Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is live!

The Beta release of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is live and available for download!  For users of Team Foundation Server, there are 2 downloads:

• Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Beta)
• Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 (Beta)

The first download should be applied to machines with Visual Studio and/or Team Explorer.  The second download is for the TFS server components (App Tier, Team Build, Proxy).  You do not need to install the service pack on the Data Tier machine - installing from the App tier will also upgrade the Data Tier.

Of course, we hope your upgrade process to be smooth and trouble-free.  However, if you run into any problems, you can report bugs through the Connect site.  For general Q&A, you can post questions on the MSDN forums.  Please note, if you're reporting a bug, the Connect site is your best option since those issues appear in our bug database automatically.  You might not get as quick a turn-around if you post about bugs in the forums.  Also, please remember to include details about your configuration when reporting any problems.

In addition to a bunch of bug fixes in the service pack, Brian Harry recently blogged about all the new features we've incorporated into SP1.  You can read his description here. 

Enjoy!

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 12, 2008
  PingBack from http://explorer.wawblog.info/?p=10540

• Anonymous
  May 13, 2008
  Does the sp have to be installed on both the server and the client or can I just install the client portion? The features would be  nice as a developer but I am not responsible for the Team Server installation.

• Anonymous
  May 14, 2008
  Aaron Hallberg on Orcas SP1 TFS Build Changes, Part 2. Brian Harry on May '08 DevDiv TFS Dogfood Statistics....

• Anonymous
  May 27, 2008
  Lefty44, you can install the SP on the client only.  You may notice some new features that aren't enabled until it has been applied to the server though.  The only exception here is the case where you might have the client and server on the same machine - in that case, you have to apply the SP to both.

• Anonymous
  June 09, 2008
  Are there any features in the SP1 that make database projects deployments more streamlined? The way it is right now, the scripts created during build cannot be applied on any other database other then the one used during the build.