ANNOUNCEMENT: Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 first public CTP

SCOOPED: liveside guys wrote a post before I could get one out :)

REBUTTAL: 

• (deck just presented @ TechEd EMEA)
• COMING SOON: my screencast recording coming to you via Skydrive (part 1 & part 2)

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Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio

Windows Live™ Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® are a set of control add-ins to make incorporating Windows Live services into your Web application easier with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008.

Download the Community Technical Preview of  Windows Live Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Now

The four controls included in this CTP release are:

• Contacts Control
• IDLogin Control
• IDLoginView Control
• SilverlightStreamingMedia Control

Requirements for Using Windows Live Tools

This CTP release only targets English (United States).

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows XP SP 2
• Microsoft Windows Vista

Development Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
• Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Beta 2 Express Edition

ASP.NET

• Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax 1.0
• Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (July 2007)

Shout outs!

• Koji & Vikas (PMs)
• Douglas Handler (product manager of Visual Web Developer)
• Clarity Consulting
• other testers around the place