Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Now Available
You can download both Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and the Visual Studio and Expression Blend tools support to target it. This add-on to Visual Studio 2008 allows you to use the .NET Framework to create Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Web sites. The Silverlight 2 Beta 2 runtime and the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 SDK are installed as part of this package. Silverlight 2 Beta 2 supports a go-live license that allows you to start using and deploying Silverlight 2 for commercial applications. There will be some API changes between Beta 2 and the final release, so you should expect that applications you write with Beta 2 will need to be updated when the final release comes out. But the developer team says these changes will be straightforward and relatively easy, and that you can begin planning and starting commercial projects now.

You can start learning Silverlight 2 by watching the getting started video. This video will show you how to install the Silverlight tools and how to create your first Silverlight application.

The SQL Server team has reached an important milestone with Release Candidate 0. SQL Server 2008 RC0 is available now for MSDN Subscribers.

With the June 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine we are launching an exciting new feature for our readers: virtual labs. In the virtual labs, you can get immediate hands-on experience with our sample code, while reading along in the associated article. The labs are preconfigured environments with Windows Vista, Visual Studio 2008, and any other applications you may need to immediately experience the concepts in the articles.

The first two labs feature the MOSS deployment article by Ethan Wilansky, Paul Olszewski, and Rick Sneddon from the May issue of MSDN Magazine, and Charles Petzold's Foundations column on bitmaps and pixel bits from the June issue.

We have also added a virtual labs page where you can access any of our currently featured MSDN Magazine virtual labs.

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speravo di far cosa gradita riportando per intero la comunicazione ricevuta dalla newsletter MSDN.

tant'è vero che l'ho riportata integralmente comprendendo anche la firma....
a quanto pare mi son sbagliato ... cmq... sarà per la prossima volta.

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