Download Windows 7 RC Windows Media Center SDK 6.0

On the heels of the Release Candidate of Windows 7, Microsoft has also made available for download the development tools for the Windows Media Center component of the operating system. Charlie Owen, product manager on the Media Center team, revealed that just as Windows 7 had advanced to RC stage, so did Windows Media Center Software Development Kit 6.0. At this point in time, developers looking to keep up with the evolution of Windows 7 can grab the RC of Windows Media Center SDK 6.0, offered at the end of the past week.

“We just posted the release candidate of the Windows Media Center Software Development Kit 6.0 for Windows 7 – same URL as the beta release. Note to developers: For all intents and purposes we are done with Windows 7 – if you want to report issues (application compatibility or otherwise) you should immediately grab the Windows 7 Release Candidate and this SDK and test, test, test – last call,” Owen added.

It is clear that the Redmond company is keeping up with the evolution of Windows 7 when it comes down to the Windows Media Center SDK 6.0. In the first half of February 2009, Microsoft was releasing the Windows Media Center SDK for the then Beta Build 7100 of the next iteration of the Windows client. Since then the SDK has moved forward on the development process, and the latest release is tailored to the RC build 7100 of Windows 7.

The successor of Windows Vista features a superseding SKU model. In this sense, Windows Media Center is included in all platform editions starting with Home Premium, namely Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. Microsoft started offering Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers on April 30th, 2009 and to the public on May 5th. Windows 7 RC continues to be available as a free download from the Redmond company.

Windows Media Center SDK 6.0 for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is available for download here.