Yesterday, NPortillo from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: What's new? .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1) The service packs are loaded with new features such as the .NET Framework Client Profile for faster deployment of Windows-based applications, multiple enhancements to ASP.NET, and unparalleled support for database application development through the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.N...

2 Weeks Ago, Public Sector DPE Team from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1) Finally, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is also better aligned with the innovations made to the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, including improved designers for working with the ADO.NET Entity Framework, and a richer JavaScript development environment.

And martharotter from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: .NET 3.5 SP1 Released Plus Free .Net 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit) And the hands-on labs include: Introduction to ADO.NET Data Services Introduction to ASP.NET MVC Introduction to ASP.NET Dynamic Data Introduction to ADO.NET Entity Framework Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX History Building RESTful Services with WCF Introduction to the .NET Framework Cli...

And Eugenio Estrada from weblogs.asp.net says (in Download: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 released too!) Download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up performance, and powerful new gra...

And Eugenio Estrada from weblogs.asp.net says (in Download: .NET Fwk 3.5 SP1 released!) Download here : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7&DisplayLang=en .NET Framework version 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides the following new features and improvements: ASP.NET Dynamic Data, which provides a rich sc...

And infoworld.com says (in Download: Microsoft service packs boost developers) Inclusion of the ADO.Net Entity Framework in the service pack raises the level of abstraction for database programming and provides a model-based paradigm and a framework for building data-oriented Web services, Microsoft said. SQL Server 2008 also is supported in the service pack.

And Somasegar from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 released!) This release also comes right in step with the recent release of SQL Server 2008.  With this service pack, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 also support SQL Server 2008, making the Microsoft platform the most comprehensive environment for database application development.  T...

And jennmar from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 released today) As noted on the website, the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 provides the following new features and improvements: ASP.NET Dynamic Data, which provides a rich scaffolding framework that enables rapid data driven development without writing code, and a new addition to ASP.NET AJAX that p...

And dpblogs from blogs.msdn.com says (in Download: Announcing Entity Framework & ADO.NET Data Services RTM!) We are excited to announce the RTM of the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, including the RTM of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services, which raise the level of abstraction for database programming and supply both a new model-based paradigm and a rich, sta...