That’s right – Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2005 is here! To date, Microsoft has released various pre-release builds of Visual Studio 2005 such as the alpha release at PDC and new interim builds we call Community Technology Previews. At Tech-Ed Europe on June 29, 2004, Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 along with some other very important announcements detailed below.
Check it out here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/