Silverlight 3 is out, Scott Guthrie Announced that on his blog. As I was started to upgrade my client, I thought it would be useful to search for the SDK and Silverlight 3 VS.NET tools too. Thought to share the following quick links for Silverlight 3

• Silverlight technical resource
• Silverlight 3 for Developers
• Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio.Net 2008 SP1 
• Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 SDK (Silverlight 3 SDK is installed by Microsoft Silverlight Tools automatically)
• Microsoft Silverlight 3 Offline Documentation

Last month (March 2009)  HOLs for Enterprise Library 4.1 released. Earlier this year there were HOLs released for Validation Application Block 4.1, now a full HOLs is released for the entire Enterprise Library.

Hands-on Labs walk you through the key usage scenarios of the application blocks in in various application contexts. You can practice the labs from start to finish or you can use the starter solutions provided to complete only the labs you want to, in the order you prefer.

• Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 3.5 (v4.1) Hands On Labs
• Unity Application Block (1.2) Hands On Labs
• Validation Application Block (4.1) Hands On Labs

Available for download, both WSS 3.0 SDK and MOSS 2007 SDK Updates. I really love MS Download notifications

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Software Development Kit (SDK)
The Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 software development kit (SDK) contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, samples, and references to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Read more and download here. Or You can also view the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK online in the MSDN Library.

SharePoint Server 2007 SDK: Software Development Kit
The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK contains conceptual overviews, “How Do I…?” programming tasks, developer tools, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Read more and download here. Or you can also view the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK in the MSDN Library.

Few days ago Microsoft released both Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 & VPC 2007 SP1 updates.

Microsoft Virtual Server R2 SP1 includes support for the following additional Host and Guest Operating Systems:

Additonal Guest Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Server® 2008 Core
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 Small Business Server
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Additional Host Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) (non-production use only)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1) (non-production use only)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)(non-production use only)
Windows Server® 2008 Core
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 Small Business Server
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (non-production use only) 

While Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 includes support for the following additional Host and Guest Operating Systems:

Additonal Guest Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Additional Host Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

 You can optain the download from the following links:

• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Update
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1
  

The WPF team at Microsoft is going give us “WPF Application Quality Guide”. They plan to release the Guide in stages, updating and fine-tuning the content, based on feedback provided by audiences.

Current version is 0.2, this version contains -as specified in the link above- more examples that illustrate how to find the AutomationElement object by using UI Automation; introduction to the WPF programming stack and software testing; high level overview of test methodology, planning, and strategies; visual verification testing; media testing; verification of animations and other transitions; performance best practices resources; security testing considerations; a list of tools for creating, debugging, and testing WPF applications; and additional topics in the Appendix about resources for WPF data binding and debugging, and about WPF interoperability with Win32 and Windows Forms.

Brief Description:
.NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit containing Labs, Demos and PPTs.

Overview:
The .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the .NET 3.5 Enhancement features including: ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX History, ASP.NET Silverlight controls, ADO.NET Data Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework.

I think it is different thanThe Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit which you can also have a look at it.

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In Introducing SQL Server 2008by Peter DeBetta (ISBN: 9780735625587), you’ll learn about major new features in SQL Server 2008, including security, administration, and performance. Downloading the book require registration.

This initial installment of the book is very small; it is devided into 11 chapters and about 33 PDF pages. I guess it is a good focused book on the new features of SQL Server 2008. Myself didn't read it yet.

I also recommend to visit SQL Server 2008 Learning Portalthere you'll find free e-learning offers such as  Collection 6187: What's New in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (includes three free clinics).