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Break Through Your Software Development Challenges

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 enables organizations to take full advantage of the .NET Framework 3.5 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to create client, Office, Web, and mobile applications that deliver high-quality, rich user experiences that add to effective business processes and decision making. Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 gives development teams the application life-cycle management tools and processes they need to work collaboratively, share information with project stakeholders, and focus on quality.

Experience Productivity Breakthroughs

  • Create secure applications which target Windows, SQL Server and the .NET framework
  • Utilize data from any data source more smoothly with LINQ, a set of language extensions to VB and C#
  • Craft Web applications more easily with an improved design surface
  • Ensure application correctness more easily with integrated unit testing

Create Outstanding User Experiences

  • Develop rich Web experiences with Visual Studio, ASP.NET, AJAX, and Silverlight
  • Create stunning new user experiences incorporating media and vector graphics using Windows Presentation Foundation.
  • Build Office Business Applications that are reliable, scalable, and easy to maintain.
  • Develop Windows Mobile applications with a great developer and end-user experience.
  • Connect applications, users and processes more easily with Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation

Collaborate Across the Development Cycle

  • Create more compelling user experiences with collaboration between developers and designers.
  • Collaborate and communicate more effectively across the team, ensure software quality and provide visibility into the development process with Visual Studio Team System.

 

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 white paper discusses features of Visual Studio 2008 that raise the bar for client, Microsoft Office System, Web, and mobile application development, and for application life-cycle management, and it explains how Visual Studio 2008 can help you break through your software development challenges.

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