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As promised earlier in the month, Microsoft yesterday released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 to manufacturing. This marks the readiness of the first of the three amigos for the lollapalooza Global Launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 on Feb. 27, 2008.

Availability is as follows:

• Visual Studio 2008 is now available for download by MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers with disk packages available soon.
• If you aren’t a MSDN subscriber and can’t wait, you can download Visual Studio trial editions.
• .NET FX 3.5 is available for free download as are the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions.

3 Responses to “Microsoft RTMs Visual Studio 2008 and .NET FX 3.5”

1. Microsoft updates .NET Web development tools roadmap | Microsoft News Tracker Says:
   November 30th, 2007 at 11:18 AM

   [...] Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie today revealed the roadmap for a series of additional Web development products that build on top of last week’s RTM of Visual Studio and .NET FX 3.5. In outline form with liberal quoting from Guthrie, it looks like the following: [...]

2. Visual Studio 2008 now generally available | Microsoft News Tracker Says:
   January 29th, 2008 at 7:47 PM

   [...] Visual Studio 2008 was released to manufacturing in November and it has now become generally available: Microsoft is proud to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2008 in volume licensing, retail, and MSDN download. [...]

3. SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 released | Microsoft News Tracker Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 10:18 PM

   [...] Visual Studio 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 were released last November and it’s a little early for a service pack (which has been in beta since May), but Microsoft apparently had some things to fix beyond the usual: Microsoft’s "milestone" first-service pack for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 has been released as the company shows concern over growing code bloat. [...]

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