It's not all about MIX/Silverlight

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So much else is also going on.

 

Longhorn Beta 3 with IIS 7 and PowerShell has shipped (importantly with a go-live licence)

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/default.mspx (product page)

https://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=79 (IIS 7 go-live)

 

Visual Studio 'Orchas' Beta 1 is out in the wild (with LINQ, New Web Design Surface, ASP .NET Ajax, ...) it's a very significant release, we can't wait to get out there and show you some of the great new stuff.

https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx (download)

https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx (summary of features)

 

But don't get the wrong idea form my post - Silverlight _is_ a big deal - so view the ScottG (Channel9) video to get the low down - it's only 36 mins long...