10-4 Episode 1: Working with the Visual Studio 2010 CTP VPC

Posted By: Brian Keller | Dec 17th, 2008 @ 2:58 PM | 245,774 Views | 55 Comments

Update: Please see 10-4 Episode 20 for a tutorial on downloading and installing beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010. It's much newer than the CTP described in this video and contains several new features and fixes.

For this first episode of 10-4, we’ll look at how to download and use the Virtual PC image of the Visual Studio 2010 September CTP. We’ll give you tips on how to download this massive (7GB+ compressed) VPC, show you how to get past some pesky expiration issues, and get you started with the CTP walkthroughs. Lastly we’ll cover where to get assistance and provide your feedback about this release.

 

In future episodes we’ll dive more deeply into the technical underpinnings of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0, but for this first episode we wanted to make sure everybody could get the CTP and follow along at home as we explore new features.

URL's referenced in this episode:
http://tinyurl.com/GetCTP
http://tinyurl.com/VSFeedback
http://tinyurl.com/CTPActivation

For more 10-4 episodes, be sure to visit:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/10-4/

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#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 3:43 PM
lawman508
lawman508
Music was cool for about 5 seconds, then, I just wanted to turn it off!
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 4:34 PM
Chad Moran
Chad Moran
Please don't play intro music for the whole thing.
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 5:13 PM
briankel
briankel
Thanks for the feedback Lawman and Chad - we had conflicting feedback on this one but this is something we'll revisit for future episodes. Metallica is going to be disappointed, though; they had signed on to do an exclusive album. I'll try to let them down gently.
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 5:53 PM
dnjake
dnjake
As best I can tell, it is still the case that VPC does not work on Windows Vista Home Premium.  That point should be called out any time that instructions are given that depend on VPC.  The other reality about this CTP is that very little of the .net4 technology is in it yet.  If you are interested in TFS or specifically in Visual Studio, it may be worth the effort.  But I would not have bothered with the large effort of downloading it if I had realized how little was in it.
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 5:55 PM
drewby
drewby

Lars Ulrich is in my office right now, in tears. First the fallout with Warner Bros and now us.

#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 5:58 PM
joechung
joechung

Another vote for no intro music.  It's especially annoying if you already have background music from another source.

#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 6:06 PM
briankel
briankel
dnjake - while it's true that Microsoft does not support Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium (or Home Basic), I have definitely talked to several users who have used it successfully on those platforms. You will get a message that says you're running on an operating system that's not supported, but you should be able to click past that and use it without any trouble.

You're right that not all of the functionality is there yet. Much more will be available in the next pre-release.

Brian
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 7:14 PM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change
Another great show by Brian (and Jason Olson, Drew Robbins and Jonathan Carter)! Love it (music's a bit much, but the premise and content is fantastic).

Thank you for your great contributions to C9!!!

Smiley
C
#Dec 17th, 2008 @ 9:43 PM
ChrisStepaniuk
ChrisStepaniuk
Brian,

Nice post, very informative.  I wish that Microsoft had a download manager in their browser for this type of thing.  I'm sure it's been requested by a lot of people.

The music was awesome keep it.  It helped to move the topic on, great transition points, I'm going to download the CTP and check it out.

Question, why are screen casts encoded as "WMV (High)" around 50MB, and the other videos on Channel9 encoded at the same rate range from 500MB to 1GB?

Thanks for the intro!
Chris
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