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You've likely read this a dozen times already but Microsoft released several developer service packs yesterday: Downloads: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with SP1 Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit Details: Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 Preview VS/VSTS/TFS/.NET 3.5 SP1 is shipping! Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2008 TFS Installation and Administration guides updated for VS 2008 SP1

I've been awaiting an improved Entity Framework EDM designer tool since the CTP released in December. Well, with an Entity Framework presentation looming (May 22nd), the Redmond gods responded: VS2008 and .NET Framework SP1 BETA1 . I uninstalled all sorts of CTPs and now am the proud owner of a laptop with VS2008 and .NET 3.5 SP1 BETA1. Below find the steps I followed. Please heed the warnings and directions within the readme ( .NET 3.5 Framework SP1 BETA1 , VS2008 SP1 BETA1 ) explicitly. Also, this is BETA software...expect minor issues and don't install on production equipment. Scott Gu Braindump Brian Harry Post Uninstalled : Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (July 2007) ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta3 ADO.NET Entity Framework Tools CTP Silverlight Tools Beta for Visual Studio 2008 KB949325 Did *not* uninstall : Microsoft ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Microsoft Silverlight Installed : .NET 3.5 Framework SP1 BETA1 VS2008 SP1 BETA1 Of note: Aft...