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Lots more coverage of the VS2010/.NET Framework 4 launch today in addition to my launch post yesterday

VS 2010/.NET Framework 4

• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Released - ScottGu has a very extensive announcement post that very thoroughly covers improvements and new features in all areas of the product. This is one must read post!
• ASP.NET 4 - Breaking Changes and Stuff to be Aware Of - Scott Hanselman points to the breaking changes web document and points out that while ASP.NET 4 is a very compatible release, there are some important things to be aware of
• Ship It!! Visual Studio 2010/.NET Framework 4 Now Available - Another announcement post from Jason Zander who notes, "I can easily say this is the biggest tools release I’ve been involved with in over a decade working on .NET and Visual Studio.  The work in the product represents in some cases (such as the CLR) four years of innovation coming together."
• WPF 4 Release: A guide to the new features - Pete Brown has lists of resources as well as taking us through the new WPF features
• F# 2.0 Released as Part of Visual Studio 2010 - Don Syme highlights the launch and inclusion of F# 2.0 in the Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4 release, along with the release of a standalone installer for Visual Studio 2008 users
• Announcing the release of Entity Framework 4 - The Entity Framework Team talks about the new features of Entity Framework 4, which shipped yesterday along with .NET 4, highlighting the major improvements in the product across the areas of Development, Architecture and Data Access.

VS2010 Partners

• ReSharper 5.0 Is Out! - On their blog, Jet Brains announces the release of 5.0 with a short recap of the features. Yes!!
• Typemock Isolator Supports Visual Studio 2010

Windows Azure/Azure AppFabric

• Announcing commercial availability of Windows Azure AppFabric - The blog announces AppFabric has now become a fully SLA-supported paid service. Customers using AppFabric will see billing information in their accounts, as usage charges have begun accruing as of 11:00 PM (UTC) on April 12, 2010.
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 4/12/2010