Download Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft has made available for download the July 2008 Community Technology Preview of the Windows Live tools for Visual Studio 2008.
download -
comments -
29.7.2008
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office IntelliSense Code Snippets
IntelliSense code snippets allow developers to easily create and distribute their own customized code libraries. Using the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment and the power of IntelliSense, inserting these commonly used pieces of code is an effective way to enhance your productivity.
microsoft -
comments -
18.1.2006
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX
Overview
The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX (CTP) provides developers with support for building WinFX applications using the final released version of Visual Studio 2005.
download -
comments -
20.1.2006
Windows 7 Performance Tools - Performance Tools Kit 4.1.1
Internet Explorer 8 will be not only an apex of performance, but also the next major iteration of the Windows client, according to Microsoft.
download -
comments -
1.9.2008
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from
MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
download -
comments -
27.7.2007
What Does 'Visual Studio Live' Mean to You?
Microsoft officials asked for ideas for ways to extend its Visual Studio tool suite with add-on services. And ideas they got.
Pair programming and a "live" version of Visual Studio Team System are just two of
the many Visual Studio Live possibilities that Microsoft may be considering. The code name for whatever services end up part of this bundle is Tuscany. Not Visual Studio Tuscany.
Just plain old Tuscany. microsoft -
comments -
18.1.2006
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
The Beta Experience invites you on a journey to discover the new features of Visual Studio 2005. It contains the latest beta versions of Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005, and provides you with a hands-on comprehensive training project to help you get the most out of Beta 2.
microsoft -
comments -
Visual Studio Gets Database Edition
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new addition to the Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Team Edition for Database Professionals. The product is designed to promote collaboration when building database driven applications, and is another step on the road to Visual Studio "Orcas."
microsoft -
comments -
1.6.2006
Will Visual Studio ever ship with Windows?
Back in June, a blogger by the name of Jeroen van den Bos posted an article on his blog where he argued that Windows Vista should ship with one of the Visual Studio Express editions installed. van den Bos recalled the days when he could boot up his Commodore 64 and just start programming away.
microsoft -
comments -
13.8.2006
New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Write unmanaged code that's safe, or get IDE tools that help you to build and deploy managed applications that take advantage of Code Access Security. (11 printed pages)
microsoft -
comments -
Pinned: Has Visual Studio 2005 RTMed?
Although I haven't recieved any offical word yet, it seems as if Microsoft has let the RTM news out of the bag by mistake.
On ASP.NET's Atlas website, there is a box labeled "Get Atlas!".
microsoft -
comments -
New Visual Studio, SQL Server Launch
With musical support from Cheap Trick, Microsoft heralded the arrival of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 at a special "Rock" event in San Francisco Monday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage looking uncharacteristic in a suit, and even apologized for his formal attire.
microsoft -
comments -
Microsoft Talks Up Visual Studio Future
Microsoft may have just shipped Visual Studio 2005, but the company is already starting to discuss its future plans for the development suite. Service Pack 1 is in the works for next summer, says Visual C# product manager Scott Wiltamuth, and Orcas -- the next VS release -- is being hashed out.
microsoft -
comments -
Visual Studio 2005 Express free
Microsoft have released the Visual Studio 2005 express free. Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives.
microsoft -
comments -
20.4.2006
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Now Available
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 continues Microsoft's investment in market leading development tools.
download -
comments -
17.12.2006
Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista
Microsoft has released a new version of its Visual Studio toolset for Windows Vista development.
download -
comments -
7.3.2007
Microsoft christens Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft is naming the next release of its Visual Studio integrated development platform Visual Studio 2010? but that doesnt necessarily mean it wont ship until 2010.
microsoft -
comments -
29.9.2008
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta
This download installs Service Pack 1 Beta for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
download -
comments -
30.9.2006
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected as soon as next week
One of the biggest questions at Microsofts TechEd conference this week other than the whereabouts of popular speaker and former Microsoft security expert Steve Riley is where is the beta of Visual Studio 2010.
microsoft -
comments -
14.5.2009
Download the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta
Its the next gen of next-gen applications - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta
download -
comments -
31.5.2009
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 RTM will on MSDN within days
Rumors have been flying everywhere that Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 will be RTM (Released to Manufacturing) and on MSDN in a matter of days. Orginally thought to be on MSDN for download on October 14th, the release supposedly got slipped because the final RC build failed a regression test.
microsoft -
comments -
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
Brief Description - The most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.
download -
comments -
18.3.2006
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1
This download installs Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
download -
comments -
16.8.2006
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 may not be Vista-compatible
Microsofts own Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack (SP) 1 a first beta of which went live on September 26 may not work correctly with Windows Vista.
microsoft -
comments -
27.9.2006
Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 ready for download
Microsoft officials said earlier this week that they planned to deliver Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word.
common -
comments -
21.4.2007
Microsoft Faces Late Heat over Visual Studio 2005 Quality
On day of its official launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp. is finding itself facing some tough questions around its bug fixing policies and plans. According to some bloggers, the much anticipated release of Visual Studio 2005, which is slated to ship Monday, following a vaunted launch event here, may be going out too early. For its part, Microsoft is committing to provide a service pack for the product but not providing further details.
microsoft -
comments -
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta Updated Log Collection Utility
With the availability of the first Beta of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0, Microsoft has also updated the range of solutions orbiting around its development platform and tools.
download -
comments -
27.5.2009
DOWNLOAD of Visual Studio 2005 Express and SQL 2005 Server DL
Ever wanted to learn C#, C++, SQL, or any other language but didn't have the money to buy Visual Studio and get started? Well Microsoft is giving their Express products away for free!
microsoft -
comments -
Windows 7 and Windows 8 Bring New Performance Analysis and Diagnostics Tools
Microsoft insisted to put Windows Vista at least on par, if not on a superior level compared to Windows XP in terms of performance throughout 2007, in a strategy that proved little efficient
even though it also spanned to Vista SP1 and XP SP3.
windows -
comments -
21.5.2008
Access Windows Server 2008 SP2 Performance Tuning Guidelines
The need to squeeze every last drop of performance out of a specific system running Windows is even more stringent when it comes down to server infrastructures compared to client machines.
windows -
comments -
29.7.2009Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1
The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and deploy
extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1. You can also use the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 to create custom tools environments based on the
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Shell.
winbeta.org -
21.08.2008Holiday Toys from the Visual Studio Ecosystem Team
Today there are hundreds 3rd party development tools that integrate with Visual Studio. With the launch of Visual Studio 2008 and the Visual Studio
2008 SDK, youll find a number of new ways to customize and extend Visual Studio. For example, you can use the Visual Studio 2008 Shell to create
custom tools for almost any platform.
To give you something to play with over the holidays, weve recently posted a number of
applications on CodePlex to showcase the types of tools you can build with the Visual Studio Shell.
winbeta.org -
19.12.2007Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta
The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.1 Beta includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and
deploy extensions for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. You can also use the Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.1 Beta to create custom tools environments
based on the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta Shell.
winbeta.org -
20.05.2008Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Tools for the 2007 Microsoft
Office System Beta
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for
the 2007 Microsoft Office
System (Visual Studio 2005
Tools for Office Second
Edition Beta, or VSTO 2005 SE
Beta for short) is a free
add-on to Visual Studio 2005
that empowers developers to
build applications targeting
the 2007 Office system.
Developers can now harness the
benefits of the 2007 Office
system platform and create
Office-based solutions using
the professional development
environment of Visual Studio
2005.
Anyone
who has a licensed version of
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for
Office or Visual Studio
Professional and above (either
standalone versions or via an
MSDN Premium or Professional
subscription) is eligible to
download a free copy of VSTO
2005 SE Beta. VSTO 2005 SE
Beta also includes support for
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
forms, previously available as
a separate download for Visual
Studio 2005. You can design
InfoPath 2007 form solutions
right in the Visual Studio
2005 environment...
windowsvistax.com -
16.09.2006Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 and Visual Studio 2008 Shell Released
Today the VS Ecosystem team has released the
Visual
Studio 2008 SDK 1.0.
We also released, for the first time, the new free Visual Studio 2008 Shell redistributable runtimes for
both Isolated mode and Integrated mode.
http://msdn.com/vsx has the links
to the SDK, and Shell downloads, and other resources.
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK is required for development and testing tools
and programming languages that target the Visual Studio 2008 Shell. For more information about the Visual Studio 2008 Shell, visit
Visual Studio 2008 Shell overview and
Visual Studio 2008 Shell details.
winbeta.org -
21.11.2007Visual Studio 2008 SDK August 2007 CTP Available
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK
August 2007 CTP targets Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2 and is
intended to let customers work
with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
extensibility features.
This CTP adds and
updates the following
features:
1. Supports
development of a custom tools
environment that is based on
the Visual Studio Shell
(isolated mode).
2.
New Samples2.1. Windows
Presentation Framework (WPF)
Designer Extensibility
2.2. Windows
Communications Framework (WCF)
Extensibility
2.3.
Expression Evaluator
2.4. Data Designer
Extensibility (DDEX)
3.
Supports the addition of an
Integration Test project to
the solution.
4.
Help Integration Wizard is now
functional.
5.
Support for RANU (Run As
Normal User) has been added
for DSL Tools.
6.
All branding is changed to the
official Visual Studio 2008
release name (instead of
Visual Studio Code Name
"Orcas").
In order to
install Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 SDK August 2007
CTP you must have
Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2
installed.
winbeta.org -
10.08.2007Visual Studio 2008 SDK July 2007 CTP Now Available
The Visual Studio 2008 SDK
July 2007 CTP targets Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2 and is
intended to let customers work
with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
extensibility features.
This CTP adds and
updates the following
features:
1. Supports
development of a custom tools
environment that is based on
the Visual Studio Shell
(isolated mode).
2.
New Samples2.1. Windows
Presentation Framework (WPF)
Designer Extensibility
2.2. Windows
Communications Framework (WCF)
Extensibility
2.3.
Expression Evaluator
2.4. Data Designer
Extensibility (DDEX)
3.
Supports the addition of an
Integration Test project to
the solution.
4.
Help Integration Wizard is now
functional.
5.
Support for RANU (Run As
Normal User) has been added
for DSL Tools.
6.
All branding is changed to the
official Visual Studio 2008
release name (instead of
Visual Studio Code Name
"Orcas").
In order to
install Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 SDK July 2007 CTP
you must have
Visual
Studio 2008 Beta 2
installed.
winbeta.org -
01.08.2007Visual Studio 2008 Support for SQL Server 2008, CTP
This CTP enables developers to use Visual Studio 2008 with SQL Server 2008 Nov CTP.
This CTP resolves a problem that when you
try to open a database connection to SQL Server 2008 by using Visual Studio 2008 design tools, you may receive the following error message:
This
server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported.
winbeta.org -
19.02.2008Visual Studio Gallery announced
The Microsoft Visual Studio Ecosystem team has officially launched the new Visual Studio Gallery site at
http://visualstudiogallery.com/. This new web site is a resource center for all Visual Studio extensions and includes everything
from free VS PowerToys like tools to VSIP products. Any developer can post information and a link for their Visual Studio extensions. Our goal for
this website is to give developers an easy way to find extensions for Visual Studio. Visual Studio extensions might include products and free
applications in the form of macros, add-ins, packages, project templates, or other types of extensions to Visual Studio that are packaged up and ready
to use by the developer to improve their development experience.
winbeta.org -
28.02.2008Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Data Sheet
This data sheet provides a comprehensive product comparison of the Visual Studio 2008 IDE products. It does not provide data about Visual Studio Team
System 2008 Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer, or Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Load Agent. This data sheet
is provided for illustrative purposes only.
winbeta.org -
26.01.2008Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio March 2009 CTP
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable
services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.
winbeta.org -
19.03.2009Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools is a set of enhancements and tools that complement and improve the user
experience of VSTS Database Edition 2008.
This release updates the Power Tools for the Database Edition to work with Visual
Studio 2008 and provides several new features. The new features include two custom unit test conditions, a new Data Generation Wizard, and new MSBuild
tasks to support running TSQL Static Code Analysis from the command line. The updated features include 5 refactoring types, a dependency viewer,
additional data generators and editors, 2 MSBuild tasks for Schema and Data Compare and the TSQL Static Code Analysis feature.
winbeta.org -
15.02.2008Microsoft Focuses on Developer Productivity at VSLive!, Showcases New User Interface for Visual Studio 2010
Q&A: Jason Zander discusses how Visual Studio 2010 will help developers be more productive; provides update on Visual Studio 2008 customer benefits...
microsoft.com/presspass -
24.02.2009Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008
This package is an add-on to the RTM release of Visual Studio 2008 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. It provides a Silverlight
project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic. The project system includes:
- Visual Basic and
C# Project templates
- Intellisense and code generators for XAML
- Debugging of Silverlight applications
- Web
reference support
- Integration with Expression Blend
winbeta.org -
27.11.2007Windows Live Tools and Visual Studio 2008 RTM
Kevin over at
http://dev.live.com has posted about a
slight tweak that's needed for using the
Windows
Live Tools with the recently released Visual Studio 2008.
Known Issue: When using the current Windows Live Tools release
with the Visual Studio 2008 final release, you will need to make changes to the web.config file for any project built using the ASP.NET Windows Live
Web Site template. Please be sure to update the version of the System.Data.DataSetExtensions assembly in web.config file to 3.5.0.0.
winbeta.org -
23.11.2007Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System 3.0 Runtime
This download (VSTOR30.exe) installs the Visual Studio Tools for the Office system 3.0 Runtime, which is required to run VSTO solutions for the 2007
Microsoft Office system built using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
When installing the VSTO runtime on a non-English version of
the operating system, you should also install the appropriate
language pack (Note: this
link will not work until the language packs are available; they are coming soon) to see the text of the messages from the VSTO runtime in that
language, rather than English.
Note: VSTO solutions built for use in Microsoft Office 2003 require the
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Runtime, not this one.
winbeta.org -
04.02.2008Office 2007 Gets Visual Studio
Tools
In sync with today's public
release of the Office 2007
Beta 2 Technical Refresh, the
Developer Tools division at
Microsoft has made available
the first public beta of the
second edition of Visual
Studio Tools for Office 2005.
Users will now be able to use
VS2005 to develop managed code
add-ins for Office 2003 and
Office 2007 apps...
betanews.com -
15.09.2006SQL 2008 & Occasionally Connected Client Support in Visual Studio SP1
In this interview, Milind Lele, a PM on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team shows us the improvements made to the tooling in Visual Studio SP1 for
occasionally connected clients as well as the new data type support for SQL Server 2008. Using SQL 2008 built-in change tracking, you don't need to
make modifications to your table schemas like you have to do with SQL 2005. Additionally he shows off a "smarter" DataSet designer where you can
have tables coming from server and client data stores all contained within one model.
winbeta.org -
10.08.2008Microsoft Plans Free Visual Studio Shell Version For Partners
Visual Studio Shell, which
will ship concurrently with
Visual Studio 2008 and be
included in the beta 2 release
due out this summer, is the
successor to Visual Studio
2005's Premier Partner
Edition (PPE). The
stripped-down software is
essentially a shell that ISVs
can license and bundle with
their own offerings. Initially
created for developers that
wanted to offer custom
language support -- Intel
ships an Intel Visual Fortran
version -- the new version
will support additional uses.
"One of the things
we found was that partners
kept asking us for ways to
build on top of Visual Studio
that went beyond what the
original PPE enabled," said
Joe Marini, Microsoft's group
product manager of developer
marketing for the Visual
Studio Industry Partner
program.
One key
change in Visual Studio Shell
is that it will support an
"isolated" deployment
option. With Visual Studio
2005, when a user installed
PPE on a machine already
running a full Visual Studio
2005 deployment, the full
Visual Studio inherited the
PPE-delivered custom language
and integrated it as an
additional language option.
Visual Studio Shell makes that
integration optional, allowing
ISVs to deliver a
custom-branded application
that will exist in tandem with
Visual Studio. ..
winbeta.org -
05.06.2007Visual Studio 2008 SP1, .NET 3.5 SP1 released
Microsoft today released updates to its Visual Studio development environment and .NET Framework.
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
addresses issues that were found through a combination of customer and partner feedback, as well as internal testing.
The .NET Framework 3.5
Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes
cumulative servicing updates to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 subcomponents.
The service packs offer Visual Studio and
.NET Framework users improvements in responsiveness, stability and performance.
Download links at source.
jcxp.net -
12.08.2008