September, 2011

The Windows Simulator is a tool provided in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview that enables debugging Metro style applications in scenarios requiring hardware support such as rotation and touch. For a quick introduction to the Windows Simulator, see this...

Many friends of mine have been asking me what my team is working on these days. I finally have an opportunity to share with all of you the really cool stuff we’ve been working on for the past many months. My team built the Windows Simulator enabling...

In the past, finding things deep in the IDE has been a challenge. Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview introduces search abilities at almost every level of the product. Perhaps the biggest change is the introduction of Quick Launch which specifically addresses...

In Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview we’ve streamlined and modernized our vast array of Find experiences. Find and Replace is now a lightweight control within documents, delivering incremental search results as you type. The Find and Replace in...

As I settle back into my desk after an exciting week at BUILD, I wanted to send a reminder that all of the sessions should be available for streaming on http://channel9.msdn.com/events/BUILD/BUILD2011 . Since this is a Visual Studio blog, here are...

Visual Studio’s performance continues to be a hot topic for a lot of customers. We hear you and are investing to improve the performance of the product in those areas that are important to you. There are two key parts to our approach: Collecting...

Today in his keynote at BUILD, Jason Zander announced the availability of the .NET Framework 4.5 Developer Preview, Microsoft® Visual Studio® 11 Developer Preview and Microsoft® Team Server Preview. If you are an MSDN subscriber, you can download...