New and Notable 264 - Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 RTM!
Of course, this is so much more than a Service Pack with the release now of ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) and the Entity Framework among others. In my area of interest, CSD, there are some significant changes for REST programming (1st class citizen now) as well as some other additions:
There were several enhancements to WCF in .NET Framework SP1 that make it easier for developers to build and deploy a broader, more scalable set of Web Services:
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Improvements in writing REST based services ranging from easily supporting ServiceDocuments publication and consumption to providing greater control and usability of UriTemplate.
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Expanding the reach of the DataContract Serializer by relaxing the need of having [DataContract]/ [DataMember] on types and by supporting an interoperable mechanism for dealing with object references
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Support for ADO.NET Entity Framework types in WCF contracts
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Scalability increases of 5X - 10X are available for WCF services hosted in IIS7-integrated mode.
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Improvements to the tools for developing, testing, and hosting Web services.
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Improved Partial Trust Debugging Experience with support for writing to the Event Log.
If you previously installed a Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix, you must run the Hotfix Cleanup Utility before installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1. For more information, see Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix Cleanup Utility for Installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with Service Pack 1 (Bootstrappers)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123679
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with Service Pack 1 (iso)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123680
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Bootstrapper)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122094
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122095
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124829
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124150