Yesterday, the Windows Vista Team, announced on their Blog, the forthcoming release of a beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.  The release of the beta is expected to be in the next few weeks, with the team working on a full release for the first quarter of 2008.

For more information check out the following:

• Windows Vista Team Blog Post
• SP1 Beta White Paper
• Jon DeVaan's Q&A Session on Microsoft PressPass