexity of the releases became a nightmare. 

However for Windows Server and Vista (SP1), because we released them at the same time, it means the that the Service Packs can be shared and the updates get released at the same time as well. This makes is easier for the ITPRO to understand and better for us too.

In essence the next Server Pack for Vista and Windows Server will be SP2. That makes a whole lot of sense.

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