Microsoft knows the pain of web developers who have been trying to test their websites in both IE6 and IE7. For this reason Microsoft has released a Virtual Imaged pre-activated copy of Windows XP Professional that will stop working as of April 1st, 2007. This copy must be loaded in Virtual PC 2004 or 2007 which is a free download also. This will allow developers to install IE7 on there main machine and test there website in IE6 on a virtual Machine.

This is great new for designers and developers alike, and I’m really excited! With ASP.NET 1.x and ASP.NET 2.0, if you wanted to create pure CSS pages, it really wasn’t possible. The ASP.NET controls would render with tables, inline styles and all sorts of other things that would make most web designers wince.

I’m just curious on the following subject, what other developers out there use Visual Studio 2005 Add-In’s. If you don’t see an Add-In that you currently use, please post a comment on the bottom of this post. Just click on the name of an Add-In below to view more information about it.

Microsoft has now made the final version of .NET Framework 3.0, It is up for download on Microsoft downloads. Remember if your wanting to learn Windows Presentation Foundation for free then check out this post.

This morning Microsoft RTM (Release to Manufacture) Office 2007 you can read the full details along with the information regarding how to get office 2007 retail version here. Be sure to visit the Microsoft Office Developer Center, for useful information about VSTO updates and news.