There were a couple of exciting releases yesterday (Dev 11 Beta + Win8 Consumer Preview), and a whole bunch of news/blogs/articles to help bring you up to date. Here’s a collection of useful resources to find the relevant downloads and posts the bring you up to speed on the new developments:
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Downloads http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
Dev 11 Beta Downloads http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us/downloads
Dev 11 VM + Hands-On Labs Download http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2011/09/16/visual-studio-11-application-lifecycle-management-virtual-machine-and-hands-on-labs-demo-scripts.aspx
ALM Rangers Dev 11 Beta Readiness Guidance http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/02/29/welcome-to-visual-studio-11-alm-rangers-readiness-beta-wave.aspx
Dev 11 Beta - Channel 9 Video http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-Toolbox-Visual-Studio-11-Beta-with-Jason-Zander
Whats New for Test Manager in Dev 11 Beta http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/02/29/what-s-new-for-microsoft-test-manager-in-visual-studio-11-beta.aspx
Dev 11 Beta New User Experience - Part 1 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/02/23/introducing-the-new-developer-experience.aspx
Dev 11 Beta New User Experience - Part 2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/02/24/introducing-the-new-developer-experience-part2.aspx