Microsoft upgrades .NET Framework, Visual Studio
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
Service pack releases for the .Net Framework and Visual Studio aren't always so substantial, but Microsoft claims significant improved performance to go along with a long list of new features in .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1, released Monday.
Microsoft product unit manager Shanku Niyogi said in an interview that developers will see a "significant increase" in the scalability of .Net applications written for both client and server. On the server side, improvements in the Windows Communication Foundation allow servers to host applications that are 10 to 20 times larger than they were in the past via new support for asynchronous Web services.