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Found this post on The Graphic Design Blog over the weekend with links to a lot of great info:

Well it took me a lot longer than I had originally expected but I was able to track down the original links to more than thirty PDF documents that I have collected over the past couple of years. I have personally archived every one of these files due to the high quality of content. No matter what you call them; ebook, white paper, or resource they all contain information that no designer should go without. (In actuality there are more than 30 files however it was a good round number for the title…)

30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should Download :: Positive Space :: The Graphic Design Blog

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Okay, another update (v1.04) to the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison is now available. In this revision, I updated the Code Quality Tools section to better reflect the testing features that are now available in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, as well as some error corrections. I'm hoping this will be the last update for a bit; however, I appreciate any bug reports. 

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I just published v1.03 of the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison with a minor update. I overlooked the Database Publishing Wizard in Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition and above. In Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, it's accessed by right-clicking a database in Database Explorer. In Standard Edition and above, it's over in Server Explorer. And to make it harder, in the both places we call it "Publish to provider" when you right-click the database to publish.

Anyway, here's the extent of revisions in v1.03:

And of course:

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The first major revision of the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide is live.

Here's where you can find it: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison.

Here are some downloadable versions (DOCX/XPS/PDF): Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison downloads.

This is version 1.02 (version number now included on Web page and in downloads). Here is a version with revision history included if you have an earlier version and want to know what changed: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison v1.02 Revisions.

Thanks to Jean-Luc David for being online late and willing to help with publication, and thanks to Dan Fernandez for finding many of the errors fixed in this release.

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See: Updated: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison 

I just finished working on a very comprehensive product comparison of the Visual Studio 2008 product line. It only covers the IDE products, which means it doesn't include stuff like Team Foundation Server or Test Load Agent.

It covers:

• Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
• Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
• Visual C# 2008 Express Edition
• Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
• Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition
• Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture Edition
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition
• Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite

Since I'm only human and this thing is massive, I'm sure there may be a mistake or two. If you spot anything that is in error (actually validated, not speculated), please let me know. I'm also in the process of publishing a downloadable document version of the entire chart.

Here's where you can find it: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison.

Update: Here are some downloadable versions (DOCX/XPS/PDF): Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison downloads.

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The final release of Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server is now available for download from CodePlex! I'm really, really excited about this guide. Any team that is adopting Team Foundation Server (or is wisely considering to do so) should read this guide. Enjoy.

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The August CTP is now available for Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario." For those who skidded right on past the instructions on the download page, here they are again:

To install, follow these instructions in the exact order shown.

1. Download and install Virtual PC 2004 SP1 (or Virtual Server 2005 R2 or Virtual PC 2007).
2. Download the Base image (one-time only): Save the self-extracting base image VSCTPBase.exe and extract to a folder on your computer.
3. Click the Download button on this page to download all parts of the Visual Studio code name Rosario August 2007 CTP. The first part is a self-extracting EXE and will prompt for the other parts.
4. Click on the self extracting Aug2007RosarioCTP_TFSVSTS_9PartsTotal.part01.exe to extract two files (Aug2007RosarioCTP_TFSVSTS.vhd and Aug2007RosarioCTP_TFSVSTS.vmc ) to the same folder as the base. You will need to read and accept the EULA before extraction proceeds.
5. Launch the Virtual PC Console using Start|Programs|Microsoft Virtual PC.
6. Click the New button to launch the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”.
7. Navigate to the Options page and select "Add An existing Virtual Machine" radio button.
8. Click the Browse button and navigate to the location you extracted the files to and select the Aug2007RosarioCTP_TFSVSTS.vmc image.
9. You will be prompted for the location of the base image and you should point to the Base01.vhd that you extracted earlier and click OK.
10. Clear the “When I finish, open settings” checkbox and click OK.
11. Select the new image entry, Aug2007RosarioCTP_TFSVSTS, and click Start.
12. To logon to the machine, click on Action Menu (Shortcut: Right Alt+Del) on the VPC console and use the credentials above. Note: Three user accounts have been created for Team Foundation Server. (Please refer to the the installation guide mentioned above, TFSInstall.chm, under User Accounts Required for Team Foundation Server Setup section for more details.)

• Username: TFSSETUP, password: tfssetup
• Username: TFSSERVICE, password: tfsservice
• Username: TFSREPORT, password: tfsreport

Be sure to go grab the white paper and prerelease documentation, too.

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