Application Compatibility Toolkit 6 Timeline

[dbaldwin]

Hello,
We recently deployed ACT 5.5 to begn working on our Windows 7 migration and
noticed fairly early on that ACT 5.5 only draws compat information for
Windows 7 RC and not RTM. I've also noticed that the Compatibility Center
(www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility) is still branded for Vista. We'd
like to continue planning for our Windows 7 deployment but I'm not sure how
solid the data is until RTM is supported. Is there any timeline that I can
update our roadmaps with and if that information cannot be posted here, is
there a recommended route for me to go as we are under NDA.

Please let me know.

David Baldwin
Systems Management Architect
Nationwide Insurance

[MN]

Hi David,

according to Chris Jackson's blog you do not have to wait for ACT 6.0:
"ACT 5.5 is ready to go for your Windows 7 migrations (in fact, that’s what
it was designed for). For those of you who are bothered by the “RC” moniker,
well, that’s an easy one. It’s a server-side change, and we’ll be removing RC
from the name around GA. So, hopefully that will defuse that one."
Source:
http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/archive/2009/08/12/updates-to-application-compatibility-tools-and-data-for-windows-7-rtm.aspx

Hope that helps,

Martin Nothnagel