Visual Studio 2008 SP1 released too!
Download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up performance, and powerful new graphics features for client development and rich data scaffolding, improved AJAX support, and other improvements for Web development. Additionally it introduces support for the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services, which simplify data access code in applications by providing an extensible, conceptual model for data from any data source and enabling this model to closely reflect business requirements.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 delivers:
- Improved WPF designers
- SQL Server 2008 support
- ADO.NET Entity Designer
- Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools (including an MFC-based Office 2007 style ‘Ribbon’)
- Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server (TFS) addresses customer feedback on version control usability and performance, email integration with work item tracking and full support for hosting on SQL Server 2008
- Richer JavaScript support, enhanced AJAX and data tools, and Web site deployment improvements
The following technologies have been tested and verified to work with SP1:
- Silverlight 2 SDK Beta 2 & Silverlight Tools Beta 2. (If Silverlight Tools Beta 2 is already installed, you must upgrade it after you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1. To upgrade, use the installer on the Silverlight Tools Beta 2 page on the Microsoft Download Center Web site.)
- MVC Preview Release #3
- ASP.NET Extensions/Dynamic Data Preview
- VC 2008 Feature Pack
- VB PowerPack Controls (2.0 & 3.0)
- Expression Studio 2 (RTM)
- SQL Server 2008
- .NET Framework 3.5 SDK
- XSLT Profiler
- VSTA 2.0 SDK
- Visual Studio 2008 SDK
Download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en