Finally after all this wait, Microsoft today released Visual Studio 2010 and .Net framework 4 officially. This release is first major release of .Net framework since version 2 back in 2005.

VS2010 itself has gone through a major overhaul, code editor is designed now designed on WPF shell, it has support for Windows Azure development and better support for Microsoft Sharepoint development. Application lifecycle management is one of the biggest boost that Visual studio has received with much improved integration with TFS 2010.

All MSDN Subscribers, WebsiteSpark & BizSpark members can download final release directly from MSDN. You can also download trial version or the free express editions that Microsoft have been offering for a little while now.

Here are some of the MSDN links:

Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (x86) - DVD (English)

Visual Studio 2010 Premium (x86) - DVD (English)

Visual Studio 2010 Professional (x86) - DVD (English)

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 (x86 and x64) - DVD (English)

Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 (x86 and x64) - DVD (English)

Other useful links:

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

What’s New in Visual Studio 2010

Scott Guthrie’s blog

Channel 9 10-4 show

Happy coding!