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Download Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack (SP) 1
Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for improved features for both client and Web development. Additionally, SP1 for the .NET Framework introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services.
Microsoft
Monday, August 11, 2008 10:11:52 AM
Download Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack (SP) 1
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 introduces full support for SQL Server 2008, improved performance in the IDE and WPF designers, improved Web development and site deployment, as well as many Team Foundation Server enhancements.
Microsoft
Monday, August 11, 2008 10:11:52 AM

WPF Videos

MSDN Webcast: Using Windows Presentation Foundation for Good and Not Evil (Level 300)
Recorded at Microsoft Tech∙Ed 2008 Developers in Orlando, FL.Putting the power of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) into the hands of developers who are unschb...

MSDN Webcast: Windows Presentation Foundation Soup to Nuts (Part 18 of 18): Helpful Tools (Level 200)
Join us for the final session in this series as Bill Steele discusses some of the other professional tools available for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) developers. Bill also demonstr...

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Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5
The Windows SDK for Windows Server® 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 provides the documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools (including C++ compilers) that you need to develop applications to run on Windows Server 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.

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WPF Blogs

WPF Developers: PDC Wrap-Up and Visual Studio Tooling Update
Over the next week or so, I want to put a bit of context behind some of the announcements from PDC,... more
tims
Monday, November 03, 2008 4:05:18 PM
PDC Proceedings: The Book of the Conference
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m sitting back-stage in the huge keynote room here at the PDC in Los Ange... more
tims
Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:22:46 PM
Effect Library posted
Troy Jefferson interned this summer with the WPF team and gathered a bunch of Effects that had been... more
Greg Schechter
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:13:50 PM
Silverlight 2 – Today is the Day!
A gloomy, rainy Monday morning is rarely a pleasure to be savored, but today is a great day! We’ve s... more
tims
Monday, October 13, 2008 9:25:36 AM
A More Useful Multi-Input Effect
In my last post, I introduced multi-input effects, where you can send in arbitrary WPF brushes that... more
Greg Schechter
Saturday, September 27, 2008 7:00:00 PM
What You’ll Hear at PDC2008
My favorite conference is almost upon us. If I’ve been quiet for a little while on my blog, it’s bec... more
tims
Monday, September 22, 2008 9:14:48 PM
Introducing Multi-Input Shader Effects
Thus far in this series on Effects, we've discussed building and using Effects that have a single "t... more
Greg Schechter
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:16:00 AM

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Laurent Bugnion
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