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Visual Studio 2005/2008 CTP Setup - February 2008

I'm in the middle of preparing for a session at SD West next week where I talk about the Microsoft Technology Roadmap - basically an avalanche of technologies in one day. Each time I present this I have to update my resources with newer tools, usually extensions to Visual Studio environment, so that attendees can be successful at running demos.

Here is my latest list of "setup instructions" for the CTPs I use, with links to where the sites are located. I can't guarantee how long these will be the latest, but you should be OK for at least the next month!

Windows XP/SP2 or Windows Server 2003 Setup

This section describes core machine setup for the operating system, .NET 3.0 and SQL Server.

· Enable IIS

· Enable MSMQ

· Install .NET 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=10CC340B-F857-4A14-83F5-25634C3BF043&displaylang=en

· Windows SDK Update for Vista (really, for .NET 3.0)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4377f86d-c913-4b5c-b87e-ef72e5b4e065&displaylang=en

· SQL Server 2000/2005 or SQL Express

o Install any service packs

Windows Vista/SP1 or Windows Server 2008

This section describes core machine setup for the operating system, .NET 3.0 and SQL Server.

· Enable IIS/WAS

· Enable MSMQ

· NOTE: .NET 3.0 is already installed

· Windows SDK for Vista (really, for .NET 3.0)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4377f86d-c913-4b5c-b87e-ef72e5b4e065&displaylang=en

· SQL Server 2000/2005 or SQL Express

o Install any service packs

Visual Studio 2005 (if you have to)

This section lists tools to install to set up your Visual Studio 2005 environment. For .NET 3.0 and 3.5 development, Visual Studio 2005 is sorely out of date on tools, so anything you install from this list below is likely not to work with newer code samples. You have been warned.

· Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WCF and WPF – November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F54F5537-CC86-4BF5-AE44-F5A1E805680D&displaylang=en

· Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WF – November 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5D61409E-1FA3-48CF-8023-E8F38E709BA6&displaylang=en

· Visual Studio 2005 LINQ CTP - May 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1e902c21-340c-4d13-9f04-70eb5e3dceea&displaylang=en

· Visual Studio 2005 ADO.NET vNext CTP – May 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B68F6F53-EC87-4122-B1C8-EE24A043BF72&displaylang=en

· Visual Studio 2005 Entity Data Model Designer Prototype CTP – May 2006

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=74bda7b2-9ca9-4eea-a33f-31942ddc9dbe&displaylang=en

Visual Studio 2008 RTM

This section lists tools to install to set up your Visual Studio 2008 environment. Many tools have been installed, but there are also many extensions for ASP.NET, AJAX, Silverlight and ADO.NET 3.5 features in this list.

· NOTE: Tools for WCF, WPF, WF, AJAX and LINQ are built-in

· Run this so that older projects will bind to older version of AJAX libraries

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/2/79268325-1006-4566-bd26-5581b8971f36/DisableAjaxPolicy.EXE

· AJAX Control Toolkit for .NET 3.5 (includes the rich code sample for AJAX)

http://www.codeplex.com/AtlasControlToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4941

· ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview – December 2007 CTP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A9C6BC06-B894-4B11-8300-35BD2F8FC908&displaylang=en

· ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=15DB9989-1621-444D-9B18-D1A04A21B519&displaylang=en

· Entity Framework Tools Beta 3

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D8AE4404-8E05-41FC-94C8-C73D9E238F82&displaylang=en

· Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh – September 2007