Download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 - Official Launch March 22, 2010

By Doug Holland (Intel) (249 posts) on October 19, 2009 at 8:56 am

Microsoft today released beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and confirmed that the official launch date for Visual Studio 2010 will be March 22, 2010.

Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 was uploaded to MSDN subscriber downloads shortly after 9am PST this morning and this build includes a "go-live" license. You can read more about the release on Somasegar's blog here.

Visual Studio Team Suite has been renamed Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and the product also includes a new logo that is very similar to the mathematical infiniti symbol.

MSDN also seems to have a new logo too...

Once opened, the Visual Studio 2010 environment can be seen here with the revised New Project dialog.

If you're interested in the build numbers of Visual Studio 2010 and the associated .net framework here is the about dialog.

Over the next few days and weeks I'll post extensively about Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010.

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Comments (11)

October 19, 2009 7:52 PM PDT


Carl Daniel		 Finally! I guess that'll put an end to the rumors that B2 would be announced at PDC! I've already downloaded B2, but unfortuantely I won't be able to install it on my new dual Xeon dev box until Wednesday since I'm in Lincoln Nebraska but my dev box is back home in California.

I'll be looking here for any gotchas on installing on server 2008R2 - hopefully there are none.
October 19, 2009 8:55 PM PDT

vu64
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 At last they have revised the new project dialog .
October 19, 2009 9:35 PM PDT

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 Agreed this is a nice beginning although there is so much more to Visual Studio 2010 than that and so I'd encourage you to explore the release and I'll blog some more about it soon.
October 20, 2009 6:07 AM PDT


Carl Daniel		 The screenshot isn't clear enough for me to really tell - what's the big deal with the new "new project" dialog? I never had any major beef with the old one (but then, my projects are long-lived, so I only see this dialog a few times a year).
October 20, 2009 7:02 AM PDT


Payne		 Very despondent for not supporting RIA Services
October 20, 2009 9:01 AM PDT

Doug Holland (Intel)
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 Hey Carl,

I'm sure that Visual Studio 2010 will be waiting patiently for you upon your return ... have fun in Nebraska!!!

- Doug
October 20, 2009 10:07 AM PDT

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 Hey Payne,

I just confirmed with Brad Abrams that RIA services support for VS2010 Beta 2 will be released at the PDC which will be in Los Angeles next month. Learn more about the PDC at http://www.microsoftpdc.com.

- Doug
October 31, 2009 9:07 AM PDT


mxano		 tenk you
November 23, 2009 7:17 AM PST

manilal
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super... thank you.
November 23, 2009 9:12 AM PST

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 You're welcome guys!!!
January 12, 2010 2:34 AM PST

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 super

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