In this episode of 10-4, Brian Keller takes us through downloading and installing the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate. This time-compressed video will take you through all of the key things you need to know to get up and running quickly with the Release Candidate.
This video references several important URL’s. Those URL’s, as well as some other handy links for the RC, are as follows:
- Download instructions for all files in this video
- Upgrading from TFS 2010 Beta 2 to TFS 2010 RC
- Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Guide
- Compatibility hotfix for Team Explorer 2008 connecting to Team Foundation Server 2010 (beta 2 bits also work with RC)
- RC home on MSDN
- Michael Rigler on changes to the testing features
- Scott Guthrie on the release candidate (important note for Silverlight 4 developers)
- Fix for IntelliSense crashes
- Silverlight 3 and 4 Developer Runtime Fix
- Information on “Go Live” license
- MSDN Forums
- Visual Studio Connect site (report bugs / suggestions)
- Team Foundation Server 2010 Deployment Guidance
- Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit
- Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course
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