With much fanfare, Microsoft released <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Microsoft-Delivers-Raft-of-Upgrades-in-Net-35-SP1-Beta/?kc=EWKNLENT051608STR3">a beta of Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1</A> that offers a number of customer-driven features.
S. Somasegar, senior vice president of Microsoft's Developer Division, said in a blog that the service pack beta "enables an improved developer experience by adding a number of additional components that cover a range of highly requested customer features. For example, the service pack is the first release for Visual Studio 2008 that delivers full support for SQL Server 2008 and the ADO.Net Entity Framework."