Silverlight Downloads

Start your preparations for the final release of Silverlight 2 with this release candidate of the Silverlight tools and developer runtime.

Install Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 now for a better Web experience.

The add-on to create Silverlight applications using .NET and Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and for creating Silverlight 1.0 Web sites with Visual Studio 2008. This install will also install the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Runtime and the Silverlight 2 Beta 2 SDK. (Requires Visual Studio 2008 Standard or higher)

Download this SDK to create Silverlight Web experiences that target the Silverlight 1.0. The SDK contains documentation, samples and templates for Visual Studio that enable you to build commercial applications.

There are many options for evaluating Visual Studio 2008, from the Express editions to Trial Editions to the online Hosted Experience. Find the trial experience best for you and see how the power of Visual Studio 2008 can transform your applications.