Final release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 now available
As noted this morning in this post on Soma's blog, the final release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 (previously codenamed Orcas) are now available for download. You can the .NET Framework 3.5 at the following locations:
- .NET Framework 3.5 web download bootstrapper - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6
- .NET Framework 3.5 full install package (x86, x64 and ia64) - https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/f/60fc5854-3cb8-4892-b6db-bd4f42510f28/dotnetfx35.exe
- Additional links for .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 - https://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/11/19/6408888.aspx
You can download various editions of Visual Studio 2008 at the following locations:
- Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729280
- Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729279
- Visual C# 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729278
- Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition - https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729281
- 90 day trial editions of other editions of Visual Studio 2008 - https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx
Here are links to some additional information about Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5:
- MSDN topic with more information about the Visual Studio 2008 product family - https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/default.aspx
- Channel9 video where Soma discusses the final release of Visual Studio 2008 - https://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=357748
<update date="11/19/2007"> Updated the list of links with a new post I created that has some additional .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 download locations that I found out after initially writing this post. </update>
<update date="11/26/2007"> Added a note that the full download package for the .NET Framework 3.5 includes ia64 in addition to x86 and x64. </update>