Hello. Beta 2 is still not available. Most people are using beta 1 or an older CTP release. I think that now there's a March CTP release but I'm not sure about this. If you're a MSDN subscriber you can get VS from here [1]. If you´re not, you still can use
the express tools which are here [2]. [1] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/Default.aspx [2] http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/
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There is a February CTP out there; that's the most recent.
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"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
That would be awesome...I've been checking sites daily for news of the release of beta 2. As soon as it is released, any idea if everyone will be able to download it right away, or will an MSDN subscription be required until later? Thanks!
I was out there today and didn't see it; that was AM, and I haven't been out there since...
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"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
I assume beta 2 is released a couple of weeks before that beta-experience package (which contains a compilation of tools and information, which will take some time to put together).
"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
Just back from an Ineta meeting and was told from somone who was in a microsoft meeting 3 hours ago that beta II is now going to have a big release May 19th and nothing sooner than that. Any independent confirmation of that? I hope it's just a very bad rumor.
I was beginning to have some faith in what microsoft people were telling us.
Microsoft employees said at our .NET user group meeting that Beta2 will be out today. I would wait one week and use the link below to order a DVD, Microsoft will only charge you for the shipping only $9.20 when last I checked. This link has been available
since July 29, 2004 when the public beta was released at Tech Ed Europe. You don't need MSDN subscription to play with their products because they are required by the Goverment to provide the none compliable version of all their laguages to book publishers
for education, you only need boolean searches. Hope this helps.
Yeah..."only" charging me for shipping. haha That's a good one. What are they shipping me for $9.20, a brick? [:)] I paid it for beta 1, and I'm sure I'll pay it for beta 2...I'm just glad that they do offer us an early version.
" What are they shipping me for $9.20, a brick? " lol. This is a big leap from when all you can do is download the eval if you have the pipe. The beta 2 is not out as of late today at MSDN so this post will continue later.
I heard it will be a few days before it will get to MSDN. Maybe I'll get the CD's before it gets to MSDN. It does seem as if the bits have finally dropped. I'm hoping this version will coexist with 2003 and Asp.Net 1.1. Does anyone know if it will?
No, beta 2 is there. The problems is, since MS has so many download servers it takes time for them all to have new content pulled from the primary. What I've done is just refresh the TOC a few times to see if comes up in the tree. If that doesn't work I
usualy re-boot and check it again. It's definitely there though as I downloaded it and it's companion bits yesterday afternoon.
Hope this helps,
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Mar 22, 2005 11:58 AM|bmains|LINK
"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
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http://www.DevAndDesign.com/
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I can hardly wait! And I hope the Express Editions will be updated too.
I'll keep my eyes open! [8-)]
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Apr 04, 2005 10:44 AM|mikestu|LINK
That would be awesome...I've been checking sites daily for news of the release of beta 2. As soon as it is released, any idea if everyone will be able to download it right away, or will an MSDN subscription be required until later? Thanks!
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Apr 04, 2005 04:15 PM|bmains|LINK
"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
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Apr 05, 2005 10:26 AM|EdenMachine|LINK
This is what I got from my source at MS yesterday (4/4/05)...
"B2 has been signed off by QA so it should be released in a few days.."
http://www.DevAndDesign.com/
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Apr 06, 2005 10:44 AM|Dr.NETjes|LINK
OK! That should be any day now....
Keep track of the MSDN Subscriber Downloads on this rss-feed: http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/rss.xml
[8-)]
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Looks like we're all wrong - http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/betaexperience/
The Beta Experience will be available in your region from the 25th of April.
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Apr 08, 2005 07:04 AM|Dr.NETjes|LINK
I assume beta 2 is released a couple of weeks before that beta-experience package (which contains a compilation of tools and information, which will take some time to put together).
According to Scott Guthrie, beta 2 is about ready to be code-signed and shipped: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/04/06/397318.aspx#397441
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Apr 11, 2005 09:32 AM|Dr.NETjes|LINK
For people who are interested in this topic, there's a simular discussion on the MSDN forums (where a lot of MSFT employees can be found): http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=155
Quote by Ajay Sudan (MSFT) on april 10th:
"Expect to see Beta 2 released on MSDN and available for ordering very, very, very soon..."
Now I wonder what 'very, very, very soon' means. Do I still got time to take another cup of coffee in the meantime? ... [:D]
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Apr 12, 2005 03:57 PM|bmains|LINK
No new news on this today?
"Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires" (Psalm 37: 3-4).
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Apr 12, 2005 04:15 PM|Curelom|LINK
It's like Christmas, only you don't know which day Christmas is coming.[8-)]
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Apr 12, 2005 05:12 PM|snorrk2|LINK
I've already added a shortcut to MSDN Subscriber Downloads on my QuickLink bar - don't want to waste valueable seconds typing in addresses and such.
Now all I need is something to download..
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Apr 14, 2005 04:30 AM|Dr.NETjes|LINK
On 4/13/2005 Scott Guthrie (who runs the ASP.NET, IIS and VWD2005 teams) wrote:
"We are almost there -- stay tuned.
Thanks,
Scott"
Source: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/04/06/397318.aspx#400090
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As Willie Wonka said:
"The suspense is killing me. I hope it lasts"
[:D]
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Re: where can I get beta 2? May 19th!!! (march 79th)
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Apr 15, 2005 08:34 AM|Dr.NETjes|LINK
Looks like the Beta 2 build is currently being prepped to go live on MSDN subscriber downloads (available begin of next week):
http://blogs.msdn.com/bowerm/archive/2005/04/15/408450.aspx
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Apr 15, 2005 11:19 AM|Caddre|LINK
Microsoft employees said at our .NET user group meeting that Beta2 will be out today. I would wait one week and use the link below to order a DVD, Microsoft will only charge you for the shipping only $9.20 when last I checked. This link has been available since July 29, 2004 when the public beta was released at Tech Ed Europe. You don't need MSDN subscription to play with their products because they are required by the Goverment to provide the none compliable version of all their laguages to book publishers for education, you only need boolean searches. Hope this helps.
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/order/default.aspx
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Yeah..."only" charging me for shipping. haha That's a good one. What are they shipping me for $9.20, a brick? [:)] I paid it for beta 1, and I'm sure I'll pay it for beta 2...I'm just glad that they do offer us an early version.
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I heard it will be a few days before it will get to MSDN. Maybe I'll get the CD's before it gets to MSDN. It does seem as if the bits have finally dropped. I'm hoping this version will coexist with 2003 and Asp.Net 1.1. Does anyone know if it will?
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I am a Universal subscriber and still don't see it.
Did they pull it out?
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Apr 17, 2005 04:53 AM|ByReckon|LINK
Hello,
for those that we live in Europe and don't have a MSDN Subscription, to order the cd we have to wait until April 25th.
This is what the Beta Xperience is saying today: "Only 8 days before the Beta Experience starts..."
Anxious to get Beta 2.
Best regards.
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Apr 17, 2005 08:49 AM|markfitzme|LINK
No, beta 2 is there. The problems is, since MS has so many download servers it takes time for them all to have new content pulled from the primary. What I've done is just refresh the TOC a few times to see if comes up in the tree. If that doesn't work I usualy re-boot and check it again. It's definitely there though as I downloaded it and it's companion bits yesterday afternoon.
Hope this helps,
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