TFS Release Candidate with "Go Live" license
I thought that Beta 3 refresh would be the last Team Foundation Server release with a "Go Live" license before the formal release, but it looks like that's not the case.
Jeff Beehler announced yesterday that TFS Release Candidate, coming in early February, will also have a "Go Live" license
While there will be a few known issues in this release that we still intend to fix, it’ll be very close to the final version. As a result, we need your help in validating that we haven’t missed any big issues before we release the golden bits. As I’ve previously explained, we’re only fixing the most critical of issues to help prevent regressions and your feedback is very important in helping us make these decisions.
As with Beta3 refresh, this Release Candidate will be a ‘go-live’ release. By this we mean that we’ll provide the tools you need to upgrade your data from Beta3 Refresh and we’ll support migrating your data from the RC to final release of TFS. Please, please, please plan on upgrading to this release. We need your feedback to help us make sure we’re ready to release the final bits and your real world, production usage is the best way for us to gauge this readiness. We are still committed to releasing the final build of TFS in the first quarter of 2006.
Sounds good to me-- there's certainly a lot to improve on in Beta 3 refresh ;)