James @ MS : VS Shell

Localized VS Shell (w/ SP1) Download Links

jameslau-MS — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:05:02 GMT

Several developers have asked me whether we provide localized versions of the VS Shell. The answer is a resounding YES!

Of course, it’s a little difficult to find the download links, so I have included them below:

	Integrated Mode	Isolated Mode
English	Link	Link
Japanese	Link	Link
Korean	Link	Link
German	Link	Link
Italian	Link	Link
French	Link	Link
Traditional Chinese	Link	Link
Simplified Chinese	Link	Link
Spanish	Link	Link

Stop 5: Prague, Czech Republic

jameslau-MS — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:34:51 GMT

Our European Tour has brought us to Prague on Monday. This was the first time for me to visit Prague and I was completely blown away by the beauty of this city. I thought Paris was beautiful; Prague is even more beautiful (to me anyway)! In the afternoon,...(read more)

Stop 4: Zurich, Switzerland

jameslau-MS — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:13:13 GMT

With the help of Rolf and Susan who organized the event, Jean-Marc and I presented to a user group in Zurich yesterday evening in a 3 hour session. We were somewhat disappointed at the low attendance - we only had about 20 people. But the audience was...(read more)

Stop 3: Munich, Germany

jameslau-MS — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:16:57 GMT

We are in Deutschland now and we visited the Microsoft Technology Center at Munich yesterday. It was a very nice set of buildings, and the meeting rooms are much more impressive than building 41 back in Redmond. They have multiple projectors and multiple...(read more)

Update from Brussels

jameslau-MS — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:48:46 GMT

You may have already seen my post about out session at Brussels. Sven Cipido from Ordina has just sent me some more pictures taken during our Brussels section, so I wanted to post them here. Jean-Marc and I in Ordina's office for Vsug.be. See his...(read more)

Stop 2: Amsterdam, Netherlands

jameslau-MS — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:58:39 GMT

Bikes, lots of bikes. And trams too. Then there are also motorcycles, scooters, and cars. You better watch where you are walking while you are in Amsterdam! That was my first impression of this spectacularly amazing and energetic city! Jean-Marc and I...(read more)

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates

jameslau-MS — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:08:32 GMT

Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly important for Visual Studio extenders because they can test it and report any compatibility problems with their extensions. You can find the downloads are...(read more)

Launch event wrapping up

jameslau-MS — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:41:33 GMT

I just finished with my Chalk Talk session , and the launch event is winding down. Folks are heading over to the Launch party at 7 pm, but I will be flying home tonight. My session went well. Typically, chalk talks don't get much attendance, and I was...(read more)

HEROES happen {here}

jameslau-MS — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:35:26 GMT

I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 launch event. I feel very lucky to be able to participate in this historical event. This launch wave is the largest one ever for any developer...(read more)

DevTeach in Vancouver, BC this week

jameslau-MS — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:38:27 GMT

It's been a weird month for me. I counted that I have only been in the office for 5 days in November! I have spent 1 week in Barcelona for TechEd, 1 week of vacation, short Thanksgiving week and 1 week in Vancouver for DevTeach. We are at DevTeach in...(read more)

VS 2008 SDK and VS Shell runtimes available!

jameslau-MS — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:48:00 GMT

We are finally here! Following right on the heels of the VS 2008 release announcement yesterday, we are now announcing the availability of the VS 2008 SDK 1.0 release and the VS Shell (integrated mode) and the VS Shell (isolated mode) runtimes. It's really...(read more)

Barcelona, here we come!

jameslau-MS — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:18:00 GMT

We put on a good show last week at the VSIP Summit & Developer Conference. We had lots of attendees, lots of sessions, and lots of good food :) We are wrapping up both the VS 2008 SDK on our team, and working with the rest of the Division to wrap...(read more)

Help with creating your first environment based on VS 2008 Shell (isolated mode)

jameslau-MS — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:54:00 GMT

We know that it is a little difficult to use the VS 2008 SDK Aug. CTP to create your first environment based on the Shell. We are working to improve the development experience right now before we ship the final product before the end of this year. Right...(read more)

Upcoming VSX Events

jameslau-MS — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:20:00 GMT

I can't believe it's almost October, and our team is working on so many things right now. First, we are trying to wrap up the platform components that we own in the VS 2008 product, including the VS Shell redistributable pack pieces. It's actually a very...(read more)

VS 2008 SDK August CTP released!

jameslau-MS — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:17:00 GMT

Our team just released the VS 2008 SDK August CTP late yesterday. This is very similar to the July CTP that we posted a week ago, but with some very small, targeted bug fixes that address two of the three key issues I brought up in my previous post in...(read more)