Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 release notes and a list of fixed issues

Products to which Visual Studio 2008 SP1 applies

• The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

• The Microsoft Windows SDK

• Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite

• Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Database Professionals

• Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Software Architects

• Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Software Developers

• Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Software Testers

• Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition

• Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition

How to obtain Visual Studio 2008 SP1

To obtain Visual Studio 2008 SP1, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122094This package installs the service pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard, Professional, and Team Editions.

For more information about the download location for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for Express Editions, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

950264 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for Express Editions

Changed features and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 SP1

For more information about the changed features and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

950263 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

951845 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for Team Editions

950264 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for Express Editions

951847 List of changes and fixed issues in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 for the .NET Framework 3.5

Supported languages and operating systems

Installation requirements

• A licensed copy of one of the supported Visual Studio 2008 products must be installed on the destination computer.

• Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 or a later version of Windows Installer must be installed on the destination computer. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa372866.aspx

• We recommend 512 MB or more RAM.
  

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 support

Formal support is available through Microsoft Support Web site. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.comBeta support is available through Microsoft Connect. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://connect.microsoft.com/Informal community support is available through the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) forums. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/category/visualstudio/

Administrator deployment of Visual Studio 2008 SP1

See the Readme document for more information.

Installation/removal issues for all platforms

See the Readme document for more information.

Known issues with the service pack

See the Readme document for more information.