Developer Virtual Labs
This is a good list of links for developer virtual labs (which let you try the software in a remotely hosted virtual machine) we have these sort of labs hosted at TechEd and are regularly asked how to get access to them:
- ASP.NET 2.0
- ASP.NET
- BizTalk Server
- Commerce Server
- Connected Systems
- Data Access and Storage
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
- JPlusN (J+N)
- Microsoft Expression
- .NET Framework 3.0
- Office
- Security
- Smart Client
- Soup to Nuts
- SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2005 Upgrade
- TechNet Virtual Labs
- Visual Basic
- Visual C#
- Visual C++
- Visual J#
- Visual SourceSafe
- Visual Studio .NET 2003
- Visual Studio 2005
- Visual Studio Team System
- Web Services
- Windows Embedded CE 6.0
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP Embedded
Here is a list of 'How To' videos as well:
- ASP.Net videos
- ASP.Net AJAX videos
- Devices videos
- Expression videos
- Extensibility videos
- Office/VSTO videos
- Silverlight videos
- Visual Basic videos
- VSTS videos
- Windows Forms videos
- WPF videos
Both these links were taken from Soma's blog which is great for announcements on tools releases!