Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Microsoft has released the first service pack for Visual Studio 2008. The package can start this page can be downloaded as a web installer, but the service pack can also be downloaded via here imported as an iso file. SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 also includes Service Pack 1 for the .Net Framework, and both updates support SQL Server 2008, improve Javascript support, and fix minor software bugs, among other things. Below is a brief overview of the changes that Service Pack 1 makes. For a more detailed overview, please visit this page:

IMPORTANT

• If you previously installed a Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix or Visual Studio 2008 SP1 pre-release, you must run the Service Pack Preparation tool before installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
• If you have multiple Visual Studio products installed, you must upgrade all of them to SP1. If you have Visual Studio 2008 and one or more 2008 Express Editions, you cannot upgrade the Express Editions until you have upgraded Visual Studio.
• Prior to installation, you should carefully review the included readme file to be aware of any known issues with this release.
• The following technologies have been tested and verified to work with SP1:
  • Silverlight 2 SDK Beta 2 & Silverlight Tools Beta 2. (If Silverlight Tools Beta 2 is already installed, you must upgrade it after you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1. To upgrade, use the installer on the Silverlight Tools Beta 2 page on the Microsoft Download Center Web site.)
  • MVC Preview Release #3
  • ASP.NET Extensions/Dynamic Data Preview
  • VC 2008 Feature Pack
  • VB Power Pack Controls (2.0 & 3.0)
  • Expression Studio 2 (RTM)
  • SQL Server 2008
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SDK
  • XSLT Profiler
  • VSTA 2.0 SDK
  • Visual Studio 2008 SDK

  If you encounter issues installing SP1, uninstall technologies and/or development add-ins not listed above, and then try SP1 Setup again. When other technologies are verified to be compatible with SP1, they will be added to this list.