There are some interesting new features in version 2:

- PHP (yes, PHP) "Preview in Browser" support
- support for ASP.Net Ajax controls
- ftp publishing

Quoted: The recent announcement that ASP.NET will soon get an alternate engine in the ASP.NET Model View Controller framework (MVC - see last month’s editorial) has brought out some renewed discussion of the merits and shortcomings of Web Forms and the potential need for an alternate mechanism of building...

Great blog for truly understanding ASP.NET (if you need to and want to, of course).

Quoted: ASP.NET and .NET from a new perspective

Quoted: If you are looking to build your web applications using a MVC approach, I think you'll find this new ASP.NET MVC Framework option very clean and easy to use. It will enable you to easily maintain separation of concerns in your applications, as well as facilitate clean testing and TDD.

I've been hearing good things about this "Frontpage replacement". I picked up a copy for a friend this morning from the Microsoft company store.

Quoted: Unlike FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver, Expression Web creates tight, easily maintained CSS-based pages automatically, instead of treating CSS as an add-on to traditional HTML. This alone may make Expression Web the leading Web editor before version 1.0 is even released.

Looks like it's kind of a headache.

Quoted: Configuring SSL Host Headers (IIS 6.0)

This is a very handy feature of the recently released Visual Studio 2008

Quoted: One of the features that web developers will really like with VS 2008 is its built-in support for JavaScript intellisense. This is enabled in both the free Visual Web Developer 2008 Express edition as well as in Visual Studio, and makes using JavaScript and building AJAX applications significantly easier.

Quoted: Most SSL failures are caused by one of two failure points -- IIS configuration or certificates.
SSLDiag allows administrators and developers to effectively determine if their configuration is invalid and offers possible solutions

Quoted: On November 29, 2007 Microsoft will be hosting Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter on the Redmond, Washington campus. This daylong event is free to anyone who wants to learn about designing and developing with Microsoft Silverlight 1.0.