VS 2010 and .NET FX 4 available as Community Technology Preview version(CTP)

Some one asked me get an article on VS2010 and .NET FX 4 (codenamed Rosario).
As i did not had much of time to write a complete article on this. I found some of the following links and details. These might help to get basic to start.
1 . Download CTP details
First and the best part is the Commnity Preview is available as Virtual PC(VPC) environment containing VS 2008 and pre-release of VS2010. As VPC's are pre-configured, that will help to quick start, with out installtion and configuration. But the pre-requesite is to have Virtual PC 2007 in your system.
Check the following link to download the CTP and details of the download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=922B4655-93D0-4476-BDA4-94CF5F8D4814&displaylang=en
2. Start with VS 2010
Kindly check the following link to get the overview of the prodcut.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/products/2010/default.mspx
Chck the following links that gives outline of VS 2010 and .Net FX 4.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/concept_ide.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/
http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/11/12/net-fx-4.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/thiagosantos/archive/2008/12/18/screencast-test-driven-development-with-vs-2010.aspx

Referred Links
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/vs2010ctp
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/content/content.aspx?ContentID=9790
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio
http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2007/09/06/a-more-reliable-and-faster-download-experience-for-rosario-vs08-vpc-s.aspx

Happy coding..

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