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Visual Studio "Orcas" and .NET FX 3.5 Beta1 shipped!

Today we signed off on the Beta 1 release for Visual Studio “Orcas” and .NET FX 3.5.

I am very proud of what my team has accomplished and want to take this opportunity to thank them for the great work they have done – in terms of innovation, new scenarios that we are enabling through a set of rich features and a high focus on quality through the project. Between support for the latest platforms including Windows Vista, Office 2007, Longhorn Server and the Web, significant improvements in developer productivity and taking the next step forward in our Application Lifecycle Tools journey with VSTS and TFS, I know we have got an awesome product in the making.

The VS Pro and VSTS products are at Beta1. As part of this we are also putting out CTPs (Community Technology Previews) of the Express SKUs as this is the first time that we are making Express products for “Orcas” available to our customers.

To date, we have seen over a quarter of a million downloads of the various Orcas CTPs which is a testimony to both your excitement for this product and effective feedback we are consistently receiving from you all. This is really ensuring to help us build the right product for you and our many customers.

Orcas Beta 1 bits for the various different product SKUs will be available at the MSDN Visual Studio Futures site over the next day or so. The team and I are looking forward to hearing your feedback on Beta1.

Namaste!

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  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    As noted on Soma's blog here , you can now download Beta 1 of Visual Studio "Orcas." This has the new

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    As noted on Soma's blog here , you can now download Beta 1 of Visual Studio "Orcas." This has the new

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    As noted on Soma's blog here , you can now download Beta 1 of Visual Studio "Orcas." This has the new

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    L'annonce est toute fraîche et provient de Soma Somasegar: http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/04/19/visual-studio-orcas-and-net-fx-3-5-beta1-shipped.aspx

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Microsoft DevDiv VP "Soma" Somasegar just announced that the team signed off on the bits for VS "Orcas"

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Microsoft DevDiv VP "Soma" Somasegar just announced that the team signed off on the bits for VS "Orcas"

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    The web site says that it's available on MSDN subscribers downloads, but only the old CTP is showing up currently.  Am I missing something?

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    The Visual Studio team has signed off on Beta 1 of Visual Studio codename "Orcas". Somasegar has the

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Hey folks, time to burn up the bandwidth! Soma has announced the release of Beta 1 of the forthcoming

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Microsoft VP (Soma) Somasegar announced today on his blog the availability of Visual Studio Code Name

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    There must be some great refactoring of the Orcas code base, all 8 parts of the Orcas Beta 1 VPC are tagged as 1kb each at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=36B6609E-6F3D-40F4-8C7D-AD111679D8DC&displaylang=en

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Peter: Actually, MS Research has developed a way to encode arbitrarily sized programs as a single number.  Orcas just happens to be a number 64 kilobits long.  We're considering renaming the next VS as Visual OM Navel-Diving Edition. ;)

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Available to MSDN subscribers and coming online to Microsoft.com/downloads shortly. Soma Somasegar (the

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Today, Soma annouced that they have just shipped Beta 1 of Orcas! The home page for this drop is...

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    S. Somasegar, Microsoft Corporate VP in the Developer Division, just announced that Visual Studio "Orcas"

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    See Soma's blog for the details, and the MSDN Visual Studio Futures site for the bits to download. Orcas

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    In exciting news, Microsoft have shipped Visual Studio codenamed "Orcas" Beta 1. You can download the

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Somasegar's WebLog : Visual Studio &quot...

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Soma has announced that Microsoft has announced that Orcas beta 1 has been signed off. Unfortunately

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Woohoo! Its official , we finally got Orcas Beta1 out the door! We’re very excited to get this release

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    S.Somasegar,MicrosoftCorporateVPintheDeveloperDivision,justannouncedthat

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    根据微软主管产品开发的VP Somasegar的博客,微软发布了代号名为Orcas的下一代Visual Studio的第一个Beta,同时提供ISO和VPC下载版本。他在Channel 9的采访中对此发布和将来做了详细的讨论:

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Just in case you haven't seen the announcement somewhere else... Soma has all the details here . -Mar

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    In response to Peter Richie's comment: To make a long story short, we have to do some workarounds at times to push through large files in the system. In this case, we had to put 1k placeholder files in our download publishing tool, which makes the system think that's how big the download is despite the fact that each of these files are about 700 MB.

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Somasegar's WebLog : Visual Studio "Orcas" and .NET FX 3.5 Beta1 shipped! Visual Studio 2005의 차기버젼인 코드명

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Wooo I getting it right away :d

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    C'est annoncé sur le blog de Soma Somasegar . Les éditions "Pro" et "Team Suite" sont donc dès à présent

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Good to hear the news of beta availability of one of the most awaited software in dot net

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Soma brings us good news , as usual. Orcas beta 1 is available for download . For now the bits are available

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Wow -- it is great to be done with Orcas Beta1 ... I can't wait to see what the feedback is like... As

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Oooh - now I'm going to have to drive to the office so I can get this quickly... Hopefully in time to

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Check out Soma's blog entry for some background details. Visit the Futures Site for the links. If you

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    New features are nice and welcome, but what i really really would like to see is that vs.net does not consume SOO much memory and performance. e.g.

  • open a .xml (or .xaml) file->takes ages
  • use the wizard to create a new (wpf) application ->takes up almost 1 minute taking 90% cpu and when it has finally created the project it consumes 167MB memory and 139MB virtual ram (Note that this on an average 3Ghz pc with 2GB RAM installed running XP SP2)
  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Somasegar on Visual Studio "Orcas" and .NET FX 3.5 Beta1 shipped! Mary Jo Foley on Microsoft Visual Studio...

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Will there be a new version for the Express versions?

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Buenas Interesante noticia que una vez más, llega por 20 canales diferentes , aunque más interesante

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Buenas Interesante noticia que una vez más, llega por 20 canales diferentes , aunque más interesante

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Buenas Interesante noticia que una vez más, llega por 20 canales diferentes , aunque más interesante

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    And, BTW, is the Express CTP based on the same codebase as the Beta1 Orcas codebase or the earlier CTP?

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Nice to hear it.. I intend to try remapping my application onto LINQ to SQL to see where I can break it..!

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Hi Yuvi, The Express CTP is based on the same codebase as the Beta1 Orcas code-base.   -somasegar

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    Here is the announcement from Soma . This provides a good backdrop for me to update my personal status.

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    If you're looking for the ISO images, they're now up on MSDN Subscriber Downloads (Team Suite ISO should be there very soon) and they should also appear as self-extracting, multi-volumes downloads on Microsoft Downloads later today as well.

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    I am sorry if this is a naive question,anyways here goes "Is Orcas Base Image required for Orcas Express Edition to run?"

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    I'm pleased to let you all know that Microsoft released the first beta version of the next version of

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    As Soma announced yesterday the first beta is available for Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    As Soma announced yesterday the first beta is available for Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    As S. Somasegar announced , Orcas Beta 1 is ready to ship and will be generally available for download

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2007
    The profession beta1 ISO is 5.x Gb - how does one burn this to a 4.7Gb DVD ?

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Has DLinq been updated? Where is update information?

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Hi Steve, In Orcas Beta 1, LINQ to SQL (previous name DLinq) has enhanced the functionality from the May 2006 LINQ CTP. You can find it in System.Data.Linq namespace in System.Data.Linq.dll. New in this release is that DataContext provides optimized modes for read-only use and serialization . Also new is that DataShape streamlines eager loading capabilities and adds the ability to set queries on relationships.   Some of this functionality existing in the March 2007 CTP of Orcas, but Beta 1 offers more stability and better integration across the product.  There is a short video describing this functionality at: http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2007/03/05/march-ctp-samples-overview-video.aspx In addition to the LINQ to SQL updates, we now have IDE support for LINQ features (Intellisense, formatting, quick info/parameter help).   You can subscribe to Charlie Calvert's RSS feed off the C# dev center (http://csharp.net) to get looped in more team content around the beta. Thanks! Raj (C# Group Program Manager)

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Thank you. Matt Warren spoke on the topic of disconnected objects here http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1179601&SiteID=1 "There is an upcoming feature that automatically databinds LINQ to SQL objects directly to webforms that use these API's to communicate changes back into the DataContext.  There is also a technology in the works that automatically serializes LINQ to SQL objects to other tiers, change tracks and data binds the objects for you on that tier and serializes the objects back, solving the cyclic reference serialization problem and the indescribable schema problem for objects with change sets; which seems to match what many of you are describing. " I'm wondering if this made the beta 1  ? Thanks again

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Hey Soma, Sorry for annoying you as ever! Just asking if you know when the self extract media will be available for all? I hope the noise I made on March CTP has nothing to do with the delay :D Speaking of March CTP, is there anything we need to know regarding uninstalling it ? Any tip/trick or even a gotcha ? Thank you very much,

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Hi Steve, The two features that Matt referred to are not in Beta 1.  We'll let everyone know when these make it into a drop. You can also keep an eye out on Scott Guthrie's blog at http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu -- his team is working on the LINQDataSource control that will make it easier to integrate with Web UI.   Raj

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    Thanks again for your response. I hope the next release has the second part of Matt's quote.   I don't work in 2-tier environment very often in the real world, so I find that part a requirement.   (I want to use DLinq with a SmartClient that calls WebServices).  I require the object to be passed through my services layer - as my UI knows nothing about the database and never touches it directly. Thanks again.

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2007
    微軟副總, Somasegar 已經在他的部落格正式宣布下一代Visual Studio開發工具, 代號 "Orcas", 英文版的 Beta1 已經推出. MSDN 訂戶可以搶先 下載 囉! 不過 Beta1

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2007
    Microsoft released beta version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Code Named "Orcas" and .NET 3.5 on April

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2007
    As some of you may have noticed Visual Studio 9 Codename "Orcas" Beta 1 is out in professional and express editions. Naturally being the type that lives on the edge I have been playing aroun ...

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2007
    Today Microsoft signed off on the Beta 1 release for Visual Studio “Orcas” and .NET FX 3.5....

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2007
    Hi Ganesh, the Express SKUs do not require a base image since there are no VPCs available for Express.  Base images are only required of the VSTS SKUs in the VPC scenarios.   Did you mean something else?  

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2007
    19th of April we shipped Visual Studio Orcas Beta1. See Soma's blog entry : . Downloads are here . This

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2007
    Are the ISO files for VS Orcas PRO Beta 1 supposed to be available for MSDN Professionnal subscribers? TIA dm

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2007
    I am keeping trying to download Orcas Express CTP but i have not been succeed. Becuase I got this following issued. Reestablishing the connection with server (attemp 5/5) any help please. Thanks in anticipation.

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2007
    I am keep trying to download Orcas Express CTP but i have not been succeed. Becuase I got this following issued. Reestablishing the connection with server (attemp 5/5) any help please. Thanks in anticipation.

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2007
    Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that we shipped Visual Studio Orcas Beta1

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2007
    Hi Mubarak, could you please share more info, to help us determine the cause of the failure to download, with Karen Albrecht (Kal@microsoft.com)? Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    April 25, 2007
    As described in this post on S. Somasegar's blog and in other places, Visual Studio codename Orcas beta

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2007
    I am unable to use the Virtual PC image of Orcas. After downloading and unpacking, I start up the image, and get this error: "The parent virtual hard disk has been deleted or moved from its previous location. Please select the new location of the parent virtual hard disk. E:VPCTimeBombedBaseBase01.vhd" HELP! This is frustrating after downloading 5+ GB, and unpacking the 12GB image. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2007
    Hi Adam - I apologize that we have many VPC steps and it sounds like one (step 9 I believe) you might have missed.  Specifically it says that after you download and start to install the image, you will be prompted for the location of the base image.  At this time you should point to the Base01.vhd that you extracted earlier and click OK. If you still have troubles please email me directly at cscott@microsoft.com

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2007
    Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 and .NET Framework 3.1 released back on April 19 th and you can read about

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2007
    Last week you saw Soma's announcement about Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 shipping. I'm pleased to announce

  • Anonymous
    April 28, 2007
    Couldn't this blog software be fixed not to show up duplicate comments. It is annoying to see such a UX on a senior VP's blog.

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2007
    L'une des principales innovations de Visual Studio Orcas est le support de l'IntelliSense pour JavaScript.

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2007
    Visual Studio code name Oracas[Beta 1] Released Microsoft released the beta 1 version of its next version

  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2007
    WOOHOO!!! .NET Framework 3.5 Beta1 has been released. Other related blogs: JasonZ's blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive/2007/04/27/net-framework-3-5-beta-1-redist-released.aspx

  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2007
    As you are aware Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta1 just released few days back. Here's Soma's blog http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/04/19/visual-studio-orcas-and-net-fx-3-5-beta1-shipped.aspx

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2007
    Încă puțin și devin de referință în 2.0 :o) Până atunci, să capitalizez - introduc 180 de secunde de

  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2007
    See Soma's post at http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/04/19/visual-studio-orcas-and-net-fx-3-5-beta1-shipped.asp

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2007
    The main feature of the System.TimeZoneInfo class (previously named System.TimeZone2 in CTPs prior to

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2007
    System.TimeZoneInfo (currently available as part of .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1 ) contains methods for

  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2007
    One thing we haven't publicized much on this blog yet is a new date time structure we've added

  • Anonymous
    July 19, 2007
    微軟副總, Somasegar 已經在他的部落格正式宣布下一代Visual Studio開發工具, 代號 "Orcas", 英文版的 Beta1 已經推出. MSDN 訂戶可以搶先

  • Anonymous
    February 24, 2008
    Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that we shipped Visual Studio Orcas

  • Anonymous
    April 03, 2008
    One thing we haven't publicized much on this blog yet is a new date time structure we've added in .NET

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