Design high-performance applications
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12 hours online training – a $375 value, free!*
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Reasons to buy
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- When you upgrade to Visual Studio 2008, get free* developer training from InnerWorkings – a $375 value. Choose the C# or Visual Basic course, and learn to master .NET technologies in a hands-on, practice-based environment integrated with Visual Studio 2008.
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- Create and deploy compelling Windows and Web applications using new visual designers and more than 50 new controls.
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- Provide a better user experience for graphic designers by employing new design surfaces and file formats that are compatible with Microsoft Expression.
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- Create Web applications more easily with an improved design surface and standards support.
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- Integrated designers and language features in Visual Studio allow developers to build the connected applications demanded by today's businesses while taking advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 to reduce development time.
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- Connect to the data you need, regardless of its location, and build data-driven applications using Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a set of language extensions to Visual Basic and Visual C#.
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- Build applications that utilize the latest Web technologies with improved support for AJAX and Web Controls and the Microsoft AJAX Library.
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- Manage and build applications that target multiple versions of the .NET Framework. For the first time, you can use one tool to work on applications that run on .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5.
System requirements
* Information on how to access your training will come to you in an e-mail within 3 business days of purchase. Offer good only to named recipients of this email who are U.S. residents and upgrade from an existing development tool to a licensed version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard or Professional. Limit one training offer per person. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer expires on June 30, 2009 or while supplies last, and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipients.
Due to government gift and ethics laws and Microsoft policy, government employees (including military and employees of public education institutions) are not eligible for the free training.
- Processor
- 1.6 GHz or faster
- Memory
- 384 MB of RAM or more (768 MB of RAM or more for Windows Vista)
- Media drive
- DVD ROM
- Other
- 5400 RPM hard drive. Additional features may require Internet access. Fees may apply.
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- Operating system
- Windows Vista (all editions except Starter Edition), Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later, all editions except Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows Server 2003 R2 or later (all editions).
- Hard disk
- 2.2 GB available
- Display
- 1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display
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