Microsoft has released a CTP of Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio. These tools are a set of controls and add-ins created to simplify development for Windows Live platform using Visual Studio. At present there are six controls bundled with this CTP release.

1. Map Control
2. Contacts Control
3. IDLoginStatus Control
4. IDLoginView Control
5. MessengerChat Control
6. SilverlightStreamingMediaPlayer control

This CTP will work with Visual Studio 2008. You can download it here.

PowerCommands is a set of extensions for Visual Studio. It adds some nice-to-have features to Visual Studio. I selected this toolset as the subject of my first ever published video. I have done a lot of presentations and public speaking but this is my first go at producing a video. Boy! was I nervous with just me listening to myself

Thanks to Guy Burstein for introducing PowerCommands to me.

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While working with WPF I got an idea about intellisense shortcuts. Instead of pressing Ctrl + . where we get the entire list how about something like this:

Ctrl + . + p - Display only properties

Ctrl + . + e - Display only events

Ctrl + . + m - Display only methods

I have created a suggestion for this on connect. If you think this is desirable then a good rating is in order.