The Microsoft Device Emulator Preview 1.0 is available on Microsoft Betaplace. This is an open beta for a stand-alone version of the Device Emulator that ships with Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. The Guest ID is “MSDEVICE” (case is important—it’s all caps). This is an open Beta and we encourage you to use the emulator and provide us feedback in the Device Emulator Forum.

This preview can connect to Visual Studio 2003 and Embedded Visual C++ using Active Sync. This requires that you use start a Device Emulator and run the Device Emulator Manager, then cradle the emulator in the Manager. This will now allow you to create an ActiveSync partnership and use the emulator as you would any other device. Please note that in this case, you deploy to a device, not to the emulator within Visual Studio or eVC.

This is an English-language only beta release. We will not be shipping the beta in any other languages. See the notes on the beta site for installation isntructions and other important notes.