I just got an email from Microsoft this afternoon, informing me that they will be performing some system maintenance on all Zune services.  From 11:00 PM Pacific (2:00 AM EST) on September 14 until “the early hours” of September 15, Zune.net, Zune forums, and Zune marketplace will all be unavailable.  We can only speculate as to what might be happening during that period of time.  though considering the Zune HD is set to be released immediately following that down time on September 15, I am pretty sure you are thinking what I am thinking.

So, bottom line, if you are a fan of Zune.net, Zune forums, or Zune marketplace, then get ready for some downtime between late Monday night and early Tuesday morning.  But watch out, because after that slight inconvenience, it will be a whole new online experience…or so I suspect as Microsoft launches the new Zune service.  As for me, I will be anxiously awaiting what Microsoft refers to as, “the next level of Zune entertainment” when I receive my Zune HD on Tuesday.  The full text of the email follows:

As we work to bring you the next level of Zune entertainment, we want to inform you the Zune service will be down starting at 11:00 am (PDT) September 14th until the early hours of September 15th. During this time you will not be able to sign into Zune.net, Zune forums, or Zune Marketplace. We’re sorry for this inconvenience, but come back to www.zune.net on September 15th and get ready to experience a whole new world of Zune

You’ll receive an e-mail update on 9/15 when the new service goes live, giving you the highlights of the new Zune update.

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