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Beta
Experience Newsletter Number 1, June 15, 2005
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Editorial
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From
the Editor It’s with great pleasure that I
introduce this first newsletter to all those who
have signed up for the Beta Experience over the
last 6 weeks. With more than 60.000 people
registered, the Experience is already a huge
success and the daily registration trend is still
very strong. So a big thanks to all of you eager
to get your hands on Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2,
SQL Server 2005 Standard CTP and the WeFly247
training DVD. These huge numbers really
motivate us to put a lot of valuable information
into these newsletters we’re sending out on a six
weekly basis until the product ships. Each
newsletter will have a theme and while this
edition introduces the Beta Experience and Visual
Studio 2005, the next ones will dive deeper into
areas like Visual Studio Team System, Visual
Studio Tools for Office, ASP.NET, migration from
earlier versions and much more information to help
beginning and experienced developers get started
with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. We are
especially happy to include content from people
from the Product Teams themselves, so who better
to welcome you to the Experience than S.
Somasegar, the Corporate Vice President who leads
the development division that produces Visual
Studio. Welcoming
message by S. Somasegar (8 MB) Hans
Verbeeck, Developer & Platforms Group,
Microsoft EMEA Beta Experience Team
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Get
to know the new Visual Studio 2005 |
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We
know you have been experimenting with VS2005
Beta 2 but does your manager understands the
value of Visual Studio? This document, an
exclusive preview of the Visual Studio 2005
Reviewer's Guide, will provide you with a high
level overview of the improvements made to
Visual Studio and also clear positioning of the
versions of Visual Studio 2005 that will be
released. We will bring the final version of the
Reviewers Guide to you in a future release of
the Beta Experience newsletter. Learn
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The
integrated tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Team System enable you to be more productive
throughout all stages of application
development. To learn more about Visual Studio
2005 Team System and how it can improve the
application development process, register
for this series of webcasts now. | |
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Are
you are looking for a place to discuss Visual
Studio 2005 Beta 2 with like minded people? If
so, please visit MSDN forums.
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If
you would like to make any suggestions for
changes in design or behaviour of Visual Studio
2005 Beta 2, or you would like to report a bug,
please visit the MSDN Product Feedback
Center.
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WeFly
247 - a flying start for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
The
WeFly247 project brings you a complete Visual Studio
2005 application suite on a DVD, supported by labs for
recreating the WeFly247 applications yourself, source
code and over sixty hours of audio-visual tutorials on
the many exciting new features in Visual Studio 2005
Beta 2, and how they were used to create the WeFly247
applications.
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Free
MS Press offer and Visual Studio 2005
e-learning |
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Register
your copy of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 today,
and receive access to a free developer book from
Microsoft Press. Choose from online versions of
Introducing ASP.NET 2.0, Introducing Microsoft®
Visual Basic® 2005, and Writing Secure Code, 2nd
Edition. Additional Microsoft Learning
resources for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server
2005 can be found at the Developer
Center. | |
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Get
ready for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 today
with free skills assessments and free*
E-learning courses for developers. Microsoft
Skills Assessments help you analyze your current
skills, and provide you with a learning plan
that recommends books, e-learning, classroom
training, and MSDN resources. With Microsoft
E-Learning you can learn at your own pace and on
your own schedule, with in-depth hands-on
virtual labs and lesson-level assignments. Visit
the Developer
Center today. * Limited time offer,
expires Nov. 8, 2005. | |
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View
from the community
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Learn
why Pierre Couzy blesses Team System and why he
believes the new Visual Studio will raise the bar
on quality and education.
Pierre Couzy is
a trainer and consultant specializing in the
architecture of distributed systems. Currently
employed by Winwise (www.winwise.fr) as an ASP.NET
and BizTalk expert, he's been Regional Director
since 2003, and is a speaker at many major
conferences in France, Europe and
North-Africa.
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Customize
your Smartphone Mobile and Pocket PC with Beta
Experience themes
Let's get
mobile! These are the Beta Experience Themes for your
Smartphone or Pocket PC. Right-click and save the file
on your PC. Upload the file to your Smartphone or Pocket
PC, click to open it and confirm the automatic
installation of the theme. If you want to switch back
later just change the theme in your settings again.
Download: Smartphone
Mobile HomescreenDownload: Theme for
Smartphone Pocket PC
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Product
Information
Visual
Studio 2005 offers a range of tools tailored to
provide many benefits both for individual
developers and for developer teams. Pick the right
level for You!
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Visual
Studio 2005 Overview: This slide deck gives
an overview of the context, goals and high level
feature map of the Visual Studio Team System.
Specific features pertaining to Architect,
Developer and Tester roles are given in more
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MSDN
Subscribers – how to migrate to Visual Studio
2005
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A list
of the questions (FAQ) customers ask most
frequently regarding the transition of their
MSDN subscription with the advent of Visual
Studio 2005. | |
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MSDN
migration to Visual Studio 2005: A simple
powerpoint tool to help you identify the
transition options available to you when
transitioning from your current MSDN level to
Visual Studio 2005 with
MSDN. | |
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Events
and Webcasts
Share
the inspiration
Microsoft
Tech·Ed 2005 5 - 8 July, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands Over 400
technical sessions, Hands on labs,
Chalk-&-Talks, Panel discussions and more!
Hear from outstanding speakers on current and soon
to be launched technologies, and share the
inspiration! Register
online now! |
Visual
Studio 2005 Develop Smart Client applications
Learn more about how developing Smart
Clients with Visual Studio 2005 provide a robust
user experience, developer productivity, and the
responsiveness of rich clients, along with the
small footprint, ease of deployment and ease of
change management offered by Web applications.
Learn
more ...
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