Shortly after announcing the availability of Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft was not only forced Microsoft to bring additional support to its servers in order to sustain the demand, but it also determined them to remove the 2.5 million limit on the public beta keys, and extend the availability of the Beta by two weeks.

 

With the usual thank you for your interest, Microsoft announced on its blog this week that because enthusiasm continues to be so high, downloads should be continuing through February 10. However, those who have started but have not completed the download process will get an extra 2 days to do so, until February 12.

 

Furthermore, the shutdown process of the Windows 7 Beta availability will occur in three phases: as of January 27, the Windows page will warn visitors that it will start limiting downloads shortly; on February 10 new downloads will stop being available; on February 12 anyone who still hasn’t finished downloading the Beta will longer be able to do so.

 

The even better news is that keys will continue to be available after the February 12 date, so if you get to download Windows 7 by then, you’ll still be able to try it on at a later date. MSDN and TechNet subscribers will continue to have unlimited access to Windows 7 throughout the Beta phase, according to Microsoft’s announcement.