{"id":2593,"date":"2010-02-08T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/2010\/02\/08\/visual-studio-2010-release-candidate-now-available\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:14:50","slug":"visual-studio-2010-release-candidate-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2010-release-candidate-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t read the news on other <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/archive\/blogs\/jasonz\/\">notable<\/a> MSDN <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/archive\/blogs\/somasegar\/\">blogs<\/a>, I\u2019m pleased to announce that the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidates are now available for <a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=151797\">download<\/a>!\u00a0 Currently the downloads are only available to MSDN subscribers, but they will be released to the public this Wednesday, February 10th.\u00a0 This release includes a \u201cgo-live\u201d license for users who want to use VS in a production environment.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we\u2019re really excited to hear feedback about this release \u2013 we\u2019ve come a long way since Beta 2 in overall product performance and stability.\u00a0 Please make sure to send us your feedback via <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.microsoft.com\/VisualStudio\/content\/content.aspx?ContentID=12362\">Connect<\/a> or post comments to this blog.\u00a0 RTM is just around the corner and we want <strong>you <\/strong>to tell us that VS 2010 is ready!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=151797\">Download<\/a> and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"addthis_button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;username=vsblog\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/02\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n<p>&lt;td =&#8221;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/06\/wespic_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"wespic\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/02\/wespic_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"wespic\" width=\"86\" height=\"70\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Weston Hutchins<\/strong> \u2013 Program Manager, Visual Studio Shell Team\n<strong>Short Bio<\/strong>: I started at Microsoft as an intern in 2005 and have been working in Visual Studio ever since.\u00a0 I\u2019m currently a PM on the VS Shell IDE team and work on the core IDE UI and services as well as the Extension Manager and <a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.com\/\">http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.com<\/a> integration. 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