第一步：首先您必须安装.NET Framework 3.0，则可以下载其Redistributable Package Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package
第二步：Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit for Windows Vista™ and .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components正式版
这是.NET 3.0程序开发的运行库，里面有你开发WPF、WCF或WorkFlow的程序所需的帮助说明，程序范例，其实你可将它当成MSDN Library，它下载全部的大小为1185MB。
然而以上只有.NET Framework基础环境及Library透过VS 2005来进行可视化开发，你需要下载下面的插件。
第三步：Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (Windows Workflow Foundation)正式版。这是在VS 2005之中开发WorkFlow软件包，安装之后才能有可视化的控件可供使用。
第四步：Visual Studio 2005 extensions for .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF), November 2006 CTP这是11月份的WPF及WCF的CTP社群预览版插件，故这两个部分是尚未正式版的，但已经可以正确开发你的WPF程序。开发3.0的标准工具应该是orcas
上述所需文件下载地址：
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/products/default.aspx
Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 试用
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - 简体中文
Office 2007，VS 2005 之Office工具，以及VS 2005 SharePoint扩展
VS 2005 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0下载。
SharePoint Designer 2007，强大的工作流设计器
VS 2005 之Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 扩展
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 和 Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 (两者都支持与Office 2007的紧密集成)，这个扩展工具提供了 Visual Studio 2005 对 SharePoint 网站的项目和build的支持。其中包括，在Visual Studio内，创建和build SharePoint网站中的Web Part，以及在项目里点击F5即可调试Web Part等支持。你可以在这里下载这个工具。
Serge van den Oever 最近贴出了几篇如何使用这个工具的非常棒的教程：
- SharePoint Solution Generator - part 1: create a site definition from an existing site (SharePoint 方案生成器 第一部分：从现有网站生成一个网站定义)
- SharePoint Solution Generator - part 2: the internals of the created site definition project (SharePoint 方案生成器 第二部分：生成的网站定义项目之内部细节)
WPF
WPF Blogs
- The WPF Blog
- WPF Community Blog
- Expression Team Blog
- WPF Visual Designer
- XAML Only
- Karsten Januszewski
WPF Whitepapers
- WPF for Windows Developers
- Fundamentals, Data
- Graphics and Media
WPF Videos
- NY Times Reader demo Karsten Januszewski, a technical evangelist focusing on WPF
- Designer Demos
- Developer/Designer Workflow in WPF
WPF Presentations
.NET University Windows Presentation Foundation PPTs
WPF Training
- Clinic 5135 AE: Introduction to Developing with Windows Presentation Foundation and Visual Studio 2005
- Excerpted Invaluable 5 day course from Karsten Januszewski blog post:
- 1.Watch Developing a WPF Application
- 2.Michael Wallent's presentation from MIX.
- 3.Watch A Designer's Overview of WPF
- 4.Introducing Microsoft Tools for Professional Designers
WPF Sample Applications
- Cine.View: A WPF viewing application that exposes the NetFlix catalog and ordering capabilities created by the thirteen23 company. They also have a great viewer for Flickr.
- New York Times Reader: A WPF content application that provides a rich browsing and reading experience for the paper's news content online in a Windows application
- Karen Corby's Woodgrove Finance application: This is a WPF XAML Browser application that provides rich visualization of stock market data in a multi-paned WPF app that runs in the browser.
- More samples
WCF
WCF Blogs
- Nicholas Allen’s Blogs, Program Manager - WCF.
- Mattavis's WebLog: Migrating .NET Remoting to WCF
WCF Training
Clinic 5137 AE: Introduction to Developing with Windows Communication Foundation and Visual Studio 2005
WCF Whitepapers
MSDN: From .NET Remoting to the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
WCF Presentations
.NET University Windows Communication Foundation PPTs
WCF Webcasts
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Using Windows Communication Foundation with BizTalk Server 2006 (Level 200)
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: Building Powerful AJAX-Style Solutions with ASP.NET "Atlas" and Windows Communication Foundation (Level 200)
- MSDN Webcast: Working with Operations and Calls in Windows Communication Foundation (Level 200)
WCF Videos
- MSDN TV: BizTalk Server and Indigo
- Laurence Melloul and Craig McMurty: WCF Tracing
WCF Sample Applications
ATLAS.ASP.NET: Using Windows Communication Foundation with "Atlas"
WF
WF Blogs
MasteringBizTalk.com: Using WF to run a page-flowMSDN Blogs: Windows Workflow Foundation vs BizTalk Server
WF Whitepapers
- A look at the BizTalk roadmap
- Working with Windows Workflow Foundation in ASP.NET Working with Windows Workflow Foundation in ASP.NET
- Windows Workflow Foundation for Web services
- Deploy Distributed Business Processes With Windows Workflow And Web Services
WF Training
Clinic 5136 AE: Introduction to Developing with Windows Workflow Foundation and Visual Studio 2005
WF Presentations
.NET University Windows Workflow Foundation PPTs
WF Lab
Ajax based Windows Workflow Designer
WF Videos
- WinFX (.NET 3.0) - Workflow Foundation (WF)
- MSDN Webcast: Live From Redmond: ASP.NET: An Overview of ASP.NET and Windows Workflow Foundation Integration
CardSpace
CardSpace Whitepapers
Windows Vista Developer Center:A Guide to Supporting InfoCard (now CardSpace) v1.0 Within Web Applications and Browsers.
CardSpace Presentations
.NET University Windows CardSpace PPTs
CardSpace Sample Applications
Introduction to CardSpace with Internet Explorer 7.0
