Silverlight Downloads

The runtime required to experience Silverlight on Windows and Macintosh computers.

Download this SDK to create Silverlight Web experiences for Silverlight 2. The SDK contains documentation, samples along with templates for Visual Studio and has also a “Go Live” license that enables building commercial applications.

This will install the necessary Visual Studio updates, Silverlight project templates, developer runtime, and SDK. For additional information read the overview and the Silverlight 2 Readme Notes.

Expression Blend 2 SP1 (which is an evolution of the Blend 2.5 previews) provides rich authoring support for Silverlight 2. Building on the earlier Blend 2.5 releases, this Service Pack provides designers with even more control over the visual and interaction design for rich interactive web applications.

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