14 DAY TRIAL // According to information from a leaked roadmap of the next iteration of Windows Live Essentials, Windows Live Messenger Wave 4/2010 is up to Build 15.3.2649.311. Francisco Martín Garcia, Microsoft Active Professional 2010, Microsoft tester, has published the development process timeline of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 indicating that the next version of the clients and services are moving along nicely. The current build of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 had reached 15.3.2659.319 at the end of the past week, indicating that Microsoft is still in Milestone 3 stage.
The Redmond company is expected to open more dogfood builds of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 to a select number of testers on April 28th. Microsoft itself is, of course, dogfooding Wave 4, but so far has not made public any plans or delivery dates for development milestones. According to Garcia, Windows Live Essentials 2010 is planned to reach Milestone 3 on May 18th. It will be on June 3rd that Microsoft will offer the public the first details of Windows Live Wave 4, with the first Beta release, apparently scheduled for June 7th.
Garcia also explained the reason why there were no leaks of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4, although the clients were being tested outside of Redmond. “First of all, I must say that this new Wave 4 can only be used by those who have received a special card from Microsoft, the number of users that are testing this build Microsoft is presently limited and the controls all. Although some Build leaked, it could not give any use without the corresponding digital certification. And Microsoft could sue this website or person that may have leaked,” he stated.
At the time of this article, both the post containing the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 roadmap and Garcia’s entire blog were down. Fortunately enough, Geeksmack was fast enough to grab the dates. At the same time, Google cache offers additional details on Windows Live Essentials Weave 4 published last week.
“-All versions whose build number is (15.2.xxxx.xxx) belong to the Milestone 2, which was built between December 2009 and January 2010, that's the reason why the Copyright is 2009.
- The most current version of Windows Live Wave 4 Essentials was built the 26th February 2010, and its build number is: 15.3.2634.226. You see the number starts with 15.3 The means that we are at the stage Milestone3.
- The VIP Tester received this Milestone 3 exactly one week ago.
- The new version of the installer also include programs Milestone 2, you get now, the update for Silverlight (kb960353) and a package of Outlook Connector, also the application that has been so secretive "Companion", change its name to "Messenger Companion".
- The most current version of Windows Live Messenger is exactly the Build: (15.3.2649.311)
- The most current version of Windows Live Mail is just the Build: (15.3.2634.0226)
- The most current version of the entire Full Wave 4 is exactly the Build: (15.3.2634.226),” Garcia stated.
According to Garcia, Microsoft is gearing up to release the final version of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 to web on August 25th.