{"id":6123,"date":"2006-09-26T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vcblog\/2006\/09\/26\/visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1-beta-is-now-available\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:54:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:54:42","slug":"visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1-beta-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1-beta-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>The Visual C++ team is excited to announce that the VS2005 Service Pack (SP1) Beta is now available to customers! &nbsp;This Service Pack includes over 2,000 bug fixes, as well as Hotfixes and General Distribution Release Updates (GDRs).&nbsp; As for Visual C++, you will find over 400 bug <\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>fixes, the largest number of any of the product teams.&nbsp; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span><\/span><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span><\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>Should you choose to download and participate in the Beta, you will find that Release notes are included.&nbsp; These notes provide some details on the fixes in the Service Pack as well as other important information.&nbsp; When we release the full Product version, Knowledge Base articles and a complete list of Bug fixes will be included. &nbsp;Here are some additional details:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>The fixes in this service pack address many issues received from customers via the Product Feedback Center, which was introduced first in the Visual Studio 2005 product cycle. &nbsp;We are also including any fixes addressing security issues categorized as MSRC Critical, Important or Moderate, fixes for product reliability and stability issues, and the crashes most frequently reported via Watson. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>Beta will include VS2005 SP1 and Express in English and Japanese only<\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><span> <\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>Customers may sign up and download the Beta by accessing &nbsp;the Microsoft Connect site at &nbsp;<a title=\"https:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\">https:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/visualstudio<\/a>&nbsp; \n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span>The announcement from our Division Vice President about this release can be found at<\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><span> <a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/somasegar\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/somasegar\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/somasegar<\/a> <\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><span>We look forward to receiving your comments and feedback on this significant release.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><span><\/span><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><span>Thanks, the Visual C++ Team<\/span><\/font><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Visual C++ team is excited to announce that the VS2005 Service Pack (SP1) Beta is now available to customers! 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