New Out-of-Band Features Available for WES 2009
*Updated 3/29/10
New features are now available for installing on a Windows Embedded Standard 2009 database.
These features are:
· Windows Installer Service 4.5 for Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
· Silverlight 3.0 for Windows Embedded Standard 2009
o This is a setup component that includes all dependencies for installing Silverlight 3.0 and includes the Silverlight 3.0 executable file to be installed during or post-FBA.
· Remote Desktop Connection 7 for Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
o The Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 client update enables the new Remote Desktop Services features that are introduced in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 on devices running Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
· Remote Desktop Connection 7 MUI pack for Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
The ISO containing these features can be downloaded from the ECE site here.
If you want early access to more out-of-band features as they become available then sign up for an MSDN Embedded subscription, where you can test out new features for Windows Embedded Standard 2009.
Note: this release applies only to Windows Embedded Standard 2009; use of any of the features mentioned above on XP Embedded devices is not supported.