VS 2010 RC now available for download to the general public (no MSDN Subscription required)

MSDN - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate

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Download the RC
Below are many download options for you to choose from. If you have any questions about getting started with ISO files, check out Chuck Sterling's step-by-step guide.

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Downloads

Visual Studio

• Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
• Visual Studio 2010 Premium
• Visual Studio 2010 Professional
• Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger
• Visual Studio 2010 F# 2.0 Runtime

Visual Studio Extensibility

• Visual Studio 2010 SDK
• Visual Studio 2010 Visualization & Modeling SDK (DSL SDK)
• Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) Redistributable Package
• Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated) Redistributable Package

Test Products

• Visual Studio Test Professional
• Visual Studio Agents

Team Foundation Server

• Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
• Visual Studio Lab Management (Install & Configure)
• Visual Studio Team Explorer

.NET Framework

• .NET Framework 4
• .NET Framework 4 Client Profile

Windows Azure Tools

• Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio

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Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate RC – ISO

“Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate simplifies solution development, lowering risk and increasing return. Tools for every stage of the lifecycle, from design and development through test and deployment, let you unleash your imagination and deliver impactful solutions. This download is an ISO image that can be burned to blank media for installation.

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Most/all the public downloads are ISO’s, broken into multiple parts/downloads. When/if I see I download list helper post I’ll also post that (i.e. something Brian Keller often does, a list of direct download links you can feed into Free Download Manager, etc to make it easier to download the these multipart ISO’s)

Anyway, what are you doing still reading this? Start downloading!  ;)

 

Related Past Post XRef:
Visual Studio 2010 Licensing White Paper (includes Team Foundation Server, Lab Management and IntelliTrace)

Help for (Visual Studio) Help in VS 2010 (and VS2010 SP1)

VS2010 RC now available on MSDN Subscribers Download. General availably coming tomorrow (February 10th)

VS2010/.Net 4 release date slips and we get a public RC in February to make up for it (and I’m okay with it)

Visual Studio 2010/.Net 4.0 B2 now available via MSDN Subscribers Download, new SKU names (Ultimate, Premium, Express Combo) and VS2010 launch dates announced
VSTS/TFS2010 Beta 2 coming “real soon” and will have a “Go Live” license (i.e. Now’s the time to start getting ready…)