New tools, official release dates for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (finally), and a new openness from Microsoft infuse this year's Tech·Ed with new developer capabilities, new power for IT administration and management, and a clear roadmap for development—making this a very good time to be a developer.
by A. Russell Jones, Executive Editor
June 8, 2005
ech·Ed 2005 in Orlando is bigger than ever, sold out well in advance, and is the harbinger of big changes and new power in the Microsoft development space.
Announcements: New…Everything
Paul Flessner, Microsoft's Senior Vice President of Server Applications, had welcome news in his keynote Tuesday: Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and a pre-release version of BizTalk 2006 will be released the week of November 7. All three are available now in some form: VS 2005 is in Beta 2 release, available to MSDN subscribers. Anyone can download the June Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2005, and Microsoft has promised to give Tech·Ed attendees the CTP of BizTalk 2006 before the end of the conference.
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ech·Ed 2005 in Orlando is bigger than ever, sold out well in advance, and is the harbinger of big changes and new power in the Microsoft development space.
