This package is an add-on to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2. It can be installed either on top of Visual Studio 2008 RTM or Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Beta, and it provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic.

This download will install the following:

· Silverlight 2 Beta 2
· Silverlight 2 SDK Beta 2
· KB950630 for Visual Studio 2008 RTM or KB950632 for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta
· Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008


Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 includes:
· Visual Basic and C# Project templates
· Intellisense and code generators for XAML
· Debugging of Silverlight applications
· Web reference support
· WCF Templates
· Team Build and command line build support
· Integration with Expression Blend
· Enhanced Setup with upgrade support

Requirements:

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard or above
· Microsoft Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview