Final release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 now available

As noted this morning in this post on Soma's blog, the final release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 (previously codenamed Orcas) are now available for download.  You can the .NET Framework 3.5 at the following locations:

• .NET Framework 3.5 web download bootstrapper - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6
• .NET Framework 3.5 full install package (x86, x64 and ia64) - https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/f/60fc5854-3cb8-4892-b6db-bd4f42510f28/dotnetfx35.exe
• Additional links for .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/11/19/6408888.aspx

You can download various editions of Visual Studio 2008 at the following locations:

• Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729280
• Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729279
• Visual C# 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729278
• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729281
• 90 day trial editions of other editions of Visual Studio 2008 - https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx

Here are links to some additional information about Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5:

• MSDN topic with more information about the Visual Studio 2008 product family - https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx
• Channel9 video where Soma discusses the final release of Visual Studio 2008 - https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=357748

<update date="11/19/2007"> Updated the list of links with a new post I created that has some additional .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 download locations that I found out after initially writing this post. </update>

<update date="11/26/2007"> Added a note that the full download package for the .NET Framework 3.5 includes ia64 in addition to x86 and x64. </update>

Comments

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2007
  Earlier today, I posted an item on my blog with a list of links that can be used to download the final

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2007
  Earlier today, I posted an item on my blog with a list of links that can be used to download the final

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2007
  Visual Studio 2008을 위하여 수십개의 팀에서 쏟아져나온 수백가지의 새로운 기능들을 일목요연하게 정리한다는 것은 쉽지 않은 일일 것입니다. 그래서 각각이 정리한 새 기능들

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2007
  Visual Studio 2008을 위하여 수십개의 팀에서 쏟아져나온 수백가지의 새로운 기능들을 일목요연하게 정리한다는 것은 쉽지 않은 일일 것입니다. 그래서 각각이 정리한 새 기능들

• Anonymous
  November 20, 2007
  The release formerly known as Orcas has shipped. This is a great release and builds on the foundation

• Anonymous
  November 20, 2007
  The release formerly known as Orcas has shipped. This is a great release and builds on the foundation

• Anonymous
  November 20, 2007
  Visual Studio VS2008 Is Out!

• Anonymous
  November 21, 2007
  Earlier this week, the final versions of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released.

• Anonymous
  November 21, 2007
  Earlier this week, the final versions of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released

• Anonymous
  November 21, 2007
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