Visual Studio 2005 SP1 is available.

An year after the RTM of Visual Studio 2005 the next milestone patch Service Pack1 [SP1] for VS 2005 has been released. But still for developers using Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista, Microsoft is in current development on an update to Service Pack 1 called the ‘Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Vista Refresh Beta’. The Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista is expected to ship after the consumer availability of Windows Vista in Q1 of 2007 and is now available in beta.

Quick links to obtain the Service pack for different Suites.[Team Foundation Server ,Express and Professional]

• Express Edition Service Packs
• Team Suite, Professional and Standard Editions
• Team Foundation Server

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 available

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 available. The Game development platform for the XBox360 Consoles are now available for Download.

This allows the developer to deliver games targeting the Console system from the Visual C# Express Environment. XNA Game Studio Express and the XNA Framework, aimed at helping students and hobbyists build games for Windows and the Xbox 360. This release supports both Windows game development and Xbox 360 development.

Get the Studio from this site.

More Links about XNA::

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/XNA/default.aspx

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/gse/