August 2008
Do NOT install SQL Server 2008 RTM if ...
Do NOT install SQL Server 2008 RTM if you do not have the room on your C drive for all of VSTS 2008 and SP1.
If the software I depend on to build software can not be built to be installed correctly, there is something wrong. SQL Server was months late, of course that is 99% a marketing issue Microsoft has, but that should not become our problem.
They recall food with bacteria, they should recall this mess...........
From Microsoft dll Hell to Microsoft Installation Hell
Regretfully I have been sitting on getting started with project until SQL Server 2008 came out. Part of that project includes SSRS and I need BIDS to create the reports. Over all this has been a pathetic installation process.
I will post any resolutions back to this blog entry.........
May 2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released!
Microsoft's patterns and practices team has released Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008.
February 2008
GAX/GAT February 2008 Final Release for VSTS 2005 and 2008 Available
The February 2008 Release of the GAX / GAT for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are available for download.
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