I know this content is a little old but the ramp up on the next version of ASP.NET and visual studio is increasing.

There is an excellent video up on channel9.msdn.com http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=54959 by Scott Guthrie where he demo's the next version of ASP.NET and Visual Studio.

Its been getting some great feedback ont the MSDN site.

Gavin