Microsoft moved closer to significant releases of its development and database environments, both slated to appear before the end of 2005.
Officials from the Redmond, Wash., software power announced the second beta of Visual Studio 2005, .NET Framework 2.0 beta 2, and the April Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2005.
Users will increasingly see future VS 2005 and SQL Server 2005 tied together, highlighting Microsoft's commitment to tying application development to back-end infrastructure.
Microsoft SQL Server Director Tom Rizzo said VS 2005 beta 2 and the new SQL Server 2005 CTP mean both products have entered the final stages of their development cycles.
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