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Posted Mar 18, 2009

Eclipse Tools for Silverlight CTP for Macintosh
Eclipse tools for Silverlight CTP for Macintosh enable mac developers to develop RIAs using Silverlight technology. This builds on the Eclipse tools for Silverlight for Windows platform that is already available. For details on how to download and install the Eclipse Tools for Silverlight CTP for Macintosh visit www.eclipse4sl.org/download/mac/.

Live Framework and Tools
The Live Framework SDK provides developers with documentation, samples, tools and APIs needed to build rich, connected, data-sharing applications using Live services. The Live Framework Tools extend Visual Studio 2008 to enable the creation, building, debugging, running, and packaging of Mesh Applications that utilize the Live Framework. For information about how to download and install the Live Framework Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio and the Live Framework SDK visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=130779.

Microsoft^® Expression Blend™ 3 Preview
Microsoft Expression Blend 3 Preview was announced at MIX 09, and combined with Visual Studio and the Silverlight toolkit, Microsoft now boasts the most comprehensive end-to-end tooling development experience available, taking projects from conceptual ideas, to interactive prototypes, through to client delivery of the completed project.

In the MIX keynote we demonstrated a new capability of Expression Blend 3, SketchFlow, a radically innovative capability to effectively prototype the flow and composition of applications, receive in context annotated feedback from clients, and enable the rapid iteration of a project from concept to competition.

For more information on Microsoft Expression Blend 3 preview and how to download visit http://www.microsoft.com/expression/blendpreview

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio March 2009 CTP

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running, and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure. For information on how to download the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Windows Azure March CTP visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=128752

Windows Azure SDK March 2009 CTP
Windows Azure SDK provides developers APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop applications for Internet scale on Windows Azure. For information on how to download the Microsoft Windows Azure SDK March CTP visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130232

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christopher said on March 18, 2009

Download for SuperPreview (related: Expression Web): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8e6ac106-525d-45d0-84db-dccff3fae677

More info: http://www.microsoft.com/expression

Elan Hasson said on March 19, 2009

ooo Azure March CTP!!!

Karthik.K said on March 19, 2009

The Windows Azure CTP (March 2009) is good!! And the Expression Blend 3 with new features, Awesome!!

Klaus said on March 20, 2009

Silverlight 3 and Blend 3 are just what I was waiting for. Cool stuff!

Frank said on March 20, 2009

Cool. Now I have something to play with on the flight.

Keith said on March 21, 2009

Download the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP here:
http://connect.microsoft.com/silverlightmapcontrolctp

If you are not yet part of the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP program yet or have not registered with Connect, you will be presented with a page with instructions on how to sign up. Once you sign up you will have access to the interactive SDK which shows a how to use the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP with some code samples. Click on the “Downloads” link on the left to download the Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control CTP installer which will install the map control assembly for use with your projects and also a help file with SDK documentation.