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Visual Studio Beta 1 For Everyone

Even if you do not have an MSDN subscription, you are in luck. Visual Studio 2010, beta 1, is now available on Microsoft download. Here is a list of public links I was sent just recently. The downloads are all on Microsoft download. You will also want to join Microsoft connect for feedback.

VS 2010 Beta

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· VS2010 Download page

· VS2010 Walkthroughs

· MSDN Library: What’s New in Visual Studio 2010

· VS2010 Connect

· Forums: VS, VB, C#, F#

· Samples: VS, VB, C#, F#

· Language specs: VB, C#, F#

· IronPython 2.6 CTP for .NET 4.0 Beta1

SKU/download page	Format	Size	Download page fwlinks
Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) Beta 1 Redistributable Package	exe	521 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147419
Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated) Beta 1 Redistributable Package	exe	593 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147418
Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 1 – Web Installer	Bootstrapper	5 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147408
Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 1 – ISO	iso	1.2 GB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=150591
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Suite Beta 1 – Web Installer	Bootstrapper	5 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147407
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Suite Beta 1 - ISO	iso	1.3 GB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=150592
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Test Load Agent Beta 1 - DTEA	exe	185 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147420
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Test Load Agent Beta 1 - DTEC	exe	599 MB	same as above
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 1	iso	2.3 GB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147412
Microsoft Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 Beta 1	no package		http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147413
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Lab Agent Beta 1	exe	427 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147414
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 – x86	exe	78 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=147415
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 – IA64	exe	146 MB	same as above
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 – x64	exe	149 MB	same as above
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile Beta 1 – x86	exe	35 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=147417
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile Beta 1 – x64	exe	73 MB	same as above
Visual Studio 2010 SDK Beta 1	exe	14 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147422
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger (Beta 1) – x86	exe	4 MB	http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147421
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger (Beta 1) – x64	exe	8 MB	same as above

· Channel 9 Video

· Product Survey

· Samples

· VB 2010 Resources page

· Visual C# 2010 Resources page

· F# Dev Center

This is great news for those of you who like to stay on the bleeding edge of technology. Thus far, I have enjoyed playing with the beta. It is still a bit slow, especially in a VPC environment, but far less so than the betas of Visual Studio 2008, so I am happy. I will be posting some tutorials soon, so you can learn how to use the new technology.