Dec 10, 2010 09:38 GMT  ·  By

New Visual Studio 2010 resources are now available for download from Microsoft. Essentially, the company is offering fresh versions of downloads packaging Visual Studio 2010 ALM (application lifecycle management) virtual machines and labs. The December 2010 Refresh of the releases is now live on the Microsoft Download Center and can be grabbed free of charge, just as the previous release which was scheduled to expire this month.

Obviously, the imminent expiration deadline of the initial downloads is the reason for this refresh, and customers leveraging the resources should get the new releases as soon as possible.

“As promised, I have updated the Visual Studio 2010 ALM Virtual Machine with a new version that will expire June 1, 2011. If you are using the previous version please note that it expires December 15, 2010, so you should consider downloading this refresh,” revealed Brian Keller, a Sr. Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management.

Customers get to download Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM virtual machine for Windows Virtual PC (here); Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM virtual machine for Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 (here); and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM virtual machine for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (here).

“Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate simplifies solution development, lowering risk and increasing return. The virtual machine image in this download contains both Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RTM and Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM and is designed to be run under HyperV, Virtual PC 2007 SP1, or Windows Virtual PC,” the software giant explained.

In addition to Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, the VMs also bring to the table a collection of hands-on-labs / demo scripts designed to allow developers to make the best out of Microsoft’s dev platform.

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM virtual machines are available for download here.