Yesterday, 11 August 2008, Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.5. This update includes both fixes for ASP.NET as well as new ASP.NET functionality.
I received the information through the ASP.NET News RSS Feed from ASP.NET.
At the same time, 11 August 2008, Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 was released and available for download here.
Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio includes Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.5.
Service Packs overview
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
This Service Pack includes a number of fixes and functionality:
- Improved Javascript support
- Support for SQL Server 2008
- MFC-based Office 2007 ribbon style
- etc…
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 includes:
- 20-45 % improved performance for WPF-based applications (no changes of code needed)
- WCF improvements
- Improvements in the data access area such as ADO.NET Entity Framework etc.
- Support for SQL Server 2008
- etc…
Download
The service packs can be downloaded here: .NET 3.5 SP1, Combined VS2008 and .NET 3.5 SP1.
Read more
More information can be found on:
- ASP.NET in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
- Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
A nice blog about the hidden gems in the Service Packs can be found on Scott Hanselman: Hidden Gems of .NET 3.5 SP1.
As always Scott Guthrie has some interesting stuff. Read Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta. Even thoug the article is about the beta, it really is some nice reading.