Microsoft released ASP.NET 3.5 on November 19, 2007. Along with it, was released Visual Studio 2008. This evolution from ASP.NET 2.0 to ASP.NET 3.5 is quiet gradual. ASP.NET 3.5 uses the same engine as that of ASP.NET 2.0, with some extra features like ASP.NET 3.5 has been released with some significant improvements and support for AJAX enabled websites. Along with a few new controls, there is also support for LINQ. In this article, we will explore these new features of ASP.NET 3.5. In this article, we will explore the new features added to ASP.NET 3.5. This article assumes that you have been working on ASP.NET 2.0.