Bink.nu reports that Release Candidate 1 of Windows Server 2003 R2 has gone to beta testers. R2 is scheduled to ship before the end of the year and Tom Sanders observes that since the recent virtualization licensing changes taking effect Dec. 1 call R2 out by name, it’s likely that the ship date is after that.
Update: Mary Jo Foley reports that there will be no RC2 – next stop is Release to Manufacturing (RTM) in December.