Visual Studio 2010 .Net Framework 4.0 Some of the enhavements

Following are some of the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 IDE Enhancements
1. Multi monitor support
2. Multi targeting
3. Parallel Development
4. Side by Side execution
5. Backward compatibility and SqlServer 2008 integration.
6. Add Reference enhancements for developers
7. Windows 7 support for developers
8. Share Point 2010 enhancements
9. Office Business Application Support
10. Cloud Development
11. Document Map Margin and Visual Studio 2010 Tips.

Following are some of the applications we can develop using the .NET Framework 4.0.

* Console Applications
* Windows Forms applications
* Windows Services
* WPF Browser applications
* WPF Applications
* Web Applications
* Web Services, Ajax enabled Web Services
* Dynamic Data entities Web Applications
* Dynamic data LINQ to SQL Web Applications
* Office Applications
* Reporting applications like crystal reports
* Cloud Services using Windows azure tools
* SharePoint projects, Business Data Connectivity model and workflow applications
* Sliverlight applications
* WCF Services, Ajax enabled WCF services
* Workflow console and workflow service applications
* CLR Console applications using VC++
* MFC and win32 applications
* Data Tier Applications and advanced database applications.


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MS SQL server name and instance name

Open the run command and type "sqlcmd" and press enter will open the related console and to get the server name and instance name, enter the following command in the command prompt

select @@servername
go

Also, connection string can be verified by entering the following command in the 'Run' window from windows start

sqlcmd -S Server\Instance

where server is the name of the server running Sql server and Instance is the name of the instance running on the server.

Refernce: How to: Identify a SQL Server Express Instance