http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/tags/VS2005/default.aspxTags: VS2005en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2007/11/20/vs2005-support-for-sql-2008-ctp5.aspxWed, 21 Nov 2007 02:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6446851DotNetInterop1http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/comments/6446851.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6446851<FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> <P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Visual Studio 2005 Support for SQL Server 2008 CTP is now publicly available.</SPAN></B></P> <P>Download Center links:</P> <UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc> <LI><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bf4c5ca-b905-4ebc-8901-1d4c1d1da884&amp;displaylang=en" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bf4c5ca-b905-4ebc-8901-1d4c1d1da884&amp;displaylang=en">SQL Server 2008 CTP, November 2007</A>&nbsp;- this is the "Community Tech Preview" (CTP5) of SQL 2008. </LI> <LI><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e1109aef-1aa2-408d-aa0f-9df094f993bf&amp;displaylang=en" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e1109aef-1aa2-408d-aa0f-9df094f993bf&amp;displaylang=en">Visual Studio 2005 Support for SQL Server 2008, CTP</A>&nbsp; - this is the patch you can apply to Visual Studio 2005, to allow it to connect to the SQL 2008 CTP5. </LI></UL> <P>The&nbsp;Microsoft team is now working on a similar patch for VS 2008.&nbsp; Stay tuned!</P></SPAN></FONT><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6446851" width="1" height="1">Not Really InteropVS2005SQLhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2007/01/03/upgrading-from-vs2005-trial-to-a-real-license-without-re-installation.aspxThu, 04 Jan 2007 02:31:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1407534DotNetInterop3http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/comments/1407534.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1407534<FONT face=Calibri size=3> <P>Is there a way to upgrade an installation of a time limited trial of Visual Studio 2005 to a full license?&nbsp; Without reinstallation?</P> <P><FONT color=#1f497d>Yes, just run Control Panel -&gt; Add/Remove Programs -&gt; Change. One of the options is to convert from trial to retail.&nbsp; Enter a product key and you'll have the fully-licensed product.</FONT></P> <P>(from <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel">brian keller</A>)</P></FONT><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1407534" width="1" height="1">VS2005