LongHorn System Requirements

Microsoft has increased the base system requirements to 512MB of RAM and a 'modern CPU' for their next Operating System currently code-named Longhorn.

Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Beta Program

Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Beta Program
Enroll here

MSDN Search Beta

Check out the Beta for a new MSDN Search here:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/searchbeta/

.NET v2.0 Beta 2 Released!

The much awaited Beta 2 release with the GoLive! license is out!

Microsoft Delivers Latest Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Releases
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/Apr05/04-18VSSQL2005PR.asp

NTeam: An OpenSource Alternative to Team System

Check out NTeam:

"NTeam will be an open source alternative to the upcoming Visual Studio Team System(r) and will utilize many existing open source applications such as NUnit, NAnt, and will link with various open source project, issue, and task management applications. NTeam will integrate with both proprietary and open source IDEs and will target small- and mid-sized businesses. "
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=0b2faf8e-daa5-4047-82f6-f468af4852d7

Windows Server 2003 SP1

Download this massive Service Pack for WinServer 2003...
A single update which includes all the latest patches
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=22CFC239-337C-4D81-8354-72593B1C1F43&displaylang=en

Take a look at more details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/Server2003/default.aspx

.NET v2.0 Beta 2.0 Release Date

Beta 2 was expected to be out end of March 2005 or early April but now it appears that Beta 2 will have to wait till the last week of April. April 25th seems to be the tentative date based on information from the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/betaexperience/

Microsoft Forums

Microsoft has consolidated all its newsgroups and communities into a easy to use forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/Default.aspx

This forum is classified into various sub groups and also hosts the Team System and VS2005 related groups as well.