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Visual Studio and TFS 2010 Beta 2 Download and Licensing

2010 beta 2 is available for MSDN subscribers today and is to be generally available this Wednesday.

Check out the video with Brian Keller on installing beta 2 on Channel 9: 10-4 Episode 33: Downloading and Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.

A training kit is also available that appear to be very comprehensive.

There's quite a long list of downloads to pick from. Here's what I selected:

  • Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2 (x86) - DVD (English)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Premium Beta 2 (x86) - DVD (English)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Test Elements Beta 2 (x86) - CD (English)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Team Agents Beta 2 (x86) - CD (English)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2 (x86 and x64) - DVD (English)
  • .NET Framework 4 Full Beta 2 (x86 and ia64) - (English)

Lab Management install guidance for clean 2010 beta 2 install is here.

If you are upgrading from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 Beta 2 you will want to follow the procedures from Vishal Mehrotra here and from Hakan Eskici here. This will enable Test Case Management, Agile Planning Workbooks, Lab Management and Reports for team projects created in 2008.

You can also download VS2010 and .NET 4 Beta 2 walkthroughs, get some intial information on pricing and licensing , with additional clarification from Brian Harry and Buck Hodges.

I'll be sure to blog my beta 2 install experience as I did with beta 1.