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Visual Studio Online early adoption period extended!

When we announced Visual Studio Online back in November of 2013 , we wanted to thank all those developers who trusted the service from the beginning—ever since the early Team Foundation Service bits were deployed. That’s why we decided that all of the Visual Studio Online early adopters should enjoy the service without limitation until ...

Try the Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2

The Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP 2 is ready for you to download and try. Our team remains committed to delivering regular improvements to Visual Studio 2013 through new capabilities and bug fixes. The update for Visual Studio 2013 offers improvements in a number of areas including Team Foundation Server, testing tools, the debugger, ...

Introducing Bing Code Search for C#

Download the extension now from the Visual Studio Gallery Update: For the folks who have extensions that replace the Visual Studio IntelliSense experience, you can still access the feature using 'ALT-A' as a shortcut or assign the 'Tools.LaunchSnippetSearch' command to a shortcut of your choosing (under Tools->Options->Environment->...

Visual Studio 2013 arriving soon for Windows Embedded Compact 2013

As announced recently on the Windows Embedded blog, Microsoft Windows Embedded is making an update release to the Windows Embedded Compact 2013 product to be available this spring. This update release includes integration to the latest Visual Studio 2013 through updated platform builder and application builder, and inbox Wifi device driver for...