.. and now I find time to do something I like doing a lot - exploring the technology.
VS 2005 Beta 1 [build 40607.16] was already on my laptop and my attempt to install SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 RC 1[ build 9.00.0852] gave me an error - that I have an incompatible CLR version. Couple of checks and am in the process of installing it... Ofcourse, VS has been uninstalled and for now, SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 [RC1] are coexisting just fine.
BTW, the distributed application designer in VS 2005 [part of WhiteHorse designers] is really cool. And yes, the designers are much better and advanced that those that were in Visio. You can actually map your application architecture [diagrammatically] on to your server deployment architecture and verify whether the application deployment is going to be successful or not..!!!
On 23rd July 2004, I would be speaking on this at Bangalore .NET User's Group meeting. Earlier on the same day, at 2:30pm, I am talking on What's been enhanced in VS 2005/CLR 2.0 at the upcoming MSDN Session, for which you can register here...
Coming to TechED 2004 India :) ?