"Orcas" is the code name for the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio - "the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web" as it says here.
What's planned for "Orcas"?
So far all the content links to Brian Harry (MS)'s blog.
Want to try it early?
[Download CTP] (it's a VPC of the Visual Studio client)
This is a cross-post from my dedicated VSTS blog.
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Visual Studio 2005 clients and Team Foundation Server is scheduled to release somewhere around beginning 2007 depending on the feedback of the public beta, which is available to download (see links at the bottom of this post).
What's on the agenda for SP1?
Here's a short compilation on fixes, improvements and new features I read about for SP1:
Highlights
Note: A more comprehensive list with explanations by Brian Harry can be found here and the one by Rob Caron is located here.
Bugfixes
A list of bug fixes of SP1 can be found here.
The KB Hotfixes included in SP1 are listed at the bottom of this post.
Visual C++ developers find the list from the C++ team right here.
Team Build
As Buck Hodges (MS) says: "For Team Build users, I'll spare you the suspense and tell you that there are no meaningful changes in Team Build itself in SP1. There are changes in other parts of the system, though, that will be of some benefit."
Managed Code Analysis
A list of Managed Code Analysis fixes that made it into Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta (or will make into the RTM) can be found here.
What about compatibility to non-SP1 client/servers?
Marcel de Vries writes "you also might want to know is that the TFS SP1 is 100% compatible with non SP1 Visual Studio installations. So there is no issue in SP1 clients connecting to non SP1 servers and visa versa.". [read]
What about upgrading to SP1 RTM later?
Again, Marcel de Vries writes "you can install the beta of the service pack without worrying about the fact if you can install the RTM version later. The RTM can be installed after uninstalling the beta." [read]
Download Links
Do you know more? Feel free to leave me a comment.
This is a cross-post from my dedicated VSTS blog.
This update specifically improves performance of the following scenarios:
- Schema import (reverse engineer)
- Schema diff
- Project reload
[Download] [Announcement]
We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer, Here is the link to the download site.
This only works with the Beta 2 build. It has some cool features like Pan/Zoom Window, MSDN Help on System Types, Dongles for easy creation of associations and inhertiance lines etc. You can find the list of all the cool features enabled by the add-ins here. There is also an add-in for the Distributed System Designer (available from the same download).
Cheers,
Ramesh Rajagopal.
See here and here.
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 200