VSTS December CTP Now Available on MSDN
Visual Studio 2005 CTP - December 2004 - DVD (English) is now propagating to the MSDN Subscriber Downloads servers.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/
Here are some visual guides for installing:
Two-Computer Install (including Domain Controller)
Three-Computer Install (plus Domain Controller)
- Anonymous
December 22, 2004
Is there any other way of getting this? I got a note saying that the Nov. CTP was going to be sent to me as a beta tester and now you have the Dec available to MSDN people...
You guys should really post these online for the beta testers too. - Anonymous
December 22, 2004
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/default.aspx
still says:
Coming Soon: December Community Technology Preview
:-) - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
I like the guides. SQL server december CTP and VS december CTP are(n't) compatible with each other? - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
Where is the SQL install that the Team Server install readme references? - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
Aaron - You'll need to download SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 from MSDN Subscriber Downloads, too. This is not included in the Dec CTP DVD image.
Denny - We're working to get the pages on MSDN updated. Things take a little longer around the Holidays.
Joku - For this CTP release, we require SQL Server 2005 Beta 2. We haven't done any testing using any of the CTP releases of SQL Server 2005. - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
December Visual Studio 2005 CTP: The Perfect Gift for that Special Someone! - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
Anybody else having problems reading from the DVD image?
http://deadpukka.blogspot.com/2004/12/hmm-bad-dvd-image-for-vsts.html - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
As noted for the last release (http://blogs.msdn.com/askburton/archive/2004/09/01/224471.aspx):
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 supports DVD images up to 2.2 GB in size, but the .ISO image for this release is 3.39 GB. If you want to try installing this release using virtual machines, you'll need to burn a DVD, or use software like Microsoft Virtual CD Control Panel 2.1 on the host computer and then use that drive from the virtual machine. - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
Forgot to add - Virtual Server 2005 has the same limitation. - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
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December 23, 2004
In response to James Hancock's question above...
We distribute all Visual Studio CTPs on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. We wish we could distribute CTPs on Microsoft Downloads, but the file size is prohibitive for that infrastructure. MSDN Subscriber Downloads is optimized for large (several GBs) downloads and requires the File Transfer Manager. Microsoft Downloads is optimized for files in the MBs range and uses simple HTTP file transfer. If you received a copy of the November CTP in the mail, you'll also receive a copy of the December CTP. - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
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December 23, 2004
Can you please point me to the location where I can download the dec ctp? I can't find it in my msdn universal subscription. Which folder?
thanks - Anonymous
December 23, 2004
You can find the download at https://msdn.one.microsoft.com/Subscriber/1033/Default.asp under Developer Tools / Visual Studio 2005 / Visual Studio 2005 Community Technology Preview DVD Builds - Anonymous
December 24, 2004
Is the CTP version that was put up on the 21st (then pulled) the exact same version as the one put up on the 23rd? - Anonymous
December 24, 2004
I received e-mail from someone about a posting that showed up early. I have no idea if those were same bits or not. - Anonymous
December 24, 2004
I'm not asking you to put it on www.microsoft.com/downloads/
I'm asking you to put it on beta.microsoft.com so that the beta testers can get it in a reasonable time frame. I mean real beta testers here.
I STILL haven't received my november ctp, little own my Dec ctp.
The beta site is designed to download this size of image, so it shouldn't be a problem, and you'd be limiting it to the real beta testers that should be using it to test on. This just makes sense.... - Anonymous
December 25, 2004
I tried all CTPs (October and November) with SQL Server 2005 CTP October 32 bit Developer Edition(I belive it's beta 3) and did not work at all. Any ideas? - Anonymous
December 25, 2004
I've used WinRar (http://www.win-rar.com/index.php) in the past to unpack the images. Then share the folder with the Virtual PC image and install. Go grap a cup of coffee while you're waiting though... :) - Anonymous
December 26, 2004
James - I'll pass along your feedback re: beta.microsoft.com.
Priyank - As per the most recent Installation Guide, you must use SQL Server 2005 Beta 2.
GuyIncognito - Good tip. Thanks! - Anonymous
December 26, 2004
I haven't attempted an install yet (I gave up on the first one that was released).. but looking at those two diagrams, I want to kiss whoever made and published them.
My documentation of my own systems is not very good, so I'm not perfect here.. but relying on MS's written instructions is sometimes an exercise in futility. - Anonymous
December 26, 2004
I'm guilty on both charges - I wrote the docs and created the diagrams. Any feedback you have on improving either, please contact me: http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/contact.aspx - Anonymous
December 27, 2004
Thanks about beta.microsoft.com!!! I'm dying to try the Dec CTP considering that it's well into your big push for B2 and thus should be MUCH more stable than the Nov CTP that came before the big zero bug push :) - Anonymous
January 04, 2005
<p>I've installed the <a href=http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2004/12/23/331114.aspx">December CTP of Visual Studio 2005</a> and have run into what
I consider to be a bug in the <code>BindingList<T></code> class. Aside from having moved - Anonymous
January 05, 2005
Me too... doesn't work right with most business objects right now because it throws a binding error.
I've been told that it will be fixed for the offical B2 release. - Anonymous
June 04, 2008
The December CTP made it out during the Month of December. It is of the VSTS bits and you can read more about it