Download Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft has made available for download the July 2008 Community Technology Preview of the Windows Live tools for Visual Studio 2008.
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29.7.2008 Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from
MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.7.2007 Will Visual Studio ever ship with Windows?
Back in June, a blogger by the name of Jeroen van den Bos posted an article on his blog where he argued that Windows Vista should ship with one of the Visual Studio Express editions installed. van den Bos recalled the days when he could boot up his Commodore 64 and just start programming away.
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13.8.2006 What Does 'Visual Studio Live' Mean to You?
Microsoft officials asked for ideas for ways to extend its Visual Studio tool suite with add-on services. And ideas they got.
Pair programming and a "live" version of Visual Studio Team System are just two of
the many Visual Studio Live possibilities that Microsoft may be considering. The code name for whatever services end up part of this bundle is Tuscany. Not Visual Studio Tuscany.
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18.1.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
The Beta Experience invites you on a journey to discover the new features of Visual Studio 2005. It contains the latest beta versions of Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005, and provides you with a hands-on comprehensive training project to help you get the most out of Beta 2.
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Visual Studio Gets Database Edition
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new addition to the Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Team Edition for Database Professionals. The product is designed to promote collaboration when building database driven applications, and is another step on the road to Visual Studio "Orcas."
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1.6.2006 New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Write unmanaged code that's safe, or get IDE tools that help you to build and deploy managed applications that take advantage of Code Access Security. (11 printed pages)
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Pinned: Has Visual Studio 2005 RTMed?
Although I haven't recieved any offical word yet, it seems as if Microsoft has let the RTM news out of the bag by mistake.
On ASP.NET's Atlas website, there is a box labeled "Get Atlas!".
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New Visual Studio, SQL Server Launch
With musical support from Cheap Trick, Microsoft heralded the arrival of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 at a special "Rock" event in San Francisco Monday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage looking uncharacteristic in a suit, and even apologized for his formal attire.
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Microsoft Talks Up Visual Studio Future
Microsoft may have just shipped Visual Studio 2005, but the company is already starting to discuss its future plans for the development suite. Service Pack 1 is in the works for next summer, says Visual C# product manager Scott Wiltamuth, and Orcas -- the next VS release -- is being hashed out.
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Visual Studio 2005 Express free
Microsoft have released the Visual Studio 2005 express free. Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives.
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20.4.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Now Available
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 continues Microsoft's investment in market leading development tools.
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17.12.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista
Microsoft has released a new version of its Visual Studio toolset for Windows Vista development.
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7.3.2007 Microsoft christens Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft is naming the next release of its Visual Studio integrated development platform “Visual Studio 2010? — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t ship until 2010.
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29.9.2008 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta
This download installs Service Pack 1 Beta for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005.
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30.9.2006 Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected as soon as next week
One of the biggest questions at Microsoft’s TechEd conference this week — other than the whereabouts of popular speaker and former Microsoft security expert Steve Riley — is where is the beta of Visual Studio 2010.
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14.5.2009 Download the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta
It’s the next gen of next-gen applications - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta
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31.5.2009 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 RTM will on MSDN within days
Rumors have been flying everywhere that Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 will be RTM (Released to Manufacturing) and on MSDN in a matter of days. Orginally thought to be on MSDN for download on October 14th, the release supposedly got slipped because the final RC build failed a regression test.
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Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
Brief Description - The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.
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18.3.2006 Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
This download installs Service Pack 1 for Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET™ 2003.
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16.8.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 may not be Vista-compatible
Microsoft’s own Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack (SP) 1 – a first beta of which went live on September 26 — may not work correctly with Windows Vista.
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27.9.2006 Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 ready for download
Microsoft officials said earlier this week that they planned to deliver Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word.
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21.4.2007 Microsoft Faces Late Heat over Visual Studio 2005 Quality
On day of its official launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp. is finding itself facing some tough questions around its bug fixing policies and plans. According to some bloggers, the much anticipated release of Visual Studio 2005, which is slated to ship Monday, following a vaunted launch event here, may be going out too early. For its part, Microsoft is committing to provide a service pack for the product but not providing further details.
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Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office IntelliSense Code Snippets
IntelliSense code snippets allow developers to easily create and distribute their own customized code libraries. Using the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment and the power of IntelliSense, inserting these commonly used pieces of code is an effective way to enhance your productivity.
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18.1.2006 Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta Updated Log Collection Utility
With the availability of the first Beta of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, Microsoft has also updated the range of solutions orbiting around its development platform and tools.
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27.5.2009 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX
Overview
The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX (CTP) provides developers with support for building WinFX applications using the final released version of Visual Studio 2005.
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20.1.2006 DOWNLOAD of Visual Studio 2005 Express and SQL 2005 Server DL
Ever wanted to learn C#, C++, SQL, or any other language but didn't have the money to buy Visual Studio and get started? Well Microsoft is giving their Express products away for free!
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How to Install Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP2 Beta Build 16497
Microsoft has published a command shell script, which will add and set a registry key on the computer so that Windows Update, Microsoft Update or Automatic Updates will offer the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 the Service Pack 2 (KB version 948465) beta build 6002.16497.
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5.12.2008 How can I install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to a virtual hard disk (VHD) file?
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 add the ability for an OS to be installed onto a virtual hard disk (VHD) file to boot physical hardware. To do this, perform the following steps.
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17.2.2009 7 Stylish Visual Styles for Windows 7
Windows 7 only hit the store shelves 9 days ago, but, as us geeks got our hands on it much earlier, we already explorered most of the OS—including the desktop customization aspect of it.
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1.11.2009Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1
The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and deploy
extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. You can also use the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 to create custom tools environments based on the
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Shell.
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21.08.2008Visual Studio 2008 SDK August 2007 CTP Available
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK
August 2007 CTP targets Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2 and is
intended to let customers work
with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
extensibility features.
This CTP adds and
updates the following
features:
1. Supports
development of a custom tools
environment that is based on
the Visual Studio Shell
(isolated mode).
2.
New Samples2.1. Windows
Presentation Framework (WPF)
Designer Extensibility
2.2. Windows
Communications Framework (WCF)
Extensibility
2.3.
Expression Evaluator
2.4. Data Designer
Extensibility (DDEX)
3.
Supports the addition of an
Integration Test project to
the solution.
4.
Help Integration Wizard is now
functional.
5.
Support for RANU (Run As
Normal User) has been added
for DSL Tools.
6.
All branding is changed to the
official Visual Studio 2008
release name (instead of
Visual Studio Code Name
"Orcas").
In order to
install Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 SDK August 2007
CTP you must have
Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2
installed.
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10.08.2007Visual Studio 2008 SDK July 2007 CTP Now Available
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK
July 2007 CTP targets Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2 and is
intended to let customers work
with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
extensibility features.
This CTP adds and
updates the following
features:
1. Supports
development of a custom tools
environment that is based on
the Visual Studio Shell
(isolated mode).
2.
New Samples2.1. Windows
Presentation Framework (WPF)
Designer Extensibility
2.2. Windows
Communications Framework (WCF)
Extensibility
2.3.
Expression Evaluator
2.4. Data Designer
Extensibility (DDEX)
3.
Supports the addition of an
Integration Test project to
the solution.
4.
Help Integration Wizard is now
functional.
5.
Support for RANU (Run As
Normal User) has been added
for DSL Tools.
6.
All branding is changed to the
official Visual Studio 2008
release name (instead of
Visual Studio Code Name
"Orcas").
In order to
install Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 SDK July 2007 CTP
you must have
Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2
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01.08.2007Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 - Visual C# Fix
This update targets Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and resolves the issue(s) described in this article. Installing this update is optional. If you are not
experiencing the described issue(s) there is no need to install this update though Microsoft welcomes your feedback on the install experience if you
choose to do so.
This update installs on the English, Japanese, and German versions of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 but the patch
installation experience is provided in English only (except for the License Agreement which is shown in all the languages supported by the update.)
SYMPTOMS
- Visual Studio will crash when invoking C# IDE features such as IntelliSense or Quick Info on certain
members.
CAUSE
- Invoking C# IDE features such as IntelliSense or Quick Info on members from an explicitly implemented
interface that is defined in a referenced project will cause the IDE to crash
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11.10.2007Holiday Toys from the Visual Studio Ecosystem Team
Today there are hundreds 3rd party development tools that integrate with Visual Studio. With the launch of Visual Studio 2008 and the Visual Studio
2008 SDK, youll find a number of new ways to customize and extend Visual Studio. For example, you can use the Visual Studio 2008 Shell to create
custom tools for almost any platform.
To give you something to play with over the holidays, weve recently posted a number of
applications on CodePlex to showcase the types of tools you can build with the Visual Studio Shell.
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19.12.2007Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Data Sheet
This data sheet provides a comprehensive product comparison of the Visual Studio 2008 IDE products. It does not provide data about Visual Studio Team
System 2008 Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer, or Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Load Agent. This data sheet
is provided for illustrative purposes only.
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26.01.2008Microsoft Focuses on Developer Productivity at VSLive!, Showcases New User Interface for Visual Studio 2010
Q&A: Jason Zander discusses how Visual Studio 2010 will help developers be more productive; provides update on Visual Studio 2008 customer benefits...
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24.02.2009Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 and Visual Studio 2008 Shell Released
Today the VS Ecosystem team has released the
Visual
Studio 2008 SDK 1.0.
We also released, for the first time, the new free Visual Studio 2008 Shell redistributable runtimes for
both Isolated mode and Integrated mode.
http://msdn.com/vsx has the links
to the SDK, and Shell downloads, and other resources.
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK is required for development and testing tools
and programming languages that target the Visual Studio 2008 Shell. For more information about the Visual Studio 2008 Shell, visit
Visual Studio 2008 Shell overview and
Visual Studio 2008 Shell details.
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21.11.2007Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta
The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 Beta includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and
deploy extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. You can also use the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta to create custom tools environments
based on the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta Shell.
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20.05.2008Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training Virtual PC
The Visual Studio 2008 Rhythm Training VPC contains a pre-configured installation of Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite, and the
Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit. The training kit includes 20 hands-on-labs, 28 presentations, and 20 scripted demos for technologies such as LINQ, C#
3.0, Visual Basic 9, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET Ajax, VSTO, the .NET Compact Framework, and more.
The training kit is installed in the
C:VS2008TrainingKit directory in the Virtual Machine image.
NOTE: This VPC image will expire on March 8, 2008.
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13.12.2007Microsoft Plans Free Visual Studio Shell Version For Partners
Visual Studio Shell, which
will ship concurrently with
Visual Studio 2008 and be
included in the beta 2 release
due out this summer, is the
successor to Visual Studio
2005's Premier Partner
Edition (PPE). The
stripped-down software is
essentially a shell that ISVs
can license and bundle with
their own offerings. Initially
created for developers that
wanted to offer custom
language support -- Intel
ships an Intel Visual Fortran
version -- the new version
will support additional uses.
"One of the things
we found was that partners
kept asking us for ways to
build on top of Visual Studio
that went beyond what the
original PPE enabled," said
Joe Marini, Microsoft's group
product manager of developer
marketing for the Visual
Studio Industry Partner
program.
One key
change in Visual Studio Shell
is that it will support an
"isolated" deployment
option. With Visual Studio
2005, when a user installed
PPE on a machine already
running a full Visual Studio
2005 deployment, the full
Visual Studio inherited the
PPE-delivered custom language
and integrated it as an
additional language option.
Visual Studio Shell makes that
integration optional, allowing
ISVs to deliver a
custom-branded application
that will exist in tandem with
Visual Studio. ..
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05.06.2007Using Visual Studio 2008 to Deploy Your App to Windows Server 2008
One great thing about Visual Studio 2008 is that you can deploy your app directly to your IIS Server very easily and quickly. That's assuming your
server has been configured and ready to go. Typically you administrator will do the configuration in prep for your app but incase you don't have one
(like me)... these are the steps you take.
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12.11.2007Visual Studio 2008 Support for SQL Server 2008, CTP
This CTP enables developers to use Visual Studio 2008 with SQL Server 2008 Nov CTP.
This CTP resolves a problem that when you
try to open a database connection to SQL Server 2008 by using Visual Studio 2008 design tools, you may receive the following error message:
śThis
server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported.ť
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19.02.2008Visual Studio Gallery announced
The Microsoft Visual Studio Ecosystem team has officially launched the new Visual Studio Gallery site at
http://visualstudiogallery.com/. This new web site is a resource center for all Visual Studio extensions and includes everything
from free VS PowerToys like tools to VSIP products. Any developer can post information and a link for their Visual Studio extensions. Our goal for
this website is to give developers an easy way to find extensions for Visual Studio. Visual Studio extensions might include products and free
applications in the form of macros, add-ins, packages, project templates, or other types of extensions to Visual Studio that are packaged up and ready
to use by the developer to improve their development experience.
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28.02.2008Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008
The Source Outliner PowerToy is a Visual Studio 2008 extension that provides a tree view of your source code's types and members and lets you quickly
navigate to them with filtering inside the editor.
The Source Code Outliner PowerToy was created as a package using the Visual
Studio SDK for Visual Studio 2008. For more information about VSX, visit the
Visual Studio Extensibility Developer
Center.
The project source code (in both C# and Visual Basic) can be found on the
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26.01.2008A Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio 2008
When you download and install
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, you
may notice that some of the
product names have changed for
this release. On the Help menu
in Team Suite, click About and
you'll find that many of the
products in Team System have a
new name.
Since we released Visual
Studio 2005, weve heard from
you that the capabilities of
each of the team editions dont
always map to the way you
define roles in your
organizations. To simplify the
naming and respond to this
feedback, weve renamed the
team editions to remove
specific role names. Of
course, this doesnt mean were
changing Team Systems charter
“ its still designed to help
everyone on the team
collaborate together through
integrated tools, processes,
and guidance.
Following is a list of the
name changes compared to what
they were in Visual Studio
2005.
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27.07.2007New Windows Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server to Launch in February
On February 27, 2008,
Microsoft will jointly release
Windows Server 2008, Visual
Studio 2008 and SQL Server
2008, kicking off what it
calls a "launch wave"
with hundreds of events
worldwide. Microsoft will
pitch the products as a
platform for next-generation
Web service applications...
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10.07.2007Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Available
The Microsoft Windows Software
Development Kit (SDK) for
Windows Server 2008 and .NET
Framework 3.5 provides
prerelease documentation,
samples, header files,
libraries, and tools
(including C++ compilers) you
need to develop applications
to run on prerelease versions
of Windows Server 2008 and the
.NET Framework 3.5 Beta2. To
build and run .NET Framework
applications, you must have
the corresponding version of
the .NET Framework
installed.
This SDK is compatible
with the RTM release of
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Service Pack 1; including
Microsoft Visual Studio
Express Editions, which are
available, free of charge.
Pre-release editions of the
next version of Microsoft
Visual Studio are available
from Microsoft Visual Studio
2008 Beta2 and can also be
used with this SDK.
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31.07.2007Visual Studio 2010 Overview
In this kick-off video for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Week on Channel 9, we sit down with Jason Zander, Group Manager of Visual
Studio.
Jason discusses the major enhancements coming in Visual Studio 2010, including everything from language enhancements, to
IDE improvements, to changes in Visual Studio itself.
This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the
high-quality WMV download.
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10.11.2008Visual Studio 2008 released today, .NET 3.5 now available
With a few years of noticeably hard development work now complete and with the next Visual Studio now being downloaded by MSDN subscribers, work can
finally begin on the next edition...
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