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Argh!! Just after I got yet another VSTS Beta 2 going on my machine, after June CTP failed,  I find out from Rob that the July VSTS is starting to come. The good news given the above is that the Team Suite and TFS won't come until Drop 3 so at least my efforts are good for a little while-)

Aaron Stebner's WebLog : VS 2005 July CTP now available for MSDN subscribers

The Visual Studio 2005 July Community Technology Previews will be delivered in three phases during the month of July:
Drop 1: Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition, and the Visual Studio 2005 SDK for use with Drop 1 and Drop 2
Drop 2: Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions, Visual SourceSafe 2005, and Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System
Drop 3: Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite, Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, and the Visual Studio 2005 SDK for use with Drop 3