Visual Studio "Orcas" March 2007 CTP is available for download
... from the Microsoft Download Center.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web.
Visual Studio code name “Orcas” delivers on Microsoft’s vision of smart client applications by enabling developers to rapidly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences. This new version enables any size organization to rapidly create more secure, manageable, and more reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System. By building these new types of applications, organizations will find it easier than ever before to capture and analyze information so that they can make effective business decisions.
The highlights of this CTP include:
- The LINQ Project: this CTP represents a major milestone in the LINQ project.
- VB 9.0 Language Support
- C# 3.0 Language Support
- LINQ to ADO.NET
- LINQ To SQL Designer
- LINQ over XML (XLinq)
- System.Xml Bridge Classes added
- LINQ to Objects API
- ADO.NET vNext
- Web
- Client App-Level Services
- C# Workflow Rules
- XML
- MSBuild
- UAC Manifests in the Managed Build Process
- IDE
- CLR
- Office
- Team Architect
- Team Developer
- Team Test
- Team Foundation Server
- Visual C++
More details can be found here.
Downloads:
- Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - March 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP)
- The downloads are rather big and consist of the Orcas base image (1,12 Gb but common for all Orcas CTPs) and 8 files of the differencing images (March CTP specific).
- Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - March Community Technology Preview (CTP) (Team Foundation Server - Self-extracting Install)
- This CTP is available as a Virtual PC image or as a self-extracting install
- VSMar2007CTP_TFS_2PartsTotal.part1.exe (700 MB)
- VSMar2007CTP_TFS_2PartsTotal.part2.rar (159.6 MB)
- This CTP is available as a Virtual PC image or as a self-extracting install
- Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - March Community Technology Preview (CTP) (Self-extracting Install)
- This CTP is available as a Virtual PC image or as a self-extracting install (7 files)
Technorati tags: Visual Studio Orcas, March CTP
Comments
Anonymous
February 27, 2007
Why all the images. Is it too dificult to install?Anonymous
February 27, 2007
Dennis, the images are for use as a VPC image. The different files at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cf76fcba-07af-47ac-8822-4ad346210670&displaylang=en&tm are for a self-extracting install. Be careful when installing on a production machine, these are still CTP bits. The software is split into a number of smaller files to ease the download.Anonymous
February 28, 2007
Microsoft’s David Boschmans reveals that the March Community Technology Preview of the upcoming Orcas release of Visual Studio is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. The download overview has a list of what’s new in the Marc..Anonymous
March 03, 2007
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March 03, 2007
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