The question of whether to upgrade to Visual Studio 2005 is a no-brainer for many of us. When MSDN releases the new version, we will exercise our subscriptions and install the new IDE. You can import ...

Prashant Sridharan, Microsoft's senior product manager for Visual Studio, provided an update on Visual Studio 2005's progress and features during a keynote address at VSLive! Las Vegas last week. The ...

Microsoft this month continued the shuffle of its Visual Studio developer suite packages prior to their planned release next year. The company unveiled a new low-end edition of Visual Studio 2005 ...

On Monday, Microsoft announced availability of the much-anticipated beta two version of Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Compact Framework 2.0, as well as a community technology preview of SQL Server ...

Microsoft is making several changes to its upcoming Visual Studio 2005 development tools platform based on early user feedback. Changes include improvements pertaining to Visual C#, Web Forms, and ...

Though Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 dropped the .NET moniker, it remains the premier .NET development platform for hosting compilers that target this platform, such as Visual Basic, C#, and J#. It ...

Visual Studio 2005 Express joins SQL Server Express in Microsoft's portfolio of entry-level freebies. Intended for hobbyists and students, the Express editions have limited functionally and ...

Microsoft released a new extension for Visual Studio 2005 yesterday that adds several enhancements to the popular IDE. The extensions are as follows: These extensions add some much-needed ...

Visual Studio 2005 may be delayed yet again. Shipment of the much-delayed upgrade to Microsoft’s tools platform, code-named “Whidbey,” may slip again into next year, according to Marc Brown, director ...

Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2005 Tools Second Edition Beta for the 2007 Microsoft Office System on Thursday. The timing of the release coincides with the Office 2007 Beta 2 technical refresh, ...

REDMOND, Wash., March 9, 2005 — In its continuing effort to provide enterprise software teams with process guidance for life-cycle development, Microsoft Corp. today announced at the Software ...

Microsoft plans to provide programmers with an interim version of its Visual Studio 2005 development tool and to release its server-based speech software next week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is ...