the VS.NET 2005 Beta 1 is available via MSDN Subscriber Download!!!

There’s a new download below the VS.NET 2005 section called Amberpoint Express – never heard of that (not from ms nor in any blog… – and i thought that i already hang out for too long in front of the monitor spelunking :). checking the download details, i get the following explanation:

• View Web service performance in real time
• Drill down into SOAP messages to see performance bottlenecks and errors
• Inspect SOAP messages for content, faults and errors
• Resubmit messages from history or auto-generate new SOAP messages
• Integrated with Visual Studio 2005 for point-and-click management

ok….

a little more googling revealed that there is a company called Amberpoint. They have a product called Amberpoint Express – you can take a online tour here.

Hmm. Seems like it’s a free download and the info page states that Amberpoint Express works with .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0 Beta 1, Apache/Axis and WebSphere. MSDN says that their download is “specifically designed for web services created with vs.net 2005 beta 1”. We’ll see. I am excited (but watching my 16.4 kbit download rate from msdn – i get a little sad..).

What else is new on the subscribe downloads site?

• MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
• Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
• Remote Debugger Tools for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
• Visio Tools for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1

na dann los :)