Softpedia reports that Windows 7 Build 7061 has been released to company's close partners and select testers

Initially Microsoft had informed members of the TAP program that it was planning to make Windows 7 RC available in April 2009, according to a leaked product roadmap courtesy of Lotta Bath, from the Microsoft Sweden Partner team. Wzor (via Neowin) is reporting that the Redmond company has updated this schedule, and that Windows 7 will enter RC-Escrow in the last week of April, while the fully fledged Release Candidate is planned for availability by the end of May 2009 (also the last week).

Microsoft of course, has yet to confirm or deny any leaked details related to the development process of Windows 7 past Beta Build 7000, which was offered as a public download on January 10, 2009. By discussing the changes integrated into post-Beta Windows 7 development milestones, the software giant managed however to offer confirmation of the validity of Builds 7048 and 7057 leaked to torrent websites.

Windows 7 Build 7061 Out, RC-Escrow in April, RC in May 2009