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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'SP1', 'SQL Server 2008', and 'Visual Studio 2008'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=SP1,SQL+Server+2008,Visual+Studio+2008&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'SP1', 'SQL Server 2008', and 'Visual Studio 2008'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (RTM) is now available [UPDATE]</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2008/08/11/visual-studio-2008-sp1-rtm-is-now-available.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:8319</guid><dc:creator>AaronBertrand</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Now that you can get Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM, you probably want to rush out and install it.&amp;nbsp; I would hold off on that until you read Bob Ward's blog entry, which explains the situation, and should help clear up some confusion on whether you need to install anything:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2008/08/11/sql-server-2008-visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-net-framework-3-5-sp1-explained.aspx" title="http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2008/08/11/sql-server-2008-visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-net-framework-3-5-sp1-explained.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1, and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 explained....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those that are really in a hurry, you can get the core download here (this is the base installer which will download the files you need at runtime, based on operating system, edition, etc.):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E%20" title="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E " target="_blank"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And as Joe points out, if you want the whole download (800+ MB), you can get that here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=27673C47-B3B5-4C67-BD99-84E525B5CE61" title="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=27673C47-B3B5-4C67-BD99-84E525B5CE61" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=27673C47-B3B5-4C67-BD99-84E525B5CE61&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>