Cisco warns that Windows 7 support for UC products will be limited until 2010

In a cautionary note to customers, Cisco has warned that most of its Unified Communications (UC) products will not support Windows 7 until first quarter 2010 when service releases become available. A number of additional products will not support the new Windows until Q3 2010. According to an article in Network World, most Cisco Unified Communications products will support the 32-bit version of Windows once the service releases are made available.

Cisco UC Integration for Microsoft Office Communicator, Cisco IP Communicator and Cisco Unified Personal Communicator will all be compatible with the 64-bit version of Windows 7, but will require 32-bit emulation to work.

The news provides some UC buyers with the choice of either delaying any Windows 7 upgrades they might have been planning or trying to find another UC vendor who can support the new system sooner. Some users have commented on various websites that they've upgraded to Windows 7 and their Cisco UC products are working fine, but the company cannot guarantee that will be the case for everyone until the service releases make support official.

For more:
- read this Network World article

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