The Beta 2 version of Visual Studio 2005 can now be downloaded by MSDN Subscribers.
In the section "Developer Tools > Visual Studio 2005 > Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2" you will find the following images:
Visual SourceSafe 2005 Beta 2 (English, 172.97 MB)
Visual Studio 2005 Standard Beta 2 (English, 2.85 GB)
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition Test Load Agent Beta 2 (English, 144.75 MB)
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 (English, 273.15 MB)
Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 (English, 3.75 GB)
Important Note: Extracting the image files (*.ISO) with the most recent version of IsoBuster (1.7) works fine. Certain tools (like WinRAR) make the setup abort with a failure.
> MSDN Subscriber Downloads
> Go-Live License for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
Announcements
> [ScottGu's Blog] Whidbey Beta2 Sign-Off (build #50215.45)
> [Scott Wiltamuth's C# blog] Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2!
> [ScottGu's Blog] Whidbey Beta2 Go-Live License Now Live
> [release_team's WebLog] Whidbey Beta 2 Product Metrics/Release Criteria sign-off!
> [release_team's WebLog] Whidbey Beta 2 “Broad Go-Live”
> [Somasegar's WebLog] Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey) Beta 2 ships!