Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 release date announced

Just as announced a couple of months ago (although not officially), Microsoft Sets Visual Studio, SQL Server, BizTalk Server Launch Date in November.

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As part of the keynote address, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of
Server Applications at Microsoft, showed the company’s continued momentum in
preparation for the launch of SQL Server™ 2005, Visual Studio® 2005 and BizTalk®
Server 2006, and announced that these products will be formally launched during
the week of Nov. 7.