New on Microsoft downloads this week is the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 training kit.
It contains 151 MB of techie goodness such as demos, labs, presentations and videos.
If you want, you can even turn it into a 3-day workshop as the included agenda suggests:
Day 1
Lap Around Visual Studio 2010
PPT: What's New In Visual Studio 2010
Lap Around .NET Framework 4
PPT: Whats New In .NET Framework 4
Managed Languages Overview (C#/VB)
PPT: What's New In C# 4 and Visual Basic 10
Entity Framework 4
PPT: Whats New In Entity Framework 4
ADO.NET Data Services 1.5
PPT: Whats New In ADONET Data Services 1.5
Velocity
PPT: Introduction to Project "Velocity"
Silverlight 3
PPT: Not included in the kit
Day 2
ASP.NET 4
PPT: Whats New In ASP.NET Web Forms 4
AJAX 4
PPT: Whats New In ASP.NET AJAX 4
Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
PPT: Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2010
Windows Presentation Foundation 4
PPT: What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation 4
.NET RIA Services
PPT: Introduction to .NET RIA Services
Managed Extensibility Framework
PPT: Introduction to the Managed Extensibility Framework
Day 3
WF/WCF 4
PPT: Workflow 4: A First Look
Parallel Computing with Visual Studio 2010
PPT: Parallel Computing with Visual Studio 2010
Parallel Computing for Managed Developers
PPT: Parallel Computing for Managed Developers
Visual Studio Team System 2010
These are short modules that can be picked based on the interest of the audience.
PPT: Introduction: Visual Studio Team System 2010
PPT: No More Planning Black Box
PPT: No More Late Surprises
PPT: No More Stakeholder Surprises
PPT: No More Parallel Development Pain
PPT: No More Bewildering Admin
PPT: No More No Repro
Visual Studio Team System 2010
PPT: No More Build Breaks
PPT: No More Butterfly Effect
PPT: No More UI Regressions
PPT: No More Missed Requirements or Changes
PPT: No More Waiting for Build Setup
PPT: No More Performance Regressions