Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate

Visual Studio 2010 is an integrated development environment that simplifies the entire development lifecycle, from design to deployment.

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The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate (RC) is available to MSDN subscribers on Monday, February 8th, with general availability on February 10th.

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Tracking Software Quality
By using Microsoft Test Manager, you can check whi... more
Saturday, Feb 6 by Microsoft
Choosing a Process Template
You can reduce your team's overhead by choosing a... more
Saturday, Jan 23 by Microsoft
Administering Team Foundation
Learn the right way to install, configure, and mai... more
Saturday, Jan 9 by Microsoft
Collecting IntelliTrace Information
You can switch from a live debugging session to de... more
Saturday, Dec 12 by Microsoft
How to: Edit a UML Model and Diagrams
You can use UML diagrams to understand and discuss... more
Saturday, Nov 21 by Microsoft
Virtualizing the Application Lifecycle
Lab Management helps you save time and resources b... more
Friday, Nov 13 by Microsoft

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Indexed Properties in COM Interop (Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2)
Learn how to use indexed properties in COM interop... more
Monday, Jan 11 by Microsoft
VCCodeModel Interface (Visual C++ 2010 Beta)
A VCCodeModel object provides project-level access... more
Monday, Feb 1 by Microsoft
Collection Initializers Overview (Visual Basic 2010 Beta2)
Collection initializers provide a shortened syntax... more
Friday, Jan 22 by Microsoft
Walkthrough: Using Visual F# to Create, Debug, and Deploy an Application (Visual Studio 2010 Beta)
Learn how to get started with using Visual Studio... more
Monday, Dec 28 by Miccrosoft
What's New in SharePoint Development (Visual Studio 2010)
The SharePoint development tools in Visual Studio... more
Tuesday, Dec 22
How to: Create Smart Tags With Custom Recognizers in Word and .NET Framework 4 (Visual Studio 2010)
In .NET Framework 4 projects, you can control how... more
Tuesday, Dec 22 by Microsoft

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In-Process Side-by-Side Execution
In-Process Side-by-Side Runtime Host Activation en... more
Friday, Jan 29 by Microsoft
Walkthrough: Display Data from a SQL Server Database in a DataGrid Control
Learn how to retrieve data from a SQL Server datab... more
Friday, Jan 22 by Microsoft
How to: Enumerate Directories and Files
Starting with the .NET Framework version 4, you ca... more
Monday, Dec 28 by Microsoft
Code Contracts
Specify preconditions, postconditions, and object... more
Friday, Oct 30 by Microsoft
Using Dynamic Data in ASP.NET Applications
Dynamic Data has the runtime ability to infer the... more
Friday, Dec 11 by Microsoft
ASP.NET Dynamic Data Scaffolding
Create extensible data-driven Web applications by... more
Saturday, Nov 7 by Microsoft

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