I am pleased to announce that following right on the heels of Visual Studio 2008 release on Monday, we have just released Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 yesterday afternoon! The download can be found on Microsoft Download Center here.

Aside from being the official SDK that targets VS 2008, the key features in the VS 2008 SDK include:

  • Visual Studio Shell development support
  • Enhancements in Domain-specific Language tools
  • New VB support for Visual Studio Package development and testing
  • Code samples and documentation covering toolbox controls integration, general IDE integration, Domain-specific Languages (DSL), Team Foundation Server extensibility, Data Designers extensibility , and other areas
  • Support for RANU in Windows Vista.

In addition, we have also posted the following:

These downloads enable customers to freely deploy either a customized or non-customized version of the Visual Studio IDE along with their tools.