The MS SQL Server 2008 CTP (version 10) is now available to download. Remember that this is a community technical preview. The Microsoft team will use your feedback to refine and enhance the product and off course it expires in 180 days. You will need at least XP with service pack 2 to get it running, it also works on Vista, 2K3 and 2K8. Download SQL Server 2008 CTP Visual Studio 2005/2008 does not support SQL Server 2008, however, you can download the necessary updates that will give you the support. Download VS2005 support here and VS2008 support here and YES...
For those of us who can't always afford to buy the ridiculously expensive VS Pro/Team 2008 - shouldn't Microsoft be giving those out for FREE. After all we are only promoting windows, without us developers the Windows operating system will be more or less like TinyOS. Anyway, lets leave that for another day.
I like using express simply because its lightweight and I don't really use all the features of the Pro versions anyway, I only wish I could "attach to process" then the express editions would be 100% ideal for me. Any who, the express editions do not support MVC - actually...