Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 Shipped!
The wait is over. Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 32-bit and 64-bit editions have just been signed off and Released To Manufacturing (RTM). Later today, you will be able to download .NET Frameworks 2.0 from www.microsoft.com/downloads and MSDN subscribers will be able to download Visual Studio 2005 from the MSDN Subscriber download site.
This truly is a momentous occasion. VS2005 is the core of our next-generation development and design tools and provides the foundation for many of the amazing new facilities we've been announcing for the last few months including Team System, Expression and others.
Also, other product groups with impending releases, including SQL Server 2005, that have dependencies on VisualStudio 2005 and/or .NET Frameworks 2.0 are now unblocked to execute their end-game and meet their RTM commitments.
For those of us building elements of the next-generation Windows Vista and WinFX platforms (Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation), this is also an extremely exciting time as we're now able to gain a more stable footing on top of .NET Frameworks 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 as we edge towards completion, driving quality, security, stability and performance deep into these products.
This is a very, very important key indicator that all the hard work and commitments we've been making over the last 2-3 years are on-track and that we're executing to plan. We're now redoubling our focus and determination to ensure that we ship the most amazing raft of new products over the next 12-24 months that revolutionize the way we and you build applications.
Congratulations to Developer Division - you're delivered the foundation of our futures.
