Visual Studio SP1 is now available via the Web Platform Installer, which means you've got three options:
- Download the 1.5 GB ISO image
- Run the 750KB Web Installer (which figures out what you need to download)
- Install via Web PI
Note: I covered some tips for installing VS2010 SP1 last week - including some that apply to all of these, such as removing options you don't use prior to installing the service pack to decrease the installation time and download size.
Two Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Web PI packages
There are actually two WebPI packages for VS2010 SP1. There's the standard Visual Studio 2010 SP1 package [Web PI link], which includes (quoting ScottGu's post):
- VS2010 2010 SP1
- ASP.NET MVC 3 (runtime + tools support)
- IIS 7.5 Express
- SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 (runtime + tools support)
- Web Deployment 2.0
The notes on that package sum it up pretty well:
Looking for the latest everything? Look no further. This will get you Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 and the RTM releases of ASP.NET MVC 3, IIS 7.5 Express, SQL Server Compact 4.0 with tooling, and Web Deploy 2.0. It's the value meal of Microsoft products. Tell your friends! Note: This bundle includes the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 web installer, which will dynamically determine the appropriate service pack components to download and install. This is typically in the range of 200-500 MB and will take 30-60 minutes to install, depending on your machine configuration.
There is also a Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Core package [Web PI link], which only includes only the SP without any of the other goodies (MVC3, IIS Express, etc.). If you're doing any web development, I'd highly recommend the main pack since it the other installs are small, simple installs, but if you're working in another space, you might want the core package.
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