At the kickoff of its annual Tech•Ed Europe event today in Amsterdam, Microsoft Corp. unveiled a range of new products and initiatives for software developers and enthusiasts, industry partners, and IT professionals. Contributing to the event are more than 140 exhibitors, sponsors and partners. Microsoft expects more than 6,500 attendees for the event, which runs through Friday, July 2.
Microsoft's leading product announcements at the event include the following:
- The Microsoft® Express product line, a new set of lightweight software development tools for budding programmers and enthusiasts
- Visual Studio® 2005 beta 1, which is being released for testing and evaluation
- Microsoft MapPoint®, O2 and TeliaSonera AB deliver real-time location services for MapPoint Location Server
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