VPC Images with Visual Studio 2010 RC and TFS 2010 RC available
Microsoft has released some new Virtual PC images (.VHD), pre-configured with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Release Candidate and Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate. These are designed to provide an easy way to evaluate, test and learn the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 product family without having it to install on your own machine.
New features included in the Release Candidate version of Team Foundation Server 2010 are:
| Work item hierarchy and linking | Change-tracking across branches | Simplified Setup |
| Improved Agile template | Version Control Rollback | Scale out of Web and data tiers |
| MOSS & WSS Dashboards | Build queuing and pooling | Admin console |
| Simplified reporting | Gated check-in | Project move/archive/restore |
A set of hands-on-labs and demo scripts are also available to provide a guided experience through many of the new application lifecycle management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010. The operating system and programs installed were patched with all updates as of March 18, 2010. This virtual machine will stop working on June 30, 2010, when the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate expires.
Download the Virtual PC image with Visual Studio 2010 RC and TFS 2010 RC. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 can be downloaded here.
Click here for more info on the Visual Studio 2010 family.
