Microsoft officials have been saying for the past month that the company’s fiscal 2010, which kicked off on July 1, will encompass its biggest product launch wave ever.

We already know Windows 7 goes on sale on October 22. But Microsoft hasn’t provided specifics as to whether it will hold another Vista-like consumer launch around that time. And beyond that — what else do the Softies have up their sleeves? What’s coming when?

At last week’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft did share a few more launch tidbits with the 6,000 or so developers, resellers, integrators and hardware partners attending.

I’ve culled some of the best slides from the various WPC slide decks that show off how Microsoft is advising its partners — who, for all intents and purposes, are Microsoft’s salesforce — to plan to go to market with their customers in the coming year.

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