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The Visual Studio Partner Ecosystem

July 24, 2015 Jul 24, 2015 07/24/15
Visual Studio Blog
One of the unique values Visual Studio provides is that over and above the built-in features we have a multitude of extensions to address various niche development scenarios. These extensions are provided by our strong partner ecosystem. The Visual Studio Partner Ecosystem is the strongest it has ever been in the history of Visual Studio. This...

Visual Studio 2015 Diagnostics Investments

July 23, 2015 Jul 23, 2015 07/23/15
Daniel Moth
When we wrapped up the last release of Visual Studio, I wrote a blog post titled: Visual Studio 2013 Diagnostics Investments, which gathered all the links to our blog posts and other content into a single place. It seems fitting to do the same now that VS2015 has RTM’d, and the same intro I wrote last time applies, so I won’t ...

Identity Management Features in Visual Studio 2015

July 22, 2015 Jul 22, 2015 07/22/15
Visual Studio Blog
In Visual Studio 2015 we have made radical changes to sign in experiences and connecting to your online resources. You can now chose to use a single account across many developer services, or use multiple accounts across Visual Studio. All of this is possible because of the new Visual Studio Account Manager. The account manager makes every ...

Visual Studio 2015 RTM: What’s New in the IDE

July 21, 2015 Jul 21, 2015 07/21/15
Visual Studio Blog
Visual Studio 2015 was released yesterday. Throughout the prereleases, you've seen some major announcements, from the new VS 2015 product lineup introducing Visual Studio Enterprise and Visual Studio Code, to the release of a free Visual Studio Community Edition with support for VS extensions. We've listened to your feedback on these products ...

Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 Released

July 20, 2015 Jul 20, 2015 07/20/15
Visual Studio Blog
[UPDATED 8/7] The final release of TFS 2015 is now available. Brian Harry's post highlights some key capabilities like Agile Project Management, Continuous Delivery, Git improvements, and Extensibility. He also has links for download and release notes.  [UPDATED 7/29] Windows 10, Tools for Windows 10, and Windows 10 support in ...

Microsoft Band and Health developer platform

July 15, 2015 Jul 15, 2015 07/15/15
Visual Studio Blog
New to Microsoft Band and Health? Let’s start with a short summary. Microsoft Band is Microsoft’s first wearable device that helps you live healthier and be more productive. Powered by Microsoft Health Service and supported by Microsoft Health apps on all mobile platforms, it is a complete solution for fitness and connectivity. At...

The Glimpse Team Joins Microsoft

July 14, 2015 Jul 14, 2015 07/14/15
Visual Studio Blog
Today, when building applications, web developers need to consider more browsers, platforms, devices, and form factors than ever before. Recent hardware advances, from mobile computing, touch interfaces and high resolution displays, to the ever shifting landscape of browser API’s and JavaScript libraries, have elevated the level of ...