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Thursday, September 29, 2011

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 CTP

Overview:-
Microsoft Released the CTP version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 (SP3), It is available at, http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27150

The above mentioned link provided the list of packages, which will help you to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2008 editions:
  • Enterprise
  • Standard
  • Evaluation
  • Developer
  • Workgroup
SQL Server 2008 SP3 CTP contains the cumulative updates up to SQL Server 2008 SP2 cumulative update package 1 to 4, and fixes to issues that have been reported through our customer feedback platforms. These include supportability enhancements and issues that have been reported through Windows Error Reporting.

Note: To obtain SQL Server 2008 SP3 CTP for Express Edition or Express Edition with Advanced Services

Windows Phone SDK 7.1

The Windows Phone Software Development Kit (SDK) 7.1 provides you with all of the tools that you need to develop applications and games for both Windows Phone 7.0 and Windows Phone 7.5 devices.

The Windows Phone SDK includes the following:-
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
  • Windows Phone Emulator
  • Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Assemblies
  • Silverlight 4 SDK and DRT
  • Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Extensions for XNA Game Studio 4.0
  • Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone 7
  • Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone OS 7.1
  • WCF Data Services Client for Window Phone
  • Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone
System requirements
  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista
  • Windows Vista (x86 and x64) with Service Pack 2 – all editions except Starter Edition
  • Windows 7 (x86 and x64) – all editions except Starter Edition
  • Installation requires 4 GB of free disk space on the system drive.
  • 3 GB RAM
  • Windows Phone Emulator requires a DirectX 10 or above capable graphics card with a WDDM 1.1 driver
The Windows Phone SDK 7.1 is compatible with the final version of Visual Studio 2010 SP1.

Instructions
If a pre-release version of the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (Beta or RC) is installed on the machine, please uninstall it before installing this product.

download the vm_web2.exe file. This will start the installation of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 and install necessary components on your computer.

Please refer to the Release Notes in the download section below for additional details before running setup.

DOWNLOAD
  1. Release Notes - WP SDK 7.1.htm
  2. vm_web2.exe