October 2007 | C++ Team Blog

More on the Korean Trip

Visual CPP TeamOctober 28, 2007Oct 28, 200710/28/07

Hello. I’m Ayman Shoukry, Lead Program Manager on the libraries team. From October 8th-12th, Ulzii Luvsanbat & I took part in various customer interactions in Seoul, Korea. The main target of this visit was to update the Korean developers about our team’s strategy as well as presenting the new Visual C++ 2008 features. Ou

Visual C++ has left the building (again) – destination Germany (after TechEd Developer Europe.)

Visual CPP TeamOctober 25, 2007Oct 25, 200710/25/07

HelloIt is time for our next field trip - to meet customers face-to-face, to talk about "Visual Studio 2008 and Beyond" and get feedback on our plans going forward. This time Steve Teixeira and Ale Contenti will be visiting Germany right after TechEd Developers Europe. The event will be held on 15th November at:Hilton Munich Park HotelAm Tuche

Hello World? Quick Advice On Design Specifications

Visual CPP TeamOctober 23, 2007Oct 23, 200710/23/07

Alvin Chardon, VC++ IDE QA member here. In thinking about ways of introducing the Visual C++ culture to our customers, I’ve decided to share a story. Around 6 months ago, the Visual C++ IDE QA Team hired its newest SDET. I was excited to hear my lead wanted me to be his mentor. Having worked on the Visual C++ Team

New Intrinsic Support in Visual Studio 2008

Visual CPP TeamOctober 18, 2007Oct 18, 200710/18/07

Hello. This is Dylan Birtolo, a UE writer for Visual C++. This is my first vcblog entry, but hopefully I will be more of a regular contributor. One of my most recent tasks was to incorporate the documentation for all of the new intrinsic functions that are being put into Visual Studio 2008 for VC++. It is very exciting since support for

Visual Studio Content Survey

Visual CPP TeamOctober 15, 2007Oct 15, 200710/15/07

HelloThe Visual Studio Documentation Team is running a survey on VS documentation content. We know that many of you have strong feelings and innovative ideas about what we need to do to move the documentation and the documentation system forward. Please feel free to take the survey and let them know how they can best serve you: http://go.micro

How to redistribute the Visual C++ Libraries with your application

Visual CPP TeamOctober 12, 2007Oct 12, 200710/12/07

Hello again, this is Ben Anderson, SDET on the Visual C++ libraries team. One of the most common questions we get from customers on the forums and elsewhere is “My app needs the Visual C++ Libraries (CRT, ATL, MFC, OpenMP or some combination thereof) – how do I get them on my customers’ machines?” It’s

Hello from Korea

Visual CPP TeamOctober 11, 2007Oct 11, 200710/11/07

As part of the Visual C++ effort of introducing our new strategy to the C++ developers, Ulzii Luvsanbat and myself (Ayman Shoukry) are currently in Korea talking to the Korean developers about our strategy and the new features in Visual C++ 2008. The Microsoft Korean subsidiary did an excellent job organizing the events and customer meetings.

Soma Blog: Performance Improvements in Visual C++ 2008

Visual CPP TeamOctober 11, 2007Oct 11, 200710/11/07

Soma just blogged about some of the performance improvements we're making in Visual C++ 2008. We'll post some details on the Visual C++ team blog when we get a chance, but for now you might want to head over to Soma's blog and check out what we've been working on. As always, feel free to comment on that post. We do read them.

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