http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/archive/tags/SqlCe/WPF/C_2300_+3.0/default.aspxTags: SqlCe, WPF, C# 3.0enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/archive/2007/07/26/OrcasBeta2.aspxFri, 27 Jul 2007 03:39:00 GMTb5c4f5bc-c09b-4439-a595-91a98c1847df:20559Guy Burstein11<h1>Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2&nbsp;- Orcas Beta 2</h1> <p><img style="border-top-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;border-right-width:0px;" height="51" alt="Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Orcas Beta 2" src="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/WindowsLiveWriter/VisualStudio2008Beta2OrcasBeta2Update_C0FD/Visual%20Studio%202008_0feb8d53-1bef-46a0-9d6d-69a006095d4a.jpg" width="240" align="right" border="0">Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 (formerly "Orcas") and .Net Framework 3.5&nbsp;are available for download in several editions:</p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D2F74873-C796-4E60-91C8-F0EF809B09EE&amp;displaylang=en">Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E2B71A06-F8AE-4D1E-AAEF-DF748784933D&amp;displaylang=en">MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3B72271C-E996-4989-898D-72D684966CE6&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite (Virtual PC)</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428C076F-E3EF-4290-9FF4-F6FD8F180B7D&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=053E83D0-DEB4-4EBB-B4C8-CBFFE928B4AA&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Team Foundation Server</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B98A61BA-99B0-40B7-AB6E-5386A2B94217&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Professional Edition</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1DF11844-3C90-4FB8-A78F-4BA95ED0B370&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Standard Edition</a></p> <p>For an overview of Visual Studio 2008 and a list of features that are available in this beta release, see the Visual Studio 2008 Overview Whitepaper located <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=95672">here</a>.</p> <p>The <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2007/07/26/csharp-language-specification-version-3-0-available-for-review.aspx">C# Language Specification Version 3.0</a> is now available for review. <p>There are&nbsp;samples and hands on labs available to help you explore this release: <ul> <li><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/0/e/80e3f901-9bcc-4b8b-ba66-c49e24559fbc/vs_samples_vs2008_beta2_01.exe">LINQ and language samples for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2</a> <li><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/2/0e255cf3-b11f-44cb-b42c-7d55ed7b556c/linq_hands_on_lab.docx">LINQ Hands On Labs</a> <li><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/2/0e255cf3-b11f-44cb-b42c-7d55ed7b556c/csharp_3.0_language_enhancements_hands_on_lab.doc">C# 3.0 Language Enhancements Hands On Lab</a></li></ul> <p>Enjoy!</p><img src="http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/aggbug.aspx?PostID=20559" width="1" height="1">WCF.NetLINQAnnouncesWFOrcasSqlCeC# 3.0WPF.Net Framework 3.5VS2008LINQ to Sql